They lived 25 metres from one of the country’s most polluting roads
The mother of a little girl who died from an asthma attack says shocking new research is further proof her daughter was killed by pollution.
Repeated hospital admissions showed a ‘striking association’ with spikes in illegal levels of air pollution around her home, legal documents revealed. Mrs Adoo-Kiddi-Debrah, a teacher, said: ‘If local councils are agreeing building projects knowing it is an area of high pollution, then they need to be held responsible if something bad happens.
Dr Penny Woods, chief executive of the British Lung Foundation, added: ‘We used to think the only real danger roads posed to children was the threat of a car accident. According to Asthma UK, there are 5,400,000 people with the condition in the UK – including over 1,100,000 children.
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