Multiple choice

The Great Smog of 1952, also called the ‘Big Smoke’, which prompted most of the major environmental legislations, affected which city?

  1. Washington

  2. Oslo

  3. Moscow

  4. London
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Explanation

The Great Smog of 1952, was a severe air pollution event that affected London during December 1952. A period of cold weather, combined with an anticyclone and windless conditions, collected airborne pollutants mostly from the use of coal to form a thick layer of smog over the city. It lasted from Friday 5 to Tuesday 9 December 1952, and then dispersed quickly after a change of weather. It left 4000 dead and another 100000 ill. 

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