Category Archives: World News

The average person in Europe loses two years of their life due to air pollution

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Respro® UK Ltd

The average person living in Europe loses two years of their life to the health effects of breathing polluted air, according to a report published in the European Heart Journal on March 12. The report also estimates about 800,000 people … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Europe, Health Effects of Air Pollution, Medical Studies, World News | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Indonesia’s capital curbs private cars in bid to cut choking pollution

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Respro® UK Ltd

Indonesia’s capital announced new curbs on private cars on Wednesday as it moves to rein in Jakarta’s choking air pollution, but experts warned the measures were unlikely to stamp out the problem. The traffic-clogged city has more than 10 million … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Asia | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Indonesian government under pressure to stamp out toxic haze

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Respro® UK Ltd

Rampant forest fires are causing polluting smog to travel to neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore, sending air quality plummeting in Southeast Asia Indonesian leader Joko Widodo warned Tuesday that officials would be sacked if they failed to stamp out rampant forest … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

More than half a million Americans exposed to toxic air pollution face cancer risks above EPA guidelines

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Respro® UK Ltd

Neighbors used to barely notice the drab, low-slung industrial building across the river from downtown. The corporate name on the sign out front had changed a few times over the years. Truck traffic in and out of the loading docks … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Health Effects of Air Pollution, Medical Studies, USA, USA & Canada | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Paris region bans cars and cuts Metro ticket prices over pollution spike

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Respro® UK Ltd

Tens of thousands of motorists in the Paris region were unable to take their cars to work on Tuesday after authorities took the step of banning vehicles due to a pollution spike linked to the arrival of the new heatwave. … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Europe, France | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

EU Member States make only mixed progress in reducing emissions under UN convention, latest air pollution data shows

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Respro® UK Ltd

European Union (EU) Member States have made only mixed progress in reducing emissions of the most harmful air pollutants, according to updated data published today by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The data is from the annual EU emission inventory … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Europe | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Major Siberian cities choking from strong wildfires

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Respro® UK Ltd

Krasnoyarsk and Novosibirsk suffering smoke pollution and infernos rage in forests after hot, dry weather. Pictures show the scale of the smoke in major population centres from the raging wildfires with the cause seen mainly as out-of-control forest fires in … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Asia | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Using El Niño and Antarctic Oscillation data to predict air pollution levels in northern India

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Respro® UK Ltd

A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China and the U.S. has found that data from El Niño and Antarctic Oscillation events can be used to predict air pollution levels in northern India. In their paper published in … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Asia, India | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment