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Air pollution contributed to Ella's death, coroner rules A landmark judgement has determined that exposure to excessive air pollution, mainly from traffic emissions, contributed to the death of a nine-year-old girl from South London. The finding came at the end of a second inquest into the death of Ella Adoo Kissi-Debrah, who died in Lewisham, South London in February 2013, having been exposed to illegal levels of air pollution for three years. Deputy Coroner Philip Barlow listed the medical causes of Ella's death as acute respiratory failure, severe asthma and air pollution exposure and foun...
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