In this special bonus episode, we talk with Rosamund AdooKissiDebrah, founder and director of The Ella Roberta Foundation based in South London, UK. We first met Rosamund in episode 4, The Road to Change. She and her legal team made history when a coroner found a direct link between her daughter Ella Roberta's death at nine years old from a fatal asthma attack and the air quality near her home along one of London’s busiest roads. Ella then became the first person in the world to have air pollution appear on a death certificate as a cause of death.

Eleven years after this tragic lifechanging event, Rosamund reflects on her journey to becoming a global clean air advocate in honor of her daughter's legacy. From her calls for greater government accountability to raising awareness of air pollution as a critical health issue, we discuss where she has seen progress and where there is still work to be done.

This episode also features the song "Air" from the Hope 4 Justice EP. The EP was created and produced by the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in collaboration with leading artists and local young people. Learn more about this project here.

Learn more about the podcast at clearingtheair.org.

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Episode Credits:

Reporting, writing, hosting: Kristan Uhlenbrock

Producing, marketing: Tricia Waddell

Additional reporting and factchecking: Nicole Delaney and Kate Long

Sound design: Seth Samuel with tracks from Epidemic Sounds