'Striking association' found between nine-year-old's hospital admissions and local spikes in air pollutionA report into the death of a nine-year-old girl following a fatal asthma attack shows a "striking association" between her repeated hospital admissions and spikes in illegal levels of air pollution around her home in London.Ella Kissi-Debrah, from Hither Green, near the capital's busy South Circular Road, experienced seizures for three years prior to her death in February 2013. Her family have been calling for an investigation after a narrative conclusion by the original coroner, Phillip Barlow, ruled that Ella had suffered a severe asthma attack followed by a seizure. Continue reading...
Report links child's asthma death to illegal levels of air pollution
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Zdroj: The Guardian