28 сент. 2020 г. · Air pollution has been recognized as a threat to human health since the time of Hippocrates, ca 400 BC. Successive written accounts of air ... Abstract · Introduction · The development of laws to...

In the 20th century, the invention of the automobile and the increase in energy consumption led to a sharp rise in air pollution.

11 янв. 2016 г. · On October 27, 1948 thick smog began to cover the river town of Donora, Pennsylvania. A storm rolled in four days later that cleared the air, ...

23 окт. 2022 г. · 4 Signs of Deteriorating Air Quality in the 20th Century · 1. The Great Smog of London (1952) · 2. Acid Rain · 3. Deforestation and the ...

"Selections from the history of environmental pollution, with special attention to air pollution. Part 2*: From medieval times to the 19th century ... Air pollution measurement · Household air pollution · Air quality index · NOx

10 июн. 2020 г. · Then. In October 1948, Donora, Pa., was enveloped in a lethal haze. Over five days, nearly half of the town's 14,000 residents experienced ...

Pollution has been a problem since the appearance of our earliest ancestors. Increasing human populations have opened the door to more bacteria and disease.

In 1961 the UK established the world's first co-ordinated national air pollution monitoring network, called the National Survey.

30 окт. 2020 г. · Air pollution has been recognized as a threat to human health since the time of Hippocrates, ca 400 BC. Successive written accounts of air ...

Air pollution is nothing new. In medieval England, where burning coal was the primary method of heating, the black smoke from chimneys created problems.