Category Archives: World News

Two Major Air Pollutants Increase in China

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

In the first three months of this year, levels of two major air pollutants increased by almost 30 percent here in the Chinese capital, over the same period in 2012, according to a report on Wednesday by a Chinese news … Continue reading →

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Shanghai to halt cement production when air pollution bad

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Shanghai’s municipal government has announced that it will stop cement production when air pollution reaches ‘heavy’ or greater levels. The plan may affect at least three cement plants in the Shanghai area. The move follows a similar plan in Beijing … Continue reading →

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Air Pollution Linked to 1.2 Million Deaths in China

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Outdoor air pollution contributed to 1.2 million premature deaths in China in 2010, nearly 40 percent of the global total, according to a new summary of data from a scientific study on leading causes of death worldwide. Figured another way, … Continue reading →

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Worst sandstorm in four years engulfs Israel as heavy air pollution recorded across country

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Heavy haze from sandstorms in the Negev area engulfed most parts of Israel on Monday, limiting visibility to approximately a kilometer. Conditions are expected to improve on Monday evening. The Environment Ministry issued a statement warning of high levels of … Continue reading →

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Smog Shrouds North Thailand

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

A smog covering most of northern Thailand will stop the annual exodus of Songkran holiday makers in its tracks unless nature comes to the rescue. Northern provinces are in the grip of a health threatening smog caused by the wholesale … Continue reading →

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Letters: Air quality a problem for small towns as well as cities

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

The air-quality problem (The last gasp, G2, 20 March) is not just a problem in big cities. Crediton, population about 8,000, was declared an air-quality management area in 2003. The A377, which connects Exeter and Barnstaple, now carries more than … Continue reading →

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UK could face EU fines for “massaging” London’s pollution data

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

European Commission also preparing to sue UK over NO2 as part of air quality crackdown The European Commission is considering fresh legal action over the UK’s pollution problem following allegations London officials “massaged” air quality data last year in order … Continue reading →

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Road traffic pollution as serious as passive smoke in the development of childhood asthma

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

New research conducted in 10 European cities has estimated that 14% of chronic childhood asthma is due to exposure to traffic pollution near busy roads. The results are comparable to the burden associated with passive smoking: the World Health Organization … Continue reading →

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