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Asian residents are exposed to nine times more air pollution than Americans or Europeans

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

According to the World Health Organisation, about 88 percent of premature deaths in low- and middle-income countries in Asia can be attributed to air pollution. The number of road vehicles in Beijing increased from 1.5 million in 2000 to more … Continue reading →

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Air pollution – a neglected cause of death 

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

In 2015, around 4.5 million people died prematurely from diseases attributed to ambient air pollution, including 237,000 children under the age of five from respiratory infections. This is the result of a study published by the Max Planck Institute for … Continue reading →

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Forest fires cause pollution worse than that in toxic cities, says NRSC study

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

NRSC found that such high-magnitude events had the potential to destroy a wide variety of flora and fauna as the levels of pollution become higher than those in some highly polluted cities. As massive fires engulfed forests in Uttarakhand last month, … Continue reading →

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Millions of British children breathing toxic air, Unicef warns

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Millions of British children breathing toxic air, Unicef warns More than 4.5m affected, says UN group, while tests suggest children’s shorter height increases exposure on busy roads More than 4.5 million children in the UK are growing up in areas … Continue reading →

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South Asian monsoon efficiently purifies the air of pollutants, but also distributes them across the globe

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

The same phenomenon recurs every year. During the dry season, in winter, burning fossil fuels and biomass in South Asia creates a huge pollution haze: the Atmospheric Brown Cloud. How and why it disappears as soon as the rainy season … Continue reading →

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Smoke from El Niño fires subdued dawn chorus in Singapore

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

In 2015 the El Niño drought brought severe fires to Indonesia’s forests and peatlands. The resulting air pollution spread across much of Southeast Asia. Now a study has linked the haze to changes in the dawn chorus some 300 km … Continue reading →

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Study Shows Air Pollution Makes Genetic Changes in the Brain

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

There’s little question that air pollution is toxic for the human body. Studies have shown that particulate matter in the air can lead to lung disease, heart disease, strokes, and lung cancer. But researchers thought the brain might be protected due to … Continue reading →

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The health effect of air pollution from traffic

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

What would happen if all petrol and diesel-powered vehicles were removed from a smaller European city? Up to 4% of all premature deaths could be prevented, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. The researchers used Malmö, … Continue reading →

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