Here are the basics.) The terrible, choking fog had a nickname—the Great Smog. Between December 5 and 9, 1952, the environmental disaster strangled London. It would affect British health—and ...

The Great Smog of London — which descended on the capital 70 years ago today — revolutionised our understanding of the health impacts of air pollution, but there is still much work to be done ...

The Great Smog of 1952 is well documented, but 10 years later London was hit by another devastating bout, which precipitated havoc across the capital. On 3 December 1962, a thick fog enveloped the ...

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.

Channel 5's The Great Smog: Winter of '52 brought home the full horror of December 1952, when London was shrouded in a toxic pea-souper The word smog cropped up in the English language early in ...

Great Smog of London The serious air pollution crisis struck London in England on December 5, 1952. On December 5, fog descended upon the city of London but this was not a usual phenomena.

The smog choking Lahore today is not unprecedented. Let us consider the Great Smog of London in December 1952. This toxic fog, laden with smoke and pollutants, enveloped the city for five days ...