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A double-decker bus during the Great Smog of London, in 1952

When Pollution Blocked Out the Sun

Daniel Hautzinger

65 years ago on December 5, a deadly smog descended on London. Transportation stopped, people fell into the Thames, and an estimated 12,000 people died. Today, New Delhi has similar problems. How serious is pollution today?
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