Period+6+-+London

 =   LONDON SMOG INCIDENT          London, England 1952     = 

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The use of soft brown coal as domestic heating fuel caused a deadly smog to encompass the city of greater London in late November and early December of 1952. This hazardously stagnant air mass caused approximately upwards of 7000 deaths due to cardiorespiratory diseases affiliated with the smog. The range of harmful air pollutants included chemicals in high concentration such as sulfur dioxide.



= =  **  CAUSES ** -Heavy coal combustion during winter -Weather was odd leading up to the event -Cold weather meant households used more coal for heat -Smoke from one million coal fired stoves filled the atmosphere -Smoke was heavy, and residents referred to it as "pea soupers" (because the fog was dense like pea soup) **LAWS & REGULATIONS** Clean Air Act of 1956: Gave local governments the authority to offer cleaner sources of energy and provide funds to households that could not easily afford the conversion from coal-fired stoves to the new technology. (Examples of cleaner sources: gas, oil, smokeless coal, & electricity.)

Clean Air Act of 1968__:__ This act gave industries a way to release coal combustion into higher levels of the atmosphere through the production and use of taller chimneys.

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