Donora Smog Kills 20
October, 1948
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Between Oct. 26
and 31, 1948, 20 people were asphyxiated and over 7,000 were
hospitalized or became ill as the result of severe air pollution
over Donora, Washington County, the Monongahela River town of
14,000.
The investigation of this incident by state and federal health officials resulted in the first meaningful federal and state laws to control air pollution and marked the beginning of modern efforts to assess and deal with the health threats from air pollution. The following articles offer a variety of perspectives on this important event in Pennsylvania’s environmental heritage. |
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