Tag Archives: Ozone O3

Madrid air pollution reaches alarming levels

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

You don’t have to step into the street for Madrid’s roads to pose a hazard to your health: air pollution from cars in the city might just knock you over. Scientists are finding links between the gases and disease. Pollution … Continue reading →

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Recirculated air pollution descends on Derry

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

High levels of air pollution have been recorded in Derry. The Department of Environment say it is currently monitoring high levels of particulate matter in the city – as well as in Belfast, Newry, Lisburn and Armagh. “The pollution is … Continue reading →

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Air pollution: breaches of legal limits continued through 2010 and 2011

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollutant emissions were above legal limits in eight Member States in 2011, preliminary data shows. In 2010, 12 Member States exceeded these limits, according to final official data reported under the European Union’s National Emission Ceilings (NEC) Directive. Several … Continue reading →

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Worst air pollution in the world: Beijing, Delhi, Ahwaz, and Ulaanbaatar

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

I wake up and suck a bowl of charred asbestos through a dirty bong. Well, that’s what it feels like most winter mornings when I open the door of the fourth-floor New Delhi apartment that I currently call home. Fog-drenched … Continue reading →

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Mayor’s office: keep children out of the playground when air pollution is bad

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

The Mayor’s office have advised that London’s schoolchildren should be kept indoors for their own safety when air pollution is bad – on average once a month. LBC Radio’s Daniel Freedman spoke to Matthew Pencharz, the Mayor’s environmental advisor, who … Continue reading →

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Links between ozone levels and cardiac arrest analyzed

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Researchers at Rice University in Houston have found a direct correlation between out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and levels of air pollution and ozone. Their work has prompted more CPR training in at-risk communities. At the same AAAS symposium, Rice environmental engineer … Continue reading →

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Air Pollution Tracked By Planes Means Better Satellite Air-Quality Monitoring

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Anyone who’s ever driven down Interstate 5 in central California’s Kern County knows about the smell. The one that penetrates cars despite closed vents and windows. Wafting from an adjacent cattle ranch, the largest on the West Coast, the well-known … Continue reading →

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Portable Monitor Sends Tailored Air Pollution Updates To Phones

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

Developed by computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, CitiSense may soon allow you to receive real-time air pollution data for your location on your smart phone. CitiSense is a portable, box-like sensor that can be deployed to … Continue reading →

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