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Smog history at the UK's national meteorological service, the Met office.

A environmental timeline from the Environmental Protection Agency.

An EPA history on London's "pea-soupers."

A history of air quality, from the Environmental Institute of Houston.

Abstract on the Environmental Health Perspectives article on the 1952 smog.

More tales of the great smog at the BBC Web site.

Smog exhibit, at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

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