Tag Archives: Air Pollution

Side street routes to avoid city pollution can cut exposure by half 

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Clean air signposts and online walking maps to sidestep diesel fumes would benefit public health, finds study Taking a side street route when walking through a city cuts a person’s air pollution exposure by half, according to a new study. … Continue reading →

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Volcanic ‘plumerang’ could impact human health 

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

A new study has found a previously undetected potential health risk from the high concentration of small particles found in a boomerang-like return of a volcanic plume. A team of scientists, led by Dr Evgenia Ilyinskaya at the University of … Continue reading →

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Air pollution more harmful to children in cars than outside, warns top scientist 

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Exclusive: Walking or cycling to school is better for children’s health as cars are ‘boxes collecting toxic gases’ says David King Children are at risk of dangerous levels of air pollution in cars because exposure to toxic air is often … Continue reading →

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With particles, size really matters 

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

In 1996, the Scottish scientist Anthony Seaton put forward a new theory about the health problems from modern air pollution. Throughout our evolution, we have always lived with dusts, but Seaton suggested that the problems from modern air pollution were … Continue reading →

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Air pollution causes 14,000 additional deaths a year in Korea: report

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

About 14,000 people are dying prematurely every year in South Korea as a result of air pollution, a medical professor said Monday, citing a report by the U.S.-based Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Cheong Hae-kwan, a professor at the … Continue reading →

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Traffic-related air pollution linked to DNA damage in children

Posted on June 10, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Children and teens exposed to high levels of traffic-related air pollution have evidence of a specific type of DNA damage called telomere shortening, reports a study in the May Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Young people with asthma also … Continue reading →

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Air you breathed yesterday was more polluted than on Diwali

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Wednesday was even more polluted than Diwali with the peak level of particulate matter (PM) 2.5 crossing those of the festive day last year. According to Central PollutionControl Board (CPCB), the 24-hour concentration of PM 2.5 at 9.30 am was … Continue reading →

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Researchers unveil new hyper-local air pollution map

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Engineering researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed the most detailed and extensive local map of air pollution ever produced for an urban area, using specially equipped Google Street View cars to measure air quality on a … Continue reading →

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