Tag Archives: UK

Air pollution, Europe’s largest environmental health hazard

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Health issues surrounding air quality were brought into the spotlight this week with World Asthma Day, which takes place every year in May. There is no doubt that air pollution is unhealthy and that it aggravates conditions such as asthma. … Continue reading →

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UK government agrees to publish air pollution strategy in next week 

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

No 10 will not challenge high court judgment, which rejected ministers’ efforts to keep policy secret until after election A draft plan to tackle air pollution will finally be published within the next week, after No 10 said it would … Continue reading →

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Oslo, London lead push for greener transport – study

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Oslo, London and Amsterdam are leading a shift by major cities to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from transport, helped by new technologies that will curb climate change and reduce air pollution, a study showed on Tuesday. European cities filled eight … Continue reading →

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How to stop the construction industry choking our cities

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Building firms need to start treating diesel emissions in the same way as asbestos, says air pollution expert Poor air quality, with diesel the biggest culprit, is now thought to be the cause of 40,000 deaths in the UK each … Continue reading →

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Nearly 40 million people live in UK areas with illegal air pollution 

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Exclusive: 59% of the population live in towns and cities where diesel pollution risks damaging health, new data from the Labour party shows Nearly 40 million people in the UK are living in areas where illegal levels of air pollution … Continue reading →

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Belfast air pollution levels ‘among the worst in UK’

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution levels in Belfast have been branded among the worst in the UK, with one monitoring station breaching EU legal limits for three years in a row. The station at Stockman’s Lane recorded an annual average nitrogen dioxide reading … Continue reading →

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Theresa May admits full extent of Britain’s toxic air crisis

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution is the fourth biggest public health risk in the country, alongside cancer, obesity and heart disease, the Prime Minister has admitted. Replying to a letter signed by 220 doctors, warning that “time is running out” to deal with the … Continue reading →

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Friends of the Earth launches air quality proposals ahead of impending Government plan

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

The Government has today (11 April) been called upon to commit to clean air quality measures by climate change campaign group Friends of the Earth (FoE), as a new survey shows that almost half of UK citizens support restriction on … Continue reading →

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