She was only 9 years old when she died after being in hospital almost 30 times in 3 years (during which her lungs failed at least five times): she, the little Ella Kissi-Debrahhe later died from that severe form of asthma exacerbated from London’s air pollution.
Since then, since 2013, his family has been fighting through legal channels, in an attempt to actually establish what the causes of death were. The little girl died after an intense asthma attack, but… Smog played a decisive role in the worsening of his condition and for this reason, for the first time in the UK, pollution was recognized in 2020 and officially listed among the causes of death.
Today, the moving turning point: three ministries, of the Environment, Transport and Health, jointly expressed their apologies for the “tragic loss” suffered by the mother, Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrahstressing that “no child should suffer like Ella” and Keir Starmer’s Labor Government finally decided, four years later, to compensate the woman.
Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah CBE, the mother of a nine-year-old girl who was the first person to have air pollution…
Posted by Hodge Jones & Allen on Thursday, October 31, 2024
The official investigation into the 2013 death of little girl Ella Kissi-Debrah concluded that “environmental pollution was a significant factor in both causing and aggravating her asthma attacks” and that the child “was exposed to levels of nitrogen dioxide and floating particles that exceeded levels recommended by the World Health Organization.”
She has become the first person in the UK for whom air pollution is listed as a cause of death and now with a landmark ruling that is set to set the precedent.
And now? Ella’s mother has announced that she will continue her hard campaign for the approval of one new clean air lawwhich environmental organizations have asked to be approved and which already bears the name of Her Law.
