In 1952, London was blanketed under a dark cloud of human-made air pollution known as the Great Smog. The smog killed about 12,000 people, along with a dozen cattle who choked on the poisonous air.
The Great Smog, which blanketed London for five days in December 1952, is estimated by some experts to have killed more than 12,000 people and hospitalized 150,000. Thousands of animals also died.
A policeman uses flares to guide traffic during the Great Smog of 1952. Daily Mirror Library / Mirrorpix / Contributor via Getty Images At first, the headlines were calm. “Fog blanketed London all ...
It had been somewhat of a mystery why a fog in London in 1952 left more than 4,000 people dead. Scientists now say they know why. It had been somewhat of a mystery why a fog in London in 1952 left ...
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 ...
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