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Meat-eating causes 75,000 Chinese deaths a year through pollution

Posted on December 20, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

Dietary shifts towards eating more meat causes 75,000 premature deaths a year in China through air pollution, a study shows.  The study, published in the journal Nature Food, is the first to examine how changes in diets in China from … Continue reading →

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European air pollution exceeds legal limits

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

The human toll for poor air quality is worse than for road traffic accidents, with air pollution responsible for more than 400,000 premature deaths in the EU each year. (Source: European Environment Agency – EEA). Read on to find out … Continue reading →

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Many European countries’ air pollutant emissions above legal limits

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollutant emissions in the EU continue to exceed legal limits, according to a report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) published today. Preliminary data for 2013 shows that ten EU Member States exceeded one or more of their emission … Continue reading →

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Infographic: How agricultural emissions affect our health

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

The agricultural sector is the main source of ammonia (NH3) and methane (CH4) in the EU. Yet emissions reductions over the past thirty years for either of these pollutants have not been as impressive as reductions of pollutants from other … Continue reading →

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