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...city's air has also become destructive. Venetians customarily heat their homes with soft coal that is released into the air before it has fully burned. Added to this are similar fuel wastes from vaporetti (ferryboats) exhausts and industrial smokestacks. The combined residues, often trapped by the damp Venetian climate, form a heavy sulfurous blanket over the city...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE FIGHT TO SAVE THE SINKING JEWEL OF THE ADRIATIC | 7/25/1969 | See Source »

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