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Killer smog

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The Biggest Legacy of the 1952 Smog

The 1952 smog provided conclusive evidence that air pollution was harming our health. People really struggled to believe that smoke was bad for your health. We're in a parallel world where electricity is expensive and people are looking at maybe five places that were never taken out. So are we creating a new range of problems? Is the smog going to come back again?

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