Tag Archives: Nottingham

Living near busy road stunts children’s lung growth, study says

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Respro® UK Ltd

Research reveals that living in proximity of traffic increases risk of lung cancer by 10% Living near a busy road stunts lung growth in children and increases the risk of lung cancer, research has revealed. The analysis by King’s College … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Europe, Health Effects of Air Pollution, London, Medical Studies, Poland, UK | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Scores more heart attacks and strokes on high pollution days, figures show

Posted on October 21, 2019 by Respro® UK Ltd

Data reveals acute impact on people’s health and the strain it puts on emergency services Scores of children and adults are being rushed to hospital for emergency treatment on days of high pollution in cities across England, figures show. Each … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Europe, Health Effects of Air Pollution, London, Medical Studies, Research on Air Pollution in the UK, UK | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

‘The car is ingrained into people here’: West Midlands faces air pollution crisis 

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Region contains five of top 10 hotspots outside London for dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide pollution The West Midlands is one of the worst hit areas outside the capital for illegal levels of nitrogen dioxide pollution but many don’t seem … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Europe, UK | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Revealed: thousands of children at London schools breathe toxic air 

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Exclusive: 802 schools, nurseries and colleges are in areas where levels of nitrogen dioxide breach EU legal limits Tens of thousands of children at more than 800 schools, nurseries and colleges in London are being exposed to illegal levels of … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Europe, London, UK | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Glasgow breaches WHO air pollution safety levels 

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Glasgow has been named among 11 urban areas in the UK and Ireland which have breached air pollution safety levels. The city featured in the data published by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The health body warned poor air quality … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Europe, UK | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

MPs: UK air pollution is a ‘public health emergency’ 

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Cross-party committee of MPs says the government needs to do much more to tackle the crisis, including a scrappage scheme for dirty old diesel cars Air pollution in the UK is a “public health emergency”, according to a cross-party committee … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Europe, UK | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Law firm in new legal threat over UK air pollution 

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

The UK government has been warned to drastically reduce air pollution or face renewed legal action. In April the Supreme Court ruled an immediate plan was needed after the UK breached EU limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO2). The government said … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Europe, London, UK | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The deadly toll of city smog 

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

In mid-January 2016 a three-day smog covered London, Nottingham, Leicester and Birmingham. January used to be a peak month for pea-souper smogs. Between 1952 and 1962 these killed nearly 15,000 Londoners and many people in other cities including Glasgow and … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Europe, London, UK | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment