London air pollution listed as factor in 9-year-old's death
Ellen Milligan and Jessica Shankleman, Bloomberg
Dec. 16, 2020
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Traffic travels along the A13 dual carriageway as the City of London financial district stands on the skyline on April 10, 2017, by which time London had missed by seven years legal deadlines to improve air quality.Bloomberg photo by Chris Ratcliffe
Air pollution was a significant contributory factor in the death of a 9-year-old girl who grew up in south London, a British coroner has ruled.
Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah died in February 2013 after an asthma attack that led to cardiac arrest. Poor air quality played a significant role in inducing and worsening her condition, coroner Philip Barlow ruled Wednesday.