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This Man’s Running Mask Speaks The Horrifying Truth About Delhi’s Air Quality

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Nirvan Mehra is a 28-year-old asthmatic patient and a runner. He took to running because he wanted to build lung capacity and fulfil his dream of climbing Stok Kangri in Ladakh. “Running became the means to an end—from one kilometer, … Continue reading →

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Delhi Has World’s Worst Air: Are We Breathing In Toxins?

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Do you never smoke? Then you are pretty much safe from lung diseases, right? Wrong. Well, just in case you happen to be a Delhi-ite, you actually breathe in air that is akin to smoking 40 cigarettes a day. And … Continue reading →

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Air pollution in India: Breathe uneasy

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

IN THE early hours of a January morning, all lanes of a motorway into Delhi are crammed with hundreds of rumbling lorries. These are brightly painted, with signs imploring overtaking drivers to “Honk please”. Every night immense convoys like this … Continue reading →

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Centre wants to restrict car use as air pollution hits worrying levels

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

With air pollution rising to alarming levels, especially in the National capital, the Environment Ministry has urged the Supreme Court to ask the Delhi government to consider drastic steps, which includes the plying of private cars only on alternate days … Continue reading →

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What Delhi’s air pollution says about India and climate change

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

The thick winter haze that settles over Delhi – a nasty mix of smog, vehicle exhaust and smoke from cooking fires – abated somewhat when President Obama arrived in India this week for talks. A bit of rain came and … Continue reading →

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Obama’s About to Get a Whiff of India’s Air Pollution

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

The Times of India newspaper carried a cartoon this month of U.S. President Barack Obama wearing a gas mask when he attends the Republic Day parade in New Delhi on Jan. 26. Next to it was table showing air quality, … Continue reading →

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Delhi’s polluted air may force Obama to stay indoors

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Amid reports that the US may curb President Barack Obama’s early morning schedule during his visit to Delhi later this month, air pollution monitoring agencies said the levels of ‘PM2.5’ or fine, respirable particles that get lodged in the lungs … Continue reading →

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Air quality worst at night, early morning

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Delhiites may be exposed to the worst air pollution at night and early morning, indicates a study by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). CSE chose eight persons and monitored their exposure to pollution for 24 hours using a … Continue reading →

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