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Study: Industrial Revolution pollution affected people unevenly in England — Level A1 — smoke billows from the stacks of industrial buildings

Study: Industrial Revolution pollution affected people unevenly in EnglandCEFR A1

26 Dec 2025

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Adapted from Diana Udel - U. Miami, Futurity • CC BY 4.0

Photo by Vilmantas Bekesius, Unsplash

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2 min
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  • People study the Industrial Revolution in England history.
  • The study looks closely at pollution and human bones.
  • Scientists look at old human bones from two towns.
  • They measure metals that slowly build up in bones.
  • Pollution was not the same in every community.
  • Women in the industrial town had more metals.
  • This shows some people were more at risk.
  • The work helps us learn about health long ago.
  • Researchers hope this work will help protect people today.

Difficult words

  • industrial — related to factories and machines
  • pollution — dirty air, water, or soil
  • bone — hard part inside a person's body
    bones
  • metal — hard shiny material like iron
    metals
  • community — group of people who live together
  • risk — possibility of harm or danger

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Discussion questions

  • Is there pollution where you live?
  • Do you think studying old bones can help health today?
  • Would you like to learn more about the past?

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