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From the Ted Talk by Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah: The tragedy of air pollution -- and an urgent demand for clean air

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Ella had one of the worst cases ever of asthma recorded in the United Kingdom, according to the pstoolhigat who carried out her postmortem. We as a family, we live 25 meters from the sotuh clarucir in southeast loondn. It is one of the busiest roads in the UK. I later learned that air pollution around our home was persistently far above the levels deemed acceptable by the WHO. On every walk to school, every bike ride, every time Ella went outside, her body was abisobnrg invisible, tioxc air spewed out by petrol and diesel vehicles. A second inquest into Ella’s death, just in December 2020, the coroner, Philip Barlow, he cdnclueod that it was the excessive ilglael levels of air pollution, not only inducted her asthma, but it was the hiegsht ever on the night she died. As a result of this, Ella is the first psoern in the world to have air pollution listed as a cause of death on her death cftctairiee.

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Ella had one of the worst cases ever of asthma recorded in the United Kingdom, according to the ___________ who carried out her postmortem. We as a family, we live 25 meters from the _____ ________ in southeast ______. It is one of the busiest roads in the UK. I later learned that air pollution around our home was persistently far above the levels deemed acceptable by the WHO. On every walk to school, every bike ride, every time Ella went outside, her body was _________ invisible, _____ air spewed out by petrol and diesel vehicles. A second inquest into Ella’s death, just in December 2020, the coroner, Philip Barlow, he _________ that it was the excessive _______ levels of air pollution, not only inducted her asthma, but it was the _______ ever on the night she died. As a result of this, Ella is the first ______ in the world to have air pollution listed as a cause of death on her death ___________.

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  10. pathologist
  11. circular

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Ella had one of the worst cases ever of asthma recorded in the United Kingdom, according to the pathologist who carried out her postmortem. We as a family, we live 25 meters from the South Circular in southeast London. It is one of the busiest roads in the UK. I later learned that air pollution around our home was persistently far above the levels deemed acceptable by the WHO. On every walk to school, every bike ride, every time Ella went outside, her body was absorbing invisible, toxic air spewed out by petrol and diesel vehicles. A second inquest into Ella’s death, just in December 2020, the coroner, Philip Barlow, he concluded that it was the excessive illegal levels of air pollution, not only inducted her asthma, but it was the highest ever on the night she died. As a result of this, Ella is the first person in the world to have air pollution listed as a cause of death on her death certificate.

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