Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeThe mum of a girl rushed to hospital 15 times with asthma attacks is demanding ministers tackle the “invisible threat” of air pollution. Leah Ward fears Lucy, seven, is at risk of being killed by the air she breathes, like tragic nine-year-old Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah. Londoner Ella went to hospital 27 times before a fatal asthma attack, with an inquest calling dirty air a “material” factor. She and husband Martin, of Selly Oak, Birmingham, are convinced air pollution is to blame as her health improved after lockdown caused traffic to plunge. Public Health England says emergency asthma hospital admissions had halved since the start of the pandemic.

Source: Daily Mirror May 17, 2021 18:34 UTC