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- 1951
- BritainΓÇÖs first Sites of Special Scientific Interest selected.
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- 1952
- 4,000 people die in London smog; media interest prods Government into action.
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- 1954
- Beaver Report concludes that sulphur dioxide emissions by the British Electricity Authority should be reduced.
- ΓÇÿBravoΓÇÖ H-bomb test by USA at Bikini Atoll makes the world aware of nuclear fall-out.
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- 1956
- UK Clean Air Act ­ the first comprehensive air pollution control legislation anywhere ­ limits the amount of coal burnt in cities.
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- 1957
- Neville ShuteΓÇÖs novel ΓÇÿOn the BeachΓÇÖ, about life on earth destroyed by nuclear fall-out, tops best-sellers list.
- BritainΓÇÖs first H-bomb tested on Easter Island.
- Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) founded.
- Windscale reactor catches fire, the worldΓÇÖs worst nuclear accident before Chernobyl.
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- 1958
- International Geophysical Year.
- Report reveals the lower Thames contains no dissolved oxygen and no fish.
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- 1960
- Reports of many wood pigeons and pheasants dying mysteriously in Britain, then of foxes dying after pesticide spraying.