FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 file photo, pollution haze over South East London, through a window in a viewing area of the 95-storey skyscraper The Shard, the tallest building in Britain, in London. A British coroner has ruled on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 that excessive air pollution from traffic fumes contributed to the death of a 9-year-old girl who died of a fatal asthma attack. The girl is believed to be the first person in the U.K. to have air pollution listed as the cause of death on their death certificate. Ella Kissi-Debrah, who lived meters from one of London’s busiest thoroughfares, died in February 2013 after making almost 30 hospital visits over the previous three years. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
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