The toxic Great Smog of London caused five days of disruption and thousands of deaths. The London smog was caused by a mix of pollution and fog . Nicholas T Ansell/PA. Jessica Knibbs 5 December 2022.

The Great Smog caused chaos across London, but this group of young boys made the best of it—seen here sliding on the icy grass at Hampstead Heath, a park in London, on December 7, 1952.

How London’s Great Smog of 1952 revolutionised our understanding of air pollution's impact Research and legislation since has led to significant improvements in air quality, says Professor Ian ...

Seventy years ago, a thick smog covered London. The city is no stranger to its bouts of fog, but nothing compared to the Great Smog which descended on London on December 5, 1952. The smoke-like ...

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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.

Unfortunately, smog continued to occasionally blanket London, including another deadly fog a decade later, in 1962, which killed 750 people. But none were as deadly as the Great Smog of 1952.

The deadly smog meant many "could not breathe" and caused the deaths of more than 10,000 people 70 years ago.

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 ...