Category Archives: World News

Diesel engine pollution linked to early deaths and costs NHS billions

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Diesel engines in buses, vans, cars and trains may be responsible for thousands of premature deaths a year and cost the NHS billions of pounds, say air pollution health experts. With government figures for 2008 showing 29,000 people dying prematurely … Continue reading →

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Air Quality Awareness Week helps you prepare

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

This final week of April has been designated as “Air Quality Awareness Week” to better educate people about the effects of ozone and pollution in our air. The Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency is the local organization that monitors Northeast … Continue reading →

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Aberdeen’s Market Street first in Scotland to break air pollution laws

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air quality monitoring data has revealed that the Aberdeen thoroughfare has become the first street in Scotland to smash through legal limits for air pollution in 2014. Each day, automatic monitors check the air for tiny dust particles that are … Continue reading →

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China to finish analysis of air pollutant around Beijing

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

An analysis of the sources of air pollution in Beijing, Tianjin and Shijiazhuang will be finished by the end of June, an official with China’s environmental authority said on Sunday. The environmental authorities are working with the Chinese Academy of … Continue reading →

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China Takes On Pollution With Biggest Changes in 25 Years

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

China passed the biggest changes to its environmental protection laws in 25 years, outlining plans to punish polluters more severely as leaders work to limit contaminated water, air and soil linked to economic growth. The amended law “sets environmental protection … Continue reading →

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U.S. clean-air efforts stay on target

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

National efforts in the last decade to clear the air of dangerous particulate matter have been so successful that most urban areas have already attained the next benchmark, according to new research by Rice University. Atmospheric researchers at Rice studied … Continue reading →

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Researchers raise alarm about air pollution levels in Haiti

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution in the island nation of Haiti can reach levels considered hazardous by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to recent findings by Tufts researchers. The researchers—associate professor Mary Davis and Ann Rappaport in the Department of Urban and … Continue reading →

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Air pollution deaths in south Essex revealed

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

AIR pollution kills 375 people a year in south Essex with many more having years shaved of their lives, health experts estimate. Councils are considering lowering speed limits and urging people to reduce car use as new figures from Public … Continue reading →

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