Place: London, England Year: 1952 Event: Air pollution disaster. Smoke from burning coal mixed with fog forming sulphuric acid in the air. People wore gas masks...cars used headlights by day. After 2 weeks, the normal death rates had been exceeded by 4,000. This "killer fog" inspired England to pass its first pollution-control laws.
Place: Agata, Siberia Year: 1968 Event: World record high pressure...1083.8 or 32.01".
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