Tag Archives: Stockholm

Clean Air Can Boost Children’s Lung Capacity

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Respro® UK Ltd

Globally, children and adolescents have being growing up in areas with high levels of air pollution since the Industrial Revolution took off. According to the World Health Organization, more than 90% of the world’s children below the age of 15 … Continue reading →

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As air pollution in Swedish cities goes down, life expectancy goes up

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

New research has found that those living in the Swedish cities of Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö live on average one year longer today than 25 years ago, thanks to a decrease in the level of traffic pollution. Carried out by … Continue reading →

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Sweden gives green light for cities to ban old diesel cars

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Sweden’s towns will soon be allowed to ban old diesel engines from their town centres in an effort to improve the environment and combat air pollution, the government announced on Friday. Sweden’s centre-left Social Democrat-Green coalition government did not impose … Continue reading →

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Stockholm registers air pollution ‘as bad as Beijing’ 

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Sweden may be a nation with a reputation for its green credentials, but the country’s capital city recently registered air quality as poor as Chinese capital Beijing. That’s according to Stockholm Air & Noise Analysis (SLB-analys), the authority responsible for … Continue reading →

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