'Everyone deserves to breathe clean air, but for Black pregnant women and mothers living in London, it can be a luxury. Simply breathing in the local air can have devastating consequences.' | ✍🏿 Agnes Agyepong CEO of Global Black Maternal Health
My daughter was four when I noticed she had awful flu symptoms; she constantly had a runny nose and was very stuffy.
Then one day, her school called me. I was at home with my toddler and was heavily pregnant too. They said that my daughter, then aged five, was very ill. You see, living in East London means that we are living in an area of London that has a higher rate of air pollutionEveryone deserves to breathe clean air, but for Black pregnant women and mothers living in London, it can be a luxury. Simply breathing in the local air can have devastating consequences.
In the end, we started to drive instead, which meant we avoided the fumes but ironically are exacerbating the problem.
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