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EU Member States make only mixed progress in reducing emissions under UN convention, latest air pollution data shows

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Respro® UK Ltd

European Union (EU) Member States have made only mixed progress in reducing emissions of the most harmful air pollutants, according to updated data published today by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The data is from the annual EU emission inventory … Continue reading →

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Air pollution leads to cardiovascular diseases: Mechanisms that cause vascular damage

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution, and fine dust in particular, is responsible for more than four million deaths each year. Almost 60 per cent of deaths occur as a result of cardiovascular diseases. Scientists around Professor Thomas Münzel, Director of Cardiology I at … Continue reading →

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Forest fires cause pollution worse than that in toxic cities, says NRSC study

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

NRSC found that such high-magnitude events had the potential to destroy a wide variety of flora and fauna as the levels of pollution become higher than those in some highly polluted cities. As massive fires engulfed forests in Uttarakhand last month, … Continue reading →

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Scientist finds children at risk from surprising source of air pollution

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

We think of schools as safe places for children, but there’s an invisible hazard lurking right outside the front door. A recent study by Matthew Adams, assistant professor with U of T Mississauga’s Department of Geography, found that school kiss-and-ride … Continue reading →

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Don’t be ‘silent assassins’ drivers urged 

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Ten times as many people are killed by fumes in the air than road traffic accidents; now a new campaign is aiming to improve Scotland’s air quality. In Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, levels of toxic chemicals in the air are … Continue reading →

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Lasers to track vehicles’ emissions in pollution test 

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Drivers of polluting vehicles will have their emissions tracked next week in the first use of laser-based roadside technology in Scotland, The Scotsman has learned. A busy junction in North Lanarkshire will be used to test the device, which analyses … Continue reading →

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Traffic-related air pollutants – priority carcinogens 

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Approximately one third of the Canadian population is exposed to traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) where they live (defined as areas located 500m on either side of highways or 100m on either side of major urban roads).1 Concentrations of air pollution … Continue reading →

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‘Suggestive evidence’ for link between air pollution and heightened stillbirth risk 

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Tighter curbs on car exhaust and industrial waste and boost in fuel quality needed There is ‘suggestive evidence’ for a link between air pollution and a heightened risk of stillbirth, indicates a summary of the available data, published online in … Continue reading →

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