Category Archives: World News

Italian cities top smog index as EU ministers face air pollution grilling

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Pressure has increased on Italy’s environment minister ahead of a crucial meeting in Brussels after the World Health Organisation revealed that three Italian cities are the worst in Europe in terms of air pollution and smog. Turin, Milan and Naples … Continue reading →

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Bangkok residents brace for worse pollution

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Bangkok’s air pollution which exceeds health safety levels has improved but it could worsen at the end of next month, according to the Department of Pollution Control (DPC). The pollution in the capital has improved after getting worse over the … Continue reading →

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Bangkok air pollution at harmful levels

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Bangkok’s air pollution exceeded health safety levels on five of the last eight days, brought on by still and stagnant air, the Pollution Control Department reported on Thursday. The amount of fine particulates up to 2.5 micrometres in diameter had … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong air quality at unhealthy levels; children and elderly told to stay indoors

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Many areas in Hong Kong experienced high levels of smog on Monday (Jan 22), five days after local media first reported heavy air pollution there. Hong Kong’s Environmental Protection Department reported on Monday that “higher than normal” pollution levels were recorded. As of … Continue reading →

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Polluted streets ‘still poisoning lungs’ in Scotland

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Environmentalists have named the Scottish streets they say are being blighted by air pollution fumes. Ten streets across four towns and cities have been revealed as continuing to break Scottish and European air quality standards in 2017, according to figures … Continue reading →

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Bangkok choked with air pollution: deputy governor

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Bangkok’s busy business areas are being choked with air pollution, with concentrations of particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) much higher than safe standards, Bangkok officials warned on Thursday. Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) deputy governor Suwanna Jungrungruang raised the … Continue reading →

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Pollution blankets Hong Kong on Wednesday, with air quality hitting very unhealthy levels in some parts

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Pollution blankets Hong Kong on Wednesday, with air quality hitting very unhealthy levels in some parts The environmental authority said an airstream was transporting pollutants to the territory, but rain and cloudier weather in the coming days might lower pollution … Continue reading →

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Smog returns across north days after China claims progress in winter pollution campaign

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air quality readings above 400 mark in Shanxi and well over level considered harmful to health in other cities in the region Smog blanketing northern China has pushed air quality readings in Shanxi province well past the level deemed hazardous … Continue reading →

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