Tag Archives: Research

Air pollution and psychological distress during pregnancy

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Maternal psychological distress combined with exposure to air pollution during pregnancy have an adverse impact on the child’s behavioral development, according to researchers at the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health at the Mailman School of Public Health. The study, … Continue reading →

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Air pollution impacts on bees ability to find food

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Diesel fumes from modern transport and agricultural equipment could be preventing honeybees from finding their food flowers according to scientists. The researchers from Southampton have discovered that air pollution can mask the odour of flowers. By masking the floral smells … Continue reading →

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Reducing personal exposure to particulate air pollution improves cardiovascular health in patients with coronary heart disease

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

BACKGROUND: Air pollution exposure increases cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and is a major global public health concern. OBJECTIVES: We investigated the benefits of reducing personal exposure to urban air pollution in patients with coronary heart disease. METHODS: In an open … Continue reading →

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It may be possible to use trees to monitor levels of air pollution in cities, new research suggests.

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

A Belgian study found evidence that leaves of urban trees change both chemically and physiologically when exposed to different levels of air pollution. If these changes are carefully quantified, trees could provide cheap and widespread ‘bio-indicators’, the study’s authors suggest. … Continue reading →

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Cleaner air from tackling climate change ‘would save millions of lives’

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Tackling climate change would save millions of lives a year by the end of the century purely as a result of the decrease in air pollution, according to a new study. The study is published as scientists from around the … Continue reading →

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Air pollution worsened by climate change set to be more potent killer in the 21st century

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

This century, climate change is expected to induce changes in air pollution, exposure to which could increase annual premature deaths by more than 100,000 adults worldwide. Based on the findings from a modelling study published in Springer’s journal Climatic Change, … Continue reading →

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Study: Air pollution causes 200,000 early deaths each year in the U.S.

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Researchers from MIT’s Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment have come out with some sobering new data on air pollution’s impact on Americans’ health. The group tracked ground-level emissions from sources such as industrial smokestacks, vehicle tailpipes, marine and rail … Continue reading →

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Air pollution dangerous for smokers’ hearts

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Research reveals that on days of high pollution, smokers are more likely to have a heart attack than non-smokers. A study from the University of Dijon in Burgundy, France shows that when fine particles from air pollution exceed a certain … Continue reading →

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