Tag Archives: UK

Pollutionwatch: Please don’t keep the home fires burning

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

With fewer people travelling to work, the end of December normally has low pollution. However, this year frosty weather meant that air pollution lingered and caused problems across the UK – especially in Merseyside, Manchester and Southampton. East Sussex Fire … Continue reading →

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Perth’s Atholl Street one of nation’s most polluted

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Perth’s Atholl Street is one of the dirtiest streets in Scotland, according to a new report by Friends of the Earth. Along with the Seagate, Whitehall Street and Lochee Road in Dundee, it has the dubious distinction of being among … Continue reading →

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Air pollution: The big smoke

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

VISITING Oxford Street, a road teeming with tatty shops and overcrowded with people, is plainly a trial. Less plainly, levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a noxious gas, have been found to be around three times higher there than the legal … Continue reading →

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Oxford Street already breaches 2015 air pollution limit

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Hourly mean for levels of NO2 on busy shopping street have been breached on 19 occasions in 2015 so far Busy shopping destination Oxford Street in London has after only five days exceeded national allowances for levels of nitrogen dioxide … Continue reading →

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Pollutionwatch: Big ships, bigger stink

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Nowadays, Christmas arrives by ship not sleigh. The labels of our new Christmas jumpers, novelty socks, toys and mobile phones reveal the global trade in manufactured goods and the huge distances they travel. Shipping is more energy efficient than road … Continue reading →

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‘Very high’ levels of air pollution recorded in Northern Ireland

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Very high levels of air pollution have been recorded overnight in Newry – with other areas across Northern Ireland also suffering from increased levels. The numbers have been blamed on weather conditions causing a build up of pollutants from cars … Continue reading →

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Liverpool air pollution is cutting lives short: Shocking new figures reveal impact of toxic emissions

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

More than 200 people died in Liverpool from illnesses related to air pollution in 2010, sparking a successful push for funds to improve city’s air quality A project to improve Liverpool’s air quality has been backed with a £10k grant … Continue reading →

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Report highlights air pollution deaths

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

The latest report from The Environmental Audit committee on air quality has prompted BSRIA to call for more action. Poor air quality is resulting in an estimated total of 29,000 deaths a year from air pollution and the report calls … Continue reading →

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