Tag Archives: World Heath Organization (WHO)

Pollutionwatch: How to make our cities safer

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

April’s Supreme Court ruling, impending EU fines and increasing evidence of health harm are ratcheting up the pressure on the UK government to meet legal limits and World Health Organisation guidelines for nitrogen dioxide Reducing traffic by rationalising deliveries, support … Continue reading →

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Slovak air quality among worst in Europe

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

SLOVAKIA belongs among the countries with the biggest air pollution in Europe, data from the European Union’s statistics office, Eurostat, shows. The World Health Organization estimates that polluted air kills over 6,300 people here annually. The situation is worse only in … Continue reading →

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China to roll out tough anti-smoking laws from today

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

China’s capital has long been a smokers’ paradise: there are few places one can find in Beijing, from taxi queues, tourist sites and restaurants to even lifts in office buildings and hospital waiting rooms, that are smoke-free. One in four … Continue reading →

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World Health Assembly closes, passing resolutions on air pollution and epilepsy

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

The World Health Assembly closed today, with Director-General Dr Margaret Chan noting that it had passed several “landmark resolutions and decisions”. Three new resolutions were passed today: one on air pollution, one on epilepsy and one laying out the next … Continue reading →

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What’s in Your Air?

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Take a deep breath. Hold it. Now, release. Breathing is an amazing bodily function, one that is fundamental to life and an act that we do both automatically and conscientiously. Though we are acutely aware of changes in our breathing—too … Continue reading →

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Supreme court orders UK to draw up air pollution cleanup plan

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

UK’s failure to meet EU limits on nitrogen dioxide must be tackled, court rules in case brought by NGO ClientEarth over government’s failure to act The supreme court has ordered the government to make plans for tackling the UK’s air … Continue reading →

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Air pollution costs European economies US$ 1.6 trillion a year in diseases and deaths, new WHO study says

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

A staggering US$ 1.6 trillion is the economic cost of the approximate 600 000 premature deaths and of the diseases caused by air pollution in the WHO European Region in 2010, according to the first-ever study of these costs conducted … Continue reading →

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Worried About China’s Air Pollution? The WHO Says Smoky Restaurants Are Even Worse

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Which has the worst air quality: Beijing on a bad air pollution day or a restaurant with smokers? The answer is the one with the smokers, according to the World Health Organization. The measure of fine, hazardous particulates in the … Continue reading →

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