London’s Air: The 70th Anniversary of the Great London Smog

On the 5th of December 1952 London experienced a major pollution episode, the Great Smog, resulting in thousands of deaths throughout the city. On the 70th anniversary of this event, the lecturer will review how air pollution has changed in the intervening period, the evidence that it is still having profound effects on our health and the effectiveness of measures to ensure clean air and better public health. A lecture by Ian Mudway The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture ar...