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The Great Smog Descended on London More Than 70 Years Ago—And its Cause Took Almost As Long to Discover
Heavy fogs have long been a part of life in London. In his novel Bleak House, Charles Dickens wrote: “Fog everywhere. Fog up the river where it flows among green airs and meadows; fog down the ...
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The Great London Smog: How the weather conspired to kill 12,000 people
A London policeman wearing a mask for protection against the thick fog which hit most of the country and turned to smog in the city on Jan. 1, 1962. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) London's poor ...
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World’s most polluted city where 9MILLION people live in choking soup of toxic smog… which six times worse than London
MILLIONS are choking on toxic air and struggling to breathe in the world's most polluted city, with the streets enveloped in thick smog ... pollution levels than London. Conditions are so bad ...