Presenting: Science Vs - A Mystery in the Air

How to Save a Planet

Gimlet

Science, News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

This week we’re sharing an episode from another Gimlet podcast called Science Vs. When a little girl, Ella Kissi-Debrah, suddenly got sick and landed in the hospital, doctors were stumped. In this episode, her mom, Rosamund, takes on the fight to find out what exactly happened to Ella. And the answer has BIG implications — for us all. We’ll hear from Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah and Professor Stephen Holgate. Check out GreenRoots to learn more about fighting for clean air. Check the air quality where you live. Check out our Calls to Action archive for all of the actions we've recommended on the show. Send us your ideas or feedback with our Listener Mail Form. Sign up for our newsletter here. And follow us on Twitter and Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to How to Save a Planet.
0:03.8	I'm Daniel Ackerman in for Alex Bloomberg, and this is the show where we talk about what
0:08.1	we need to do to address climate change and how to make those things happen.
0:15.9	Hey everyone, if you're listening to this show, you know that burning fossil fuels is
0:28.8	driving climate change.
0:31.0	It's fueling heatwaves, storms, and sea level rise that will continue to change life on
0:35.4	Earth for the foreseeable future.
0:37.8	But maybe you don't know that burning fossil fuels also causes millions of deaths each year
0:44.0	in another way, not through climate change, but through air pollution.
0:49.4	Burning fossil fuels that releases tiny particles and other toxins into the air, and breathing
0:54.9	those toxins can contribute to asthma, heart problems, and some types of cancer.
1:00.3	The science about this is clear.
1:02.5	So why is air pollution often left out of the climate conversation when air pollution
1:07.3	and climate change share the same root cause?
1:10.7	Why don't more people know this story?
1:12.9	Well, our friends over at Science Versus looked into this question.
1:17.2	Science Versus is another show produced by Gimlet just like ours, and we're going to
1:21.0	share their episode with you today.
1:23.4	It's about a mother who turned her grief into action to fight for cleaner air and a livable
1:28.2	planet.
1:29.2	It's an amazing story, and I think you'll really enjoy it.
1:33.4	How to Save a Planet presents this episode of Science Versus, hosted by Wendy Zuckerman.
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