Air pollution death settlement is ‘not a win’ says mother

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A mother whose nine-year-old daughter became the first person in the UK to have air pollution recognised as a factor in her death said she was "never going to win" despite settling legal action with the government.

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00:00A mother, whose 9-year-old daughter became the first person in the UK to have air pollution

00:05recognised as a factor in her death, said she was never going to win despite settling

00:11legal action with the government. Ella Odu Kisi Debra died following an asthma attack

00:18in 2013, with an inquest later finding air pollution made a material contribution to

00:25her death. Her mother, Rosamund, said settling the action for an undisclosed sum was not

00:31a win because your child is already dead, but it did provide an acknowledgement of what

00:36happened to her. The government said it was truly sorry for Miss Odu Kisi Debra's loss

00:42and that it was committed to delivering an ambitious clean air strategy. Ella, who lived

00:4825 metres from the South Circular Road in Lewisham, south-east London, suffered an asthma

00:55attack after being exposed to excessive air pollution.

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