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Tropical city air pollution led to 470,000 premature deaths in 2018

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Respro® UK Ltd

Cities in the tropics are experiencing a growing air pollution problem, which is estimated to have led to a 62 per cent rise in premature deaths since 2005 Some 470,000 people in cities near the equator died prematurely in 2018 … Continue reading →

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Report Finds that 97 Percent of Global Cities Did Not Meet Latest WHO Air Quality Guideline

Posted on March 22, 2022 by Respro® UK Ltd

The 2021 World Air Quality Report finds that only three percent of cities and no single country met the latest World Health Organization’s (WHO) PM2.5 annual air quality guideline. The report analyzes PM2.5 air pollution measurements from air monitoring stations … Continue reading →

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Air at two Dhaka slums 5 times thicker than usual

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air density at two of Dhaka’s most marginalised low-income slums is four to five times higher than the permissible limit in Bangladesh for a 24-hour period. As a result, residents suffer from air pollution-induced diseases like laryngeal problems, asthma and … Continue reading →

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Air pollution in biggest cities four times above safe levels

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

An investigation by OpenAQ has found that the average level of air pollution in the world’s largest cities is nearly four times higher than the maximum levels recommended by the WHO. According to estimates, 90 per cent of the world … Continue reading →

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Dhaka world’s second-most polluted city

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

Densely populated Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, continues to dominate the list of world cities with the worst air quality, reports news agency UNB. On Friday, Dhaka occupied the second position in the list. The city of Kolkata in neighbouring … Continue reading →

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22 of the top 30 most polluted cities in the world are in India

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Respro® UK Ltd

India accounts for seven of the world’s 10 cities with the worst air pollution, according to a new report, but previously smogbound Chinese cities have seen a marked improvement. Gurugram, a suburb of the Indian capital New Delhi, is the … Continue reading →

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Living with air pollution

Posted on November 22, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

People wearing smoke masks, children going stir-crazy indoors, families driving hours to find fresh air. Alarming as it is to some, unhealthy air enveloping the San Francisco Bay Area in recent days is all too familiar to millions of people … Continue reading →

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Air pollution can put a dent in solar power

Posted on August 30, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution, especially in urban areas, can significantly reduce the power output from solar panels, and needs to be considered when design solar installations in or near cities. Ian Marius Peters, now an MIT research scientist, was working on solar … Continue reading →

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