In a nutshell:After Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah tragically lost her life to hypersecretory asthma, her mother, Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, embarked on a tireless campaign to uncover the role of airborne pollution in her daughter's death. In a landmark ruling, a UK court linked air pollution as a cause of Ella's demise, shedding light on the growing concern about the health impacts of pollution. Air pollution affects the unborn as well. Huanjia Zhang writes that scientists estimate millions of preterm births and underweight newborns worldwide can be attributed to long-term exposure to air pollution. Meanwhile, Kristina Marusic reported on a study indicating that in polluted cities, reducing air pollution could lower cancer rates as much as eliminating smoking would.

Source: The Guardian August 06, 2023 16:48 UTC