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The Toxic Air We Breathe: Greenpeace Maps Africa’s Air Pollution Hotspots

Posted on March 28, 2024 by Respro® UK Ltd
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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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Air pollution is slashing years off the lives of billions, report finds

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

Dirty air is a far greater killer than smoking, car crashes or HIV/Aids, with coal burning the leading cause Air pollution is cutting short the lives of billions of people by up to six years, according to a new report, … Continue reading →

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New research finds 1M deaths in 2017 attributable to fossil fuel combustion

Posted on June 16, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

An interdisciplinary group of researchers from across the globe has comprehensively examined the sources and health effects of air pollution—not just on a global scale, but also individually for more than 200 countries. They found that worldwide, more than one … Continue reading →

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Nigeria declares pollution in southern city an emergency, closes plant 

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Nigeria declared an air pollution emergency in a major southern city on Tuesday and closed an asphalt plant there after residents complained about the fumes from its furnaces, in a country plagued by corruption and poor governance. Residents staged a … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Onitsha: the city with the world’s worst air 

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

The Nigerian city has recorded the world’s worst levels of PM10 air pollution. But although the results are lethal, the problem is not taken seriously here Approaching Okpoko market through thick smog on the back of an okada (motorcycle taxi), … Continue reading →

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Air pollution more deadly in Africa than malnutrition or dirty water, study warns 

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Annual human and economic cost of tainted air runs to 712,000 lost lives and £364bn, finds Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Africa’s air pollution is causing more premature deaths than unsafe water or childhood malnutrition, and could develop into … Continue reading →

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Why it’s time Africa features in global plans to manage air pollution

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Two years ago the World Health Organisation (WHO) identified air pollution as the world’s worst environmental health risk. It estimated that more than seven million people die prematurely due to air pollution every year. That is a staggering one in … Continue reading →

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