Category Archives: World News

Guy Fawkes night creates a toxic smog

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

Guy Fawkes night is unique in the air pollution calendar. The smoke from bonfires takes us back to a time when our homes were heated with solid fuel, and the smoke from fireworks also contains tiny inhalable particles of metals … Continue reading →

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New Space Sensor As A Hosted Payload To Track Air Pollution Across North America

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

NASA has selected a proposal from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Mass., to build the first space-based instrument to monitor major air pollutants across the North American continent hourly during daytime. The instrument, to be completed in 2017 at … Continue reading →

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Air quality warnings persist in Fairbanks North Pole

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air quality warnings have accompanied a stretch of cold weather this week, but those advisories won’t necessarily count against a federal mandate to limit local pollution levels. Borough air quality technician Jim McCormick said early Wednesday afternoon that air quality … Continue reading →

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Air pollution study must factor in bushfire smoke

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

A STUDY of Perth’s air quality by interstate universities to help predict future pollution levels has determined the accuracy of forecast models for the region would be low due to diffuse sources of bushfire smoke. Researchers from the Universities of … Continue reading →

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Delhi’s dirty picture: City’s air pollution set to get worse

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution in Delhi, which has already reached alarming levels, is set to worsen after Diwali. Data taken from six places in the Capital between October 22 and November 2 show air pollution at frightening levels even before November 13. … Continue reading →

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Shanghai: Eastday-Air to be ‘slightly polluted’ today

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

THE city’s air quality is likely to be slightly polluted today and tomorrow because of possible sand dust from the north and low-force winds, the Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Center said yesterday. The center said the air quality yesterday afternoon and … Continue reading →

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Kicking up a stink over air quality

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

A HEATED row has broken out over Green Party calls for Reading Borough Council to act on potentially dangerous levels of air pollution. Reading Green Party leader, Cllr Rob White, this week accused the council of failing to react to … Continue reading →

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Winter spurts air pollution in Delhi

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

Onset of cold weather in the Capital has brought its adverse side — air pollution five times higher than the national standard and worse that India’s most polluted hubs such as Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh and Ankleshwar in Gujarat. The … Continue reading →

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