Tag Archives: PM2.5

Air Pollution Linked To Early Death Heart Attack Survivors, Study Shows

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution increases the chances of heart attack survivors dying early, research has shown. Higher levels of tiny sooty particles in the air led to more deaths among patients after they had left hospital. Experts monitored more than 154,000 patients … Continue reading →

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Chinese struggle through ‘airpocalypse’ smog

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Hu Li’s heart sank when she realised that she could gauge how close she was to home by the colour of the air. Driving 140 kilometres from Tianjin City to Beijing last week, she held her breath as the chalky-white … Continue reading →

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Beijing’s air quality rated ‘hazardous’ as smog returns to eastern regions

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air quality in Beijing turned “hazardous” while pollution in Shanghai was rated unhealthy as hazy weather was forecast across eastern regions. Concentrations of PM2.5, fine air particulates that pose the greatest health risk, rose to 297 micrograms per cubic metre … Continue reading →

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Krakow’s Air Quality Among the Worst in the World

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

It is impossible not to notice the thick smogs that periodically blanket Krakow, or to wonder what they are doing to your lungs, but even on seemingly clear days the city’s air is among the most polluted in Europe with … Continue reading →

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Air pollution increases chances of low birth-weight babies

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Sooty air pollution in towns and cities increases the chances of women giving birth to small babies, new research has shown. A study involving millions of births around the world found that higher pollution levels raised the risk of low … Continue reading →

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Air pollution from China reaches Japan, other parts of Asia

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Traces of China’s air pollution have reached southwestern Japan, alarming residents and leading government officials to consider international cooperation to deal with the problem. Beijing has been suffering severe air pollution this winter, with thick smog blanketing the capital and … Continue reading →

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Beijing’s Murky Air-Pollution Measures

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Was January Beijing’s worst-ever month for pollution? The question is no doubt on the minds of residents as February brings merely “unhealthy” levels of dangerous airborne particulate matter in place of a slew of January days officially classified as “hazardous”—or … Continue reading →

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No wind means no respite from air pollution

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

The severe air pollution that engulfed Shanghai Wednesday will ease Thursday, though slowly, as the dead winds that have allowed pollutants to accumulate were not expected to pick up by much. Shanghai’s Air Quality Index (AQI), which measures air pollution … Continue reading →

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