Category Archives: USA

Polluted city neighborhoods are bad news for asthmatic children: Study shows that children with asthma react differently to changes in air pollution depending on the environment they grow up in

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Children with asthma who grow up in a New York City neighborhood where air pollution is prevalent need emergency medical treatment more often than asthmatics in less polluted areas. This is according to researchers from Columbia University in the US … Continue reading →

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California vessel emissions rules could get even tougher

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution regulators are looking to tighten California’s air emissions rules for commercial vessels, already the strictest in the nation. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced it is beginning a new rulemaking process to modify the state’s existing Commercial … Continue reading →

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Pollutionwatch: summer’s deadly wildfires cause pollution worldwide

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Widespread wildfires have taken lives and destroyed habitats as well as causing air pollution Wildfires are spanning the northern hemisphere. Local impacts have been severe; notably the loss of habitat and life, including the tragic deaths in Greece. Smoke has caused … Continue reading →

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Seattle and Portland Air is Now Dirtier Than Most Polluted Cities in Asia

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

For now, two of America’s cleanest cities have dirtier air than the the most polluted cities in Asia. IN THE DAMP and dreary Pacific Northwest, where moss climbs the trees and moisture dribbles down lamp posts and seems to seep through … Continue reading →

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Tweets prove to be reliable indicator of air quality conditions during wildfires

Posted on July 27, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Tweets originating in California during the state’s 2015 wildfire season suggest that social media can improve predictions of air quality impacts from smoke resulting from wildfires and have the potential to improve rescue and relief efforts, according to research by … Continue reading →

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Fire-choked Yosemite has dirtier air than Beijing

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

A major wildfire burning on the western edge of Yosemite National Park has generated so much smoke that air pollution levels in Yosemite Valley are worse than in Beijing, one of the world’s most polluted cities. At the height of … Continue reading →

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US national parks have just as much air pollution as major cities

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Study finds that the air in areas such as Yosemite National Park isn’t as pristine as it seems. The air in US national parks contains just as much ozone pollution as the air in many of the country’s largest cities, … Continue reading →

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Wildfires are making extreme air pollution even worse in the northwest U.S.

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Smoke from blazes ravaging western states is counteracting clean air improvements The northwestern United States has become an air pollution hot spot — literally. Air quality in states from Nevada to Montana is worse than it was 30 years ago on … Continue reading →

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