CleanAirLondonDec 10, 2022
#GreatSmog's lesson - Take action! Posts about news, Parliamentary activity and scientific research from days *exactly* 70 years ago… Read with astonishment and sometimes a smile. More: https://cleanair.london/health/great-smog/ #AirPollution #Climate #Health #History #Histodons #Justice #Law #News #Science #Weather
Great Smog’s 70th anniversary – Take action! – Clean Air in London

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#GreatSmog's 70th anniversary: #TakeAction! | Letter to the Editor of The Times on Wednesday 10 December 1952:

#LondonFog

“We have devised and produced miracles. This great city endures the handicap of dense fog. Is there no remedy?”

Ernest Fisk

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Great Smog’s 70th anniversary – Take action! – Clean Air in London

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#GreatSmog's 70th anniversary: #TakeAction! | Letter to the Editor of The Times on 12 December 1952:

#CostOfFog

“I paid a heavy price for my neighbours' indulgence in solid fuel burning. My all-electric house commits no nuisance."

Caroline Haslett

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Great Smog’s 70th anniversary – Take action! – Clean Air in London

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#GreatSmog's 70th anniversary and greatest lesson: Take action! | Two replies to #CarolineHaslett's letter to The Times on 16 December 1952:
#CostOfFog
"All-electric houses rely on coal-fired power stations."
"Blame vehicle fumes too."
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Great Smog’s 70th anniversary – Take action! – Clean Air in London

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#GreatSmog's 70th anniversary and lesson: Take action! Letter to The Times on 17 December 1952 responding to #CarolineHaslett's plea for 'all-electric houses':
#CostOfFog
"We live under the rain of grits from #Battersea power station..."
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Dec 17, 2022 at 9:46amWeb
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#GreatSmog's 70th anniversary and lesson: Take action!
House of Commons report in The Times on Wednesday 17 December 1952
#LondonFogDeaths
Q: Mr Driberg asked how many persons died of bronchial and other ailments in London as a result of the recent severe fog
A: Mr Macleod in written reply: 2,062 in w/e 6/12 vs 1,543 in 1951
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#GreatSmog's 70th anniversary and lesson: Take action!
Oxford letter to The Times on 19 December 1952 responding to #CarolineHaslett's plea for 'all-electric houses'.
#CostOfFog
"OK in special cases e.g. for professional women." "But it would cost too much." "Better to buy new coal stoves."
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Great Smog’s 70th anniversary – Take action! – Clean Air in London

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#GreatSmog's 70th anniversary and lesson - Take action!
Headlines in The Times on Saturday 20 December 1952:
"Inquiry into London fog suggested [by @epuk5's Technical Committee]"
"Abnormal pollution"
Announced in House of Commons (18/12): 4,703 deaths w/e 13 Dec vs 1,852 (1951)
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#GreatSmog's 70th anniversary and lesson: Take action!
Letter to The Times on Monday 22 December 1952 responding to #CarolineHaslett's plea for 'all-electric houses':
#CostOfFog
"New stoves won't work. There's no smokeless fuel. It's all hopeless."
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Great Smog’s 70th anniversary – Take action! – Clean Air in London

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#GreatSmog's 70th anniversary and lesson: Take action!
#CarolineHaslett's letter to The Times on Tuesday 23 December 1952 responded to others after her plea for all-electric houses:
#CostOfFog
"Electricity is the solution. No-one has a better one!"
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Great Smog’s 70th anniversary – Take action! – Clean Air in London

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@cleanairlondon Replace electric houses for electric cars or heat pumps and the arguments sound very familiar.