Author: Great Britain. Committee on Mortality and Morbidity during the London Fog of December 1952Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Mortality and Morbidity during the London Fog of December 1952. Report by a Committee, etc
Author: Great Britain. Committee on Mortality and Morbidity during the London Fog of December 1952Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Mortality and Morbidity During the London Fog of December 1952
Author: Great Britain. Ministry of HealthPublisher:
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Category : Air
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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Report Re: Mortality and Morbidity During the London Fog of December 1952 Written by Dr. A. E. Martin, Ministry of Health, 1954
Author: Alec Edmund MartinPublisher:
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Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 65
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Mortality and Morbidity During the London Fog of December 1950
Author: Great Britain. Ministry of HealthPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Summary of a Paper on Mortality and Morbidity During the London Fog of 2nd-5th December, 1957
Author: London Fog
Author: Christine L. CortonPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674088352
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice A Telegraph Editor’s Choice An Evening Standard “Best Books about London” Selection In popular imagination, London is a city of fog. The classic London fogs, the thick yellow “pea-soupers,” were born in the industrial age of the early nineteenth century. Christine L. Corton tells the story of these epic London fogs, their dangers and beauty, and their lasting effects on our culture and imagination. “Engrossing and magnificently researched...Corton’s book combines meticulous social history with a wealth of eccentric detail. Thus we learn that London’s ubiquitous plane trees were chosen for their shiny, fog-resistant foliage. And since Jack the Ripper actually went out to stalk his victims on fog-free nights, filmmakers had to fake the sort of dank, smoke-wreathed London scenes audiences craved. It’s discoveries like these that make reading London Fog such an unusual, enthralling and enlightening experience.” —Miranda Seymour, New York Times Book Review “Corton, clad in an overcoat, with a linklighter before her, takes us into the gloomier, long 19th century, where she revels in its Gothic grasp. Beautifully illustrated, London Fog delves fascinatingly into that swirling miasma.” —Philip Hoare, New Statesman
Inventing Pollution
Author: Peter ThorsheimPublisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 0821446274
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 429
Book Description
Going as far back as the thirteenth century, Britons mined and burned coal. Britain’s supremacy in the nineteenth century depended in large part on its vast deposits of coal, which powered industry, warmed homes, and cooked food. As coal consumption skyrocketed, the air in Britain’s cities and towns filled with ever-greater and denser clouds of smoke. Yet, for much of the nineteenth century, few people in Britain even considered coal smoke to be pollution. Inventing Pollution examines the radically new understanding of pollution that emerged in the late nineteenth century, one that centered not on organic decay but on coal combustion. This change, as Peter Thorsheim argues, gave birth to the smoke-abatement movement and to new ways of thinking about the relationships among humanity, technology, and the environment. Even as coal production in Britain has plummeted in recent decades, it has surged in other countries. This reissue of Thorsheim’s far-reaching study includes a new preface that reveals the book’s relevance to the contentious national and international debates—which aren’t going away anytime soon—around coal, air pollution more generally, and the grave threat of human-induced climate change.
The Invisible Killer
Author: Gary FullerPublisher: Melville House
ISBN: 1612197833
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
An urgent examination of one of the biggest global crises facing us today—the drastic worsening of air pollution—and what we can do about it The air pollution that we breathe every day is largely invisible—but it is killing us. How did it get this bad, and how can we stop it? Far from a modern-day problem, scientists were aware of the impact of air pollution as far back as the seventeenth century. Now, as more of us live in cities, we are closer than ever to pollution sources, and the detrimental impact on the environment and our health has reached crisis point. The Invisible Killer will introduce you to the incredible individuals whose groundbreaking research paved the way to today's understanding of air pollution, often at their own detriment. Gary Fuller's global story examines devastating incidents from London's Great Smog to Norway's acid rain; Los Angeles' traffic problem to wood-burning damage in New Zealand. Fuller argues that the only way to alter the future course of our planet and improve collective global health is for city and national governments to stop ignoring evidence and take action, persuading the public and making polluters bear the full cost of the harm that they do. The decisions that we make today will impact on our health for decades to come. The Invisible Killer is an essential book for our times and a cautionary tale we need to take heed of.
Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriations for 1976
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare, and Related AgenciesPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1532
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Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriations for 1976
Author: U.S. Congress. House. Committee on AppropriationsPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1500
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