How London Government Overcome 1952 Dead Smog
Smog disaster hits London during December 1952 to March 1953 in Golden Jubilee time of Elizabeth II called killer fog. This Smoke from many resident chimneys enter like water into cold stuck in the air. The killer fog killed the people, 12000 people, most of them are child and old people by breathing issues i.e. asthma and pneumonia, damage to heart and lungs. UN controlled industry discharge stayed in the city air with smoke and domestic coal fires. This situation becomes serious when high-pressure weather system moved over London and remained for several days and this smog came close to ground level. This situation reduces the visibility of the zero by the third day. Education, airport, transportation, and business activates of the London city close. The exterior of the building wears the black smog suit even inside the theaters the movie screen is unable of visible. In December 1962 also died 750 another people due to the black smog.
The only action take in London was to improve the air quality by different ways first on is to convert homes to natural gas and also implement the air quality actin 1956. This act enforced the residential, industrial and commercial sectors to generate safe power and clean burning of the transportation and industrial fuel. This act took several years to implement. It is observed that the wood burner was the 10 percent cause of the pollution. London government take most of the action for children safety because the children are more vulnerable to polluted air effects. The air became so toxic to the children so the children keep playing away from the busy
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A jogger makes her way through the fog at Grantchester Meadows in Cambridge shire Credit: Chris Radburn/PA
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roads. A driver was banned to keep their engine on while waiting for children’s. They take strong steps to identify the schools which are in more toxic areas to protect the pupils. Diesel cars were banned and also prevent the vehicle to stay idle near any school called “no-idling zones”. It was also suggested to use cycle and walking for going school. Walking and cycling into road are not safer not also accessible and healthy for our cities
Were there fuel consumption rate more than 2017 in 1952?
ReplyDeleteWhat were the real factors at that time, responsible for disastrous smog.
Can you please define the type of gasses responsible for smog at that time?
And can you please differentiate the gasses present at that time and 2017?
london great was A period of cold weather, combined with an anticyclone and windless conditions, collected airborne pollutants – mostly arising from the use of coal – to form a thick layer of smog over the city
ReplyDelete1,000 tonnes of smoke particles, 140 tonnes of hydrochloric acid, 14 tonnes of fluorine compounds, and 370 tonnes of sulphur dioxide which may have been converted to 800 tonnes of sulphuric acid
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