Category Archives: World News

Hawaiian paradise suffers scary form of air pollution: volcanic smog

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Thinking about escaping from the smoggy city by heading to the island paradise of Hawaii? You might want to reconsider. They can get something just as bad or worse — volcanic smog (or ‘vog’). If you live in, or nearby, … Continue reading →

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Air pollution may harden arteries

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Long-term exposure to pollution may speed up hardening of the arteries contributing to heart attacks and strokes, say US researchers. The researchers, led by Dr Sara Adar from the University of Michigan and Dr Joel Kaufman from the University of … Continue reading →

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Air pollution indoors and outdoors high, threaten health and environment

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

The average Cairene inhales more than 20 times the acceptable level of air pollution every day, according to the World Health Organization. That means that every Cairo resident’s daily air pollution intake is akin to smoking a pack of cigarettes. … Continue reading →

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Pollution plumes in Paris air are richer in gaseous aromatic compounds than in Los Angeles

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

What is the origin of the volatile hydrocarbons, other than methane, present in city air? Mainly gasoline-powered vehicles[1], according to a study carried out by a French-US team[2] including French researchers from the Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (LISA/IPSL[3], CNRS … Continue reading →

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New areas of air pollution found down length of A25

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

NEW pockets of poor air quality have been identified in the Sevenoaks district. Sevenoaks previously had a total of 11 Air Quality Management Areas AQMAs, but harmful levels of pollution were recently found in Brasted. As a result, the entire … Continue reading →

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Wales: Concern at levels of air pollution

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

AIR pollution levels in parts of Llandeilo are almost twice EU guidance levels. A report drawn up by Carmarthenshire Council says a bypass is desperately needed to divert traffic away from the town. Levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are so … Continue reading →

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Freeway air pollution travels farther in early morning

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Two years ago researchers outfitted an electric Toyota RAV4 with a set of test instruments and drove back and forth near four Los Angeles County freeways between 4:30 a.m. and 6:30 a.m., sampling the air. The results confirmed that in … Continue reading →

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Air Pollution Kills More People Than AIDS and Malaria Combined

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Last week the World Health Organization came out with a study, published in The Lancet, that comes to the sobering conclusion that air pollution kills more people around the world every year than are killed by AIDS and malaria, combined. … Continue reading →

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