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Delay tackling traffic fumes ‘costing Scots lives’

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

THE Scottish and UK governments have come under fire over their failure to act on deadly air pollution blighting cities and towns north of the Border. Environmental campaigners have hit out at ministers for delaying efforts to tackle the problem, … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh City Council oppose stricter regulation on air pollution

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Edinburgh is expected to miss its European Union emissions target.Instead, the city is expected to reach the target in 2020 – five years later than hoped. City councillors yesterday discussed a proposal to do more to tackle air pollution in … Continue reading →

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Dundee’s air pollution ‘needs to be tackled’

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Dundee’s busiest streets are among the most polluted in Scotland, new figures have revealed. Four popular city roads are so highly polluted with nitrogen dioxide that they break European law, according to Friends of the Earth. Seagate, Lochee Road, Meadowside … Continue reading →

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Scots cities ‘10 years behind on air quality’

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

MOST of Scotland’s cities will be ten years late when they finally meet a European air quality standard, according to environmental campaign group Friends of the Earth Scotland. The group said while a legal limit on the amount of nitrogen … Continue reading →

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Capital air quality among the best in Europe

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

AIR quality in the Capital is among the best in the European Union, a study by French environmental organisation Respire found. Air pollution never exceeded “normal” levels with only Cluj-Napoca in Romania achieving the same level. Edinburgh was ranked second … Continue reading →

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Glasgow pollution levels unrecorded as equipment lies broken

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Campaigners say residents are at risk as levels of pollution in Glasgow go unrecorded when monitoring equipment breaks down. Environmental groups have warned that lives are being put at risk and are calling for urgent action to make sure pollution … Continue reading →

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Salamander Street first in Edinburgh to break annual air pollution limits

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air quality campaigners are demanding action after Salamander Street air pollution breached government ‘safe’ limits. Salamander Street has become the first street in Edinburgh, and only the second in the whole of Scotland, to breach annual air pollution limits – … Continue reading →

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Aberdeen’s Market Street first in Scotland to break air pollution laws

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air quality monitoring data has revealed that the Aberdeen thoroughfare has become the first street in Scotland to smash through legal limits for air pollution in 2014. Each day, automatic monitors check the air for tiny dust particles that are … Continue reading →

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