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Article: Pea-souper that turned into deadly acid blanket; 50 YEARS AGO TODAY, LONDON'S WORST SMOG CLAIMED 4,000 LIVES.(Features)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- December 5, 2002
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Byline: JO MERRETT
IT IS 50 years to the day since a deadly cloud that killed at least 4,000 people crept silently into London.
The Great Smog of 1952 halted transport, choked thousands to death and suffocated cattle where they stood.
It was the greatest meteorological disaster for 250 years and led to the first successful air pollution laws in the world.
Tim Williamson, policy officer of The National Society for Clean Air, says: "The smog marks the dividing line between the general acceptance of air pollution as a natural consequence of ...