Category Archives: World News

More than 47,000 Brazilians hospitalised by exposure to wildfire air pollution every year

Posted on September 10, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

Last year the number of wildfires in Brazil increased 12.7 percent to a decade-high. Now the largest and most comprehensive study to date of the health effects of wildfires in Brazil reveals the serious health consequences of this burning, linking … Continue reading →

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Covid: Pollution increases risk of Covid hospitalisation, study finds

Posted on September 6, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

Living in areas of high air pollution increases the risk of hospitalisation with Covid-19 a new study has found. Imperial College London researchers also found evidence people living in polluted areas may have an increased risk of catching the disease. … Continue reading →

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Forest fires linked to tens of thousands of avoidable deaths

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

Setting fire to forest and agricultural land in Southeast Asia to prepare it for cultivation or grazing contributes to an estimated 59,000 premature deaths a year, say scientists. Their analysis reveals that the greatest health impact from the burning, which … Continue reading →

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Air pollution is slashing years off the lives of billions, report finds

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

Dirty air is a far greater killer than smoking, car crashes or HIV/Aids, with coal burning the leading cause Air pollution is cutting short the lives of billions of people by up to six years, according to a new report, … Continue reading →

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How people respond to wildfire smoke

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

As wildfires become commonplace in the western U.S. and around the world, checking the daily air quality warning has become as routine as checking the weather. But what people do with that data — whether it drives them to slip … Continue reading →

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Air pollution linked to more severe mental illness – study

Posted on August 27, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

Exclusive: research finds small rise in exposure to air pollution leads to higher risk of needing treatment Exposure to air pollution is linked to an increased severity of mental illness, according to the most comprehensive study of its kind. The … Continue reading →

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Breathing wildfire smoke during pregnancy raises risk of premature birth, study finds

Posted on August 25, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

Stanford University research estimates that smoky California air may have resulted in as many as 7,000 preterm births As California wildfires continue to rage and the Lake Tahoe area faces some of the highest air pollution levels in the world, … Continue reading →

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Caldor fire burns over 400 homes as smoke chokes Lake Tahoe

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

More than 440 homes have been destroyed by the raging Caldor fire, and smoke has created conditions so hazardous that the air quality around the blaze is the worst in the country. Burning through rugged terrain east of Sacramento, the … Continue reading →

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