Category Archives: World News

Gas stoves have given 650,000 U.S. children asthma, study finds

Posted on January 6, 2023 by Respro® UK Ltd

Gas stoves are responsible for 12.7% of U.S. childhood asthma cases, a new study in the peer-reviewed International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health has found. That proportion is much higher in states such as Illinois (21.1%), California (20.1%) … Continue reading →

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UK study adds to evidence of air pollution link to long-term illness

Posted on January 3, 2023 by Respro® UK Ltd

Research found greater chances of multiple chronic illnesses in people living in polluted areas Are the impacts from air pollution hiding in plain sight in the everyday aliments that so many of us suffer from? A new study, the largest … Continue reading →

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London Underground polluted with metallic particles small enough to enter human bloodstream

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Respro® UK Ltd
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Air pollution shuts schools in Tehran

Posted on December 12, 2022 by Respro® UK Ltd

Deputy Tehran provincial governor said on Sunday that due to dangerous air pollution the school in the Iranian capital will be closed on Monday and Tuesday. The schools have remained closed since yesterday for air pollution. The school week in … Continue reading →

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Seventy years on from the Great Smog, Mayor warns that air pollution is still a matter of life and death in London

Posted on December 6, 2022 by Respro® UK Ltd
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Air pollution killed 238,000 Europeans prematurely in 2020: EU watchdog

Posted on November 24, 2022 by Respro® UK Ltd

Fine particle air pollution led to 238,000 premature deaths in the European Union in 2020, the bloc’s environmental watchdog said Thursday, a slight rise from the previous year. At the same time, the overall rate for EU countries in 2020 … Continue reading →

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Iran: Air pollution kills over 20,000 people a year

Posted on November 9, 2022 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution in Iran has killed 20,800 people during 2021, an official announced yesterday. “Iran recorded 20,800 deaths last year due to air pollution-related diseases,” the head of Air Quality and Climate Change at Iran’s environment ministry, Abbas Shahsavani, told Etemadonline, adding that … Continue reading →

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Indian capital battles dangerous levels of air pollution

Posted on November 4, 2022 by Respro® UK Ltd

Indian authorities have shut factories and construction sites, restricted diesel-run vehicles and deployed water sprinklers and anti-smog guns to control haze and smog enveloping the skyline of the capital region. The Delhi government closed primary schools and restricted outdoor activity … Continue reading →

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