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Air pollution officially blamed for little girl's death in UK 7 years after she died
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foxnews.comA 9-year-old London girl who died in 2013 is now the first in the United Kingdom to have air pollution listed as an official cause of death – after her mother spent years fighting findings that blamed only respiratory failure, according to authorities.
Advocates are hoping the change will lead to an acknowledgement of the city's dangerous air pollution – and a crackdown. Ella Kissi-Debrah suffered from severe hypersecretory asthma, according to records from London’s coroner.
Episodes frequently resulted in cardiac arrest or seizures. She visited the hospital 27 times between her sixth birthday and her death.
On Feb. 15, 2013, a month after her eighth birthday, she had an asthma attack and fell into cardiac arrest. Medical workers at the.
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