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Pollution from car emissions killing millions in China and India

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

An explosion of car use has made fast-growing Asian cities the epicentre of global air pollution and become, along with obesity, the world’s fastest growing cause of death according to a major study of global diseases. In 2010, more than … Continue reading →

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Obama tightens air pollution limits

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

The Obama administration has set new limits on a deadly form of air pollution – and risked a backlash from industry early in a second term – by tightening restrictions on soot from smoke stacks and diesel engines. The new … Continue reading →

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Air pollution at Waverley seven times higher than safety limits

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

Exhaust fumes from trains and taxis, coupled with toxic dust kicked up by construction works, are endangering the health of commuters, tourists and workers – particularly those with asthma, lung or heart conditions, experts say. Politicians have reacted with shock … Continue reading →

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Polluted air is choking the city – Buses, cars are the main culprits

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

I couldn’t be the only one concerned about how increasingly polluted the ambient air around Kingston and St Andrew has become in recent times. Every other vehicle is spitting out thick, black smoke. One whiff of those vehicular emissions and … Continue reading →

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Smartphones equipped with sensors to study EU air pollution

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

Environmental sensor-equipped, GPS-enabled smartphones are set to be used in researching possible adverse effects of chemicals exposure to the human body, in the EU’s biggest to-date investment into environmental health research. The €8.7m Exposomics project sets out to study the … Continue reading →

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‘Older cars damaging attempt to reduce air pollution level in city’

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

RECESSION and older cars on the roads are helping to prevent air pollution levels in Nottingham from falling enough to meet legal standards, it is claimed. Although the EU has given the city until January 2015 to reduce nitrogen dioxide … Continue reading →

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Winter spurts air pollution in Delhi

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

Onset of cold weather in the Capital has brought its adverse side — air pollution five times higher than the national standard and worse that India’s most polluted hubs such as Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh and Ankleshwar in Gujarat. The … Continue reading →

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Bangkok: BMTA told to maintain clean buses

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

City transit agency found negligent, responsible for air pollution in Bangkok The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority must ensure its 14,000 public buses are properly maintained and don’t release harmful black smoke and cause pollution, according to a recommended ruling by … Continue reading →

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