The latest in Dr Gary Fuller's pollution watch series for the Guardian.

To find out more about the History of Air Pollution in London, see our short film at: LAQN website or read Peter Brimblecoombe’s book The Big Smoke (BRIMBLECOMBE, P.The Big Smoke, Methuen, London (1987/88/2011) pp 185) which is still in press (here) and is also available in many public libraries.

For more information on the reanalysis of the deaths caused by the 1952 smog see Bell and Davies (2001) (here) and Bell et al (2004) (here)

A Lancet article on the Muese Valley Smog can be found here.

Item date 11/12/2012