So Thick Beijing Comes To A Stand Still And Killer Smog

Smog is chemicals and pieces of burned coal trapped in fog molecules. In “Killer Smog” and “Smog So Thick Beijing Comes To A Stand Still” have many differences and similarities. In both texts, there is very deadly smog in the air. In text one, after the smog went away the government tried their best to make sure that it never happens again by moving factories and making laws, however, in text two the government did not care and just shut down some businesses for a while then started it back up so that is why Beijing keeps getting smog. In “Killer Smog" it told us that 8,000 people died from inhaling the smog alone. Then 4,000 more people died from respiratory problems from the smog damaging their lungs. In "Killer Smog”, London has a very

In “Killer Smog" the people in London didn’t know that the smog was deadly to inhale, so they still went outside when there was smog. I know this because, “What few people understood was that smog wasn’t just dirty and smelly—it was also dangerous. It contained toxic chemicals and particulates—specks of unburned coal. As Brian and his family searched outside for Tarzan, their lungs were filling with this poison” (26). It is telling us that the people of London did not know at the time that the smog was toxic to inhale. So many people kept inhaling the smog then eventually fell very sick or died. Likewise, in “Smog So Thick Beijing Comes To A Standstill”, people were alarmed with a warning that it was not safe to go or breathe outside. Only certain people with certain jobs that drove cars that did not harm the environment could go outside. The text states, “Residents across this city awoke to an environmental state of emergency as poisonous air quality prompted the government to close schools, force drivers off the road, and shut down factories” (28). It is saying that many drivers and places were closed due to the toxic smog polluting the air