The British government has apologised for the death of a nine-year-old girl who is believed to be the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed on her death certificate. It comes after a decade-long battle that highlighted the risks vehicle emissions pose to children in low-income communities. The apology was part of a settlement announced on Thursday in a lawsuit filed by the mother of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, who developed severe asthma just before her 7th birthday and suffered severe seizures before she died on 15 February 2013. The government also made an undisclosed financial set…
