Category Archives: World News

Monitoring air quality in Worthing

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

MOTORISTS familiar with the A27 Upper Brighton Road at Grove Lodge will have noticed a large white box has appeared at the side of the road. The box contains a new air quality analyser, installed by Worthing Borough Council’s environmental … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, London, UK | Tagged King's College London, Sussex, UK, Worthing | Leave a comment

EPA proposes approval of Texas’ clean air plan

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its proposal to approve revisions submitted by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to the state’s permitting program for major air pollution sources under the Clean Air Act’s New Source Review (NSR) program. … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, USA & Canada | Tagged Air Quality, PALS - Plant-wide Applicability Limits, Texas, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), USA | Leave a comment

The Urban Health Desert – Neighbourhoods

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution. Asthma. Obesity. These are among the plights of the modern city. As the world’s cities become home to a greater percentage of the population, better urban planning will be needed to reduce these negative health impacts, according to … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Asthma, Health Effects of Air Pollution, London, UK, World News | Tagged Air Pollution, Air Quality, University College London | Leave a comment

Winter air pollution returns to Hastings NZ

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

A cold start to winter has meant that there have already been five exceedances of the national air quality standards in Hastings this winter. Napier also came close to exceeding last weekend. via Winter air pollution returns to Hastings | … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Australia & Oceania, World News | Tagged Hastings, National Environmental Standard (NES), New Zealand, PM - Particulate Matter, PM10 | Leave a comment

Defra tells councils to engage more on air quality

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

The significance of getting air quality as a health indicator and the need to convey air quality messages featured at the Care4Air conference in Doncaster on May 30 2012. Local authorities will need to make their air quality work more “engaging” … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, UK | Tagged Air Quality, Care4Air, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), UK, Yorkshire | Leave a comment

Increasing vehicles amplify pollution levels in India

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

The 8.68% rise in the number of vehicles in Lucknow, India, during 2011-12 has taken its toll on city’s ambient air quality. As a result, there is no let-up either in the air pollution or the noise pollution levels. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Health Effects of Air Pollution, India, World News | Tagged Air Pollution, India, Lucknow, PM - Particulate Matter | Leave a comment

Pollution, Poverty, People of Color: The factory on the hill.

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

One in four Richmond residents lives in areas of high air pollution from nearby industry or busy roadways, according to a city estimate based on data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency‘s Toxic Release Inventory and the California Air Resources Board. … Continue reading →