JESSICA RAWNSLEY
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I proved London air pollution killed my daughter - she'd be proud of me
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Fourteen years ago, Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah knew next to nothing about air pollution, nor its awful power.
She is now an expert on the subject matter; one of the most renowned advocates for clean air in the world. She has advised the Mayor of London and successive UK governments, and her work has earnt her a series of accolades: World Health Organisation (WHO) BreatheLife Ambassador; Honorary Fellow of the British Science Association; a European Lung Foundation award; numerous Women of the Year nods. Her portrait hangs in the National Portrait Gallery.
But the path here has been paved with pain and loss. And as laudable as her many achievements are, it is the fact that she experienced every parent’s darkest fear, and chose to harness it so that other families might not suffer the same fate, that makes Rosamund remarkable.
She is now an expert on the subject matter; one of the most renowned advocates for clean air in the world. She has advised the Mayor of London and successive UK governments, and her work has earnt her a series of accolades: World Health Organisation (WHO) BreatheLife Ambassador; Honorary Fellow of the British Science Association; a European Lung Foundation award; numerous Women of the Year nods. Her portrait hangs in the National Portrait Gallery.
But the path here has been paved with pain and loss. And as laudable as her many achievements are, it is the fact that she experienced every parent’s darkest fear, and chose to harness it so that other families might not suffer the same fate, that makes Rosamund remarkable.
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