Nicknames like a real "peasouper" or a "London Particular" make the quintessential foggy day in London Town sound so quaint — an impression that's been intensified in art and literature. Certainly, ...
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The Toxic Smog That Took Over London – 1952 Tragedy
A city suffocated. Thousands died. And the world was never the same. The Great Smog of London (1952) was a disaster nobody saw coming. It wasn’t just fog - it was a toxic mix of coal smoke and ...
"Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer, The Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City" (Hachette), by Kate Winkler Dawson In 1952, post-World War II London was battling more than ...
A team of atmospheric scientists researching pollution in China say they've cracked a 60-year-old mystery — with research that explains not only the haze over Beijing, but also the remarkably toxic ...
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