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GCSE History · key term
Severe air pollution; in mid-twentieth-century Britain, it commonly formed when smoke from burning coal mixed with fog.
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Paper 1
Revise: Living conditions and lifestylesIn winter, smoke could mix with fog to form smog.
Polluted fog containing smoke and other harmful substances, which can cause serious breathing problems.
Use dated examples such as the Great Smog of 1952, the Clean Air Act of 1956 and the Housing Act of 1980.
Use dated examples to support explanations of change, such as the Great Smog of 1952 and the Clean Air Acts of 1956 and 1968.
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