Kate Light

Smothered in Smog Kate Light

Smog is in todays headlines regularly, with vivid photographs of hoards of people wearing masks as they commute. There arent many things that acutely threaten the human ecosystem like smog, as the death tolls of the London, Donora, Shanghai, and Meuse Valley disasters show. This is an unfortunately topical book, chronicling several historic episodessome lasting days, some yearsthrough both focused text and powerful sidebars showing real statistics. Each spread has a fact box discussing what legal changes were madeand not madefollowing these events. The final chapter cites specific ways readers can help.