{"id":24045,"date":"2021-05-10T10:56:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T10:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pgmbmv2stg.wpengine.com\/coroner-calls-for-law-change-after-air-pollution-causes-death-of-young-girl\/"},"modified":"2023-05-12T11:33:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T11:33:28","slug":"coroner-calls-for-law-change-after-air-pollution-causes-death-of-young-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wdev.pogustgoodhead.com\/nl\/coroner-calls-for-law-change-after-air-pollution-causes-death-of-young-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"Coroner Calls For Law Change After Air Pollution Causes Death Of Young Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Four months after an inquest concluded that air pollution was the cause of death for six-year-old Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, a coroner has called on the UK government to change air pollution law.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Coroner Phillip Barlow, who led the original inquest into Ella\u2019s death in\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wdev.pogustgoodhead.com\/nl\/inquest-labels-air-pollution-as-cause-of-death-for-first-time-ever\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">December 2020<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, has called for national pollution limits to be reduced. He says there is \u2018no safe level of particulate matter\u2019 in the air.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">WHO guidelines on air pollution\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">According to Phillip Barlow, to prevent further deaths of a similar nature, the UK government should reduce existing legally binding targets for particulate matter pollution to bring them in line with World Health\u00a0Organisation\u00a0(WHO) guidelines.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ella was the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as the cause of death on their death certificate.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The inquest into Ella\u2019s death also found levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) near her home exceeded WHO and EU guidelines.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In his report, Phillip Barlow called for more information about air pollution and its impact to be made available to the public.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2018Children are dying\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">unnecessarily<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Responding to the report, Ella\u2019s mother Rosamund Adoo- Kissi-Debrah, asked the government to listen to the recommendations laid out by the coroner. She warned that \u201cchildren are dying unnecessarily because the government is not doing enough to combat air pollution\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cAs the parent of a child suffering from severe asthma, I should have been given this\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">information,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0but this did not happen,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ms<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Adoo-Kissi-<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Debrah<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0said.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cBecause of a lack of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">information,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0I did not take the steps to reduce Ella\u2019s exposure to air pollution that might have saved her life. I will always live with this regret. It is not too late for other children.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four months after an inquest concluded that air pollution was the cause of death for six-year-old Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, a coroner has called on the UK government to change air pollution law.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Coroner Phillip Barlow, who led the original inquest into Ella\u2019s death in\u00a0December 2020, has called for national pollution limits to be reduced. 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