Category Archives: World News

Asthma is on the rise in some Top of Utah communities

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

Asthma is on the rise in Utah and it’s affecting some areas of the state more than others. The Utah Department of Health released The Asthma in Utah Burden Report 2012 this week. It shows that the number of people … Continue reading →

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Utah asthma action plan: Avoid pollution

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

Amid reports that more Utahns are wheezing and hacking from asthma, and new efforts to counter its curse, there’s an elephant in the air that seems to get little attention: reducing the sickening haze. Summertime ozone and wintertime inversions send … Continue reading →

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Chicago Air Pollution Action Day today and tomorrow Video

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

Today the Air Quality Index for Ozone went over 100 in parts of Chicago and northwest Indiana. This triggered an orange alert, meaning the air quality is Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups, and creating an Ozone Action Day. The Ozone Action … Continue reading →

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Beijing pollution monitored with kite-mounted sensors

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

Beijing is notorious for its grey-brownish smog days and poor air quality. Two students from the US are trying to raise awareness by conducting workshops for the local residents on how to build sensors small enough to be mounted on … Continue reading →

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Singapore to Achieve Cleaner Air by 2020

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

Singapore is aiming for cleaner air and has set 2020 as the deadline to make this happen. To work towards this, it has adopted World Health Organization guidelines on air quality as a target. Until now, Singapore had used these … Continue reading →

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Israeli green groups furious at Health Ministry for backtracking on Haifa air pollution

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

Environmentalists were outraged on Thursday over the Health Ministrys decision that Haifa should not, after all, be declared an “area suffering from air pollution,” terming it “bizarre” and “a sorry joke. “The ministrys decision not to declare Haifa polluted under … Continue reading →

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Code Orange Air Quality Forecasts Issued for Aug. 23 for Six Pennsylvania Areas

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air quality forecasts predict Thursday, Aug. 23, to be code Orange for ozone in six regions across the state, the Department of Environmental Protection announced today. DEP and its regional air quality partnerships have forecast an Orange air quality action … Continue reading →

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SMOG: Unhealthful air grips the region

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

The 2012 smog season is shaping up to be worst in years for Inland residents. From July 18 through Thursday, Aug. 17, ozone levels were in the unhealthful range every day. Forecasters said the weeks ahead likely will bring more … Continue reading →

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