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Past fires suggest effects of Europe and North America wildfires may linger for years

Posted on July 29, 2026 by Respro® UK Ltd

Three years after Maui wildfires many still struggle with ‘biological, emotional and social consequences’, study saysA spate of ferocious wildfires across North America and Europe, worsened by the climate crisis, has incinerated homes and forests and forced thousands of people to … Continue reading →

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WILDFIRE SMOKE ADVISORIES AND FORECASTS 🔥

Posted on July 14, 2026 by Respro® UK Ltd

CANADACanadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre ciffc.ca CANADAFireSmoke Canada firesmoke.ca EUROPEEFFIS – European Forest Fire Information System forest-fire.emergency.copernicus.eu EUROPEEuropean Commission joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu Fire Map Live firemap.live FRANCEincendieencours incendieencours.fr Global Forest Watch globalforestwatch.org/map NASA Earth Observatory earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/natural-event PORTUGALFogos fogos.pt SPAINCIVIO civio.es/en/environment/forest-fires-map USAAir Now … Continue reading →

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Forest fires linked to tens of thousands of avoidable deaths

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

Setting fire to forest and agricultural land in Southeast Asia to prepare it for cultivation or grazing contributes to an estimated 59,000 premature deaths a year, say scientists. Their analysis reveals that the greatest health impact from the burning, which … Continue reading →

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Smoke Across North America

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

While plumes of wildfire smoke from western North America have passed over the northeastern U.S. and Canada multiple times each summer in recent years, they often go unnoticed. That is because smoke that spreads far from its source typically moves … Continue reading →

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Surkhet air pollution puts residents at risk

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

On Tuesday, Amrita Sunar from Barahatal Rural Municipality Ward No. 5 took her 21-month-old infant to Madhya Paschim Child Clinic in Birendranagar following complaints of breathing difficulty, itchy eyes and common cold. “My son has been unwell for the past … Continue reading →

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Exposure to pollution has long-term effect on multiple generations

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

When severe forest fires last year blanketed Oregon and California with a thick layer of smoke, the high concentrations of fine particulate matter spewed into the air created one of the worst air pollution events in recent history. A large … Continue reading →

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Recent Australian wildfires led to record atmospheric pollution

Posted on March 19, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

The 2019–20 wildfires in Australia injected huge amounts of smoke into the stratosphere, which has led to record aerosol levels over the southern hemisphere. Ilan Koren at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and Eitan Hirsch at the Israel … Continue reading →

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Air pollution kills thousands in megacities despite lockdowns

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

– Air pollution is the largest environmental risk to human health globally. – Tens of thousands of people died from related deaths last year, despite an economic slow down caused by coronavirus. – In the five most-populated cities air pollution … Continue reading →