Smog
Smog refers to an atmospheric condition of atmospheric instability, poor visibility, and large concentrations of gaseous and particulate air pollutants. The word "smog" is an amalga...
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Photochemical Smog
A form of smog that characterizes polluted atmospheres where high concentrations of nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds--often from gas-driven automobilesmixed with sunli...
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Smog
A term chosen by the Glasgow public health official Des Voeux at the beginning of the twentieth century to describe the smoky fogs that characterized coal-burning cities of the time. The word i...
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Smog
Originally, the term smog was coined to describe the mixture of smoke and fog that lowered visibility and led to respiratory problems in industrial cities. More recently, the term has come to mea...
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Smog, as defined by Dictionary.com, is fog that has become mixed and polluted with smoke. The word smog was coined in 1905 in a newspaper report of a meeting of the Public Health Congress, in which ...
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