Category Archives: World News

MPs’ plan to cut air pollution near schools rejected by Government

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

A generation of children will grow up with their lives blighted by illegally high levels of air pollution after the Government rejected proposals to protect schools in the worst affected areas, MPs claim. With air pollution thought to be killing … Continue reading →

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Cold facts of air pollution

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

The difference between a breath of cold air and a breath of warm air isn’t just the temperature. It’s also the pollutants they might contain. Until now, wintertime air pollution hasn’t been studied in much detail. Scientists have focused more … Continue reading →

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State and federal governments agree to crack down on air pollution

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Tougher standards on emissions and a national clean air agreement could help reduce healthcare costs by billions of dollars The federal and state governments have agreed to work together to improve air quality standards and help Australia adapt to the … Continue reading →

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Air pollution monitoring stations get boost in #Budget2015

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

The environmental affairs department wants citizens to inhale clean air, according to the 2015/16 budget tabled in Parliament on Wednesday. It plans to increase the number of air quality monitoring stations to 105 by 2017/18, from 65 in 2013/14. The … Continue reading →

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Singapore Air Pollution Poses Foreign Policy Dilemma

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

If lawyer Jaya Gurunathan wakes up with a sore throat, he often knows the cause right away: the “haze.”  Singapore blames the hazy air pollution that sometimes blankets the city on fires in the less regulated countries that surround it. … Continue reading →

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The Man Measuring Mexico City’s Air Quality Is Part Planner, Part Meteorologist

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Armando Retama Hernandez can cite the daily changes in Mexico City’s air quality like a baseball fan remembering a season’s stats. To explain the pattern of pollution, Retama, who’s the city’s director of atmospheric monitoring, opens his laptop to consult … Continue reading →

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Clean Air and Healthy Lungs: How to Better Tackle Air Pollution

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

When you hear about deadly air pollution, your mind is likely to turn to smog filled cityscapes and congested highways. Cities in India and China have become iconic for air pollution challenges and the health impacts they bring. But city-dwellers … Continue reading →

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Keep an eye on your city’s pollution in real time

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

And breathe… High-definition cameras are letting residents monitor the air pollution in their cities online, and in real time. The Breathe Project in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, worked with Carnegie Mellon University to create the Breathe Cam – four high-resolution cameras that … Continue reading →

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