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Great Smog

See also Clean Air Act (CAA), US Pollution, Air Great Smog of London. [Pg.905]

The Great Smog of London in 1952 was not an isolated incident. Other such reducing-type killer smogs have occurred in Meuse Valley, Belgium (1930), Donora, Pennsylvania (1948), and again in London (1962). The death toll blamed on the air pollution in these cases was not as high. [Pg.1281]

Great Smog of London, Pages 469-471, Yvonne R. Rodriguez SummaryPlus Full Text + Links PDF (63 K)... [Pg.1575]

See also Acids Corrosives Great Smog of London. [Pg.2509]

The Great Smog remains one of the world s three biggest industrial accidents, by mortality. The other two are the Bhopal accident in Madhya Pradesh, India on December 2-3, 1984 and the Morvi dam failure, in Gujarat, India, on August 11, 1979. Mortality figures for both of these accidents are uncertain, but it is likely that each caused approximately 10,0(X) deaths. [Pg.285]

W. Wise, R. McNally, For a fascinating description of the Great Smog and its consequences, see Killer Smog, 1968, reprinted by backinprint.com, 2001, Wise s account is thoroughly researched but reads like a thriller. [Pg.292]

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