Category Archives: World News

How dangerous is the air where you live? UK’s most polluted towns and cities revealed

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Research suggests the air in 44 out of 51 British towns and cities has failed pollution tests – posing a risk to human health. Millions of people in the UK are inhaling air considered too dangerous to breathe by the … Continue reading →

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Mongolia’s deadly air pollution chokes the ‘Land of Eternal Blue Sky’

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

A combination of extreme winter temperatures, poor infrastructure and urban sprawl in the Mongolian capital has created one of the worst cases of air pollution in the world At the end of a bright autumn day in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar, … Continue reading →

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Flouting the law aggravating air pollution, killing thousands 

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

The winter is coming and once more days of choking smog are awaiting city dwellers in metropolises of Iran. A great deal of air pollution in Tehran and other big cities is blamed on a phenomenon called inversion. Inversions occur … Continue reading →

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Madrid reactivates anti-air pollution protocol 

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

The Madrid City Hall on Tuesday reactivated its anti-air pollution protocol and advised it would step up to level two of the protocol and its subsequent restrictions on traffic after levels of over 180 micrograms of nitrogen dioxide per cubic … Continue reading →

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Over 4,800 die from air pollution in Tehran in 2016

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

A total of 4,810 people died as a result of air pollution in the Iranian Capital of Tehran over a one-year period, according to Health Officials. Air pollution in Tehran was the most dangerous in the country due to the … Continue reading →

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T-Charge: New London traffic charge comes into force 

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Drivers of older, more polluting vehicles will have to pay almost twice as much to drive in central London. Mayor Sadiq Khan’s £10 T-Charge, which mainly applies to diesel and petrol vehicles registered before 2006, has come into force. It … Continue reading →

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Air Pollution in New Delhi Spikes as Millions Burst Firecrackers 

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution levels in India’s capital soared off the charts once again as millions of Indians burst fire crackers to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, despite a Supreme Court ban on the sale of fireworks in the region. Already one … Continue reading →

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Pollution linked to one in six deaths 

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Pollution has been linked to nine million deaths worldwide in 2015, a report in The Lancet has found. Almost all of these deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries, where pollution could account for up to a quarter of deaths. Bangladesh and … Continue reading →

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