Category Archives: World News

Portuguese among most vulnerable from pollution and extreme temperatures

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Respro® UK Ltd

Targeted action is needed to better protect the poor, the elderly and children from environmental hazards like air and noise pollution and extreme temperatures, especially in Europe’s eastern and southern regions, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said in a report … Continue reading →

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Mongolians send children into countryside to escape choking winter smog

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Respro® UK Ltd

Mongolia has extended school winter holidays in the world’s coldest capital and many families have sent children to live with relatives in the vast, windswept grasslands to escape choking smog and respiratory diseases such as pneumonia. The temperature is expected … Continue reading →

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‘It is so scary’: how the UK’s filthy air is sending children to A&E

Posted on February 6, 2019 by Respro® UK Ltd

Young patients with respiratory problems are a regular sight for doctors due to air pollution crisis Parents ‘worryingly unaware’ of damage from air pollution Sixteen-month-old Madalena grins and throws her flashing ball across the consulting room, oblivious to the conversation … Continue reading →

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There’s an air quality alert in Washington, the sky is hazy and it’s February. What’s going on?

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Respro® UK Ltd

Ordinarily when air quality alerts are in effect, the air is muggy and oppressive, as if you could cut it with a knife. The overwhelming majority of these alerts happen between June and August. But Feb. 4, the air was … Continue reading →

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Bangkok chokes as pollution busting efforts falter

Posted on February 1, 2019 by Respro® UK Ltd

The small park in Bangkok’s Rama III district is mostly popular with runners circling its neatly trimmed garden track to the sound of birdsong. But on Thursday, they were joined by a convoy of fire trucks and half a dozen … Continue reading →

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Bangkok schools closed over air pollution concerns

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Respro® UK Ltd

More than 400 schools in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, were shut for the rest of the week Wednesday due to increasing concern over dangerously unhealthy air pollution. Faced with public discontent as well as a possible health crisis, Police Gen. Asawin … Continue reading →

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Urgent : Schools in Bangkok close as air pollution worsens

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Respro® UK Ltd

The Bangkok governor on Wednesday ordered the suspension of classes at 437 schools under Bangkok Metropolitan Administration for the safety of students after 26 zones in the capital were declared air pollution control areas. Aswin Kwanmuang said the suspension started … Continue reading →

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Hanoi chokes as air pollution increases to unhealthy levels

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution in Ha Noi in recent days has been so severe that health experts have warned people to stay indoors. The Air Quality Index at various air monitoring stations across the capital showed dangerously high levels on Sunday afternoon. … Continue reading →

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