Tag Archives: Air Pollution

Woodstoves are good for the soul, bad for the heart: Researchers find that air pollution from wood burning linked to increased risk of heart attacks in seniors

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

The risk of acute myocardial infarction for the elderly living in and around small cities is increased by air pollution caused by biomass burning from woodstoves. It is well documented that air pollution in big cities causes heart and lung … Continue reading →

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Air pollution exposure may increase risk of dementia

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive brain disease that eventually strips sufferers of their ability to remember, communicate and live independently. By 2050, it is projected to affect nearly 14 million Americans and their families, with an economic cost of one … Continue reading →

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Heavy air pollution to hit northern cities until start of National People’s Congress 

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Pollution will ease by Wednesday, forecasters say, but return with a vengeance on Friday for the following week A new bout of air pollution is due to hit Beijing and other parts of north China today. The Ministry of Environmental … Continue reading →

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Car buyers should have ‘long, hard think’ about diesel 

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

The transport secretary suggests drivers should try to buy the least polluting vehicles possible. The transport secretary has said drivers considering buying diesel cars should take a “long, hard think”. Chris Grayling made the remarks to the Daily Mail, which … Continue reading →

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Revealed: thousands of children at London schools breathe toxic air 

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Exclusive: 802 schools, nurseries and colleges are in areas where levels of nitrogen dioxide breach EU legal limits Tens of thousands of children at more than 800 schools, nurseries and colleges in London are being exposed to illegal levels of … Continue reading →

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Children at Nearly 8,000 U.S. Public Schools Breathe Highly Polluted Air 

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Roughly one in every 11 public schools in the U.S. sits within 500 feet of highways and other heavily trafficked roads, exposing 4.4 million students to high levels of toxic air pollution. The data is the result of a new … Continue reading →

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Proposed fireplace bylaw prohibits burning wet timber, high sulphur coal

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

About 75,000 Auckland households will need to be careful about how they use their fireplaces under newly proposed burning restrictions. On Thursday Auckland councillors discussed a draft air quality bylaw for indoor fires which would ban the burning of wet … Continue reading →

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City Living Is Ruining Your Sense Of Smell, Scientist Warns 

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

City living is destroying our sense of smell, driving up consumption of salty foods and causing obesity rates to soar, according to a leading scientist. Dr Kara Hoover, an expert in olfactory evolution, said that air pollution was to blame … Continue reading →

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