Reposted by Lora
Since we are focusing on saving the planet to save our health today, I’ll share a paper I and colleagues wrote about the 1948 Donora Smog, an industrial pollution event that killed 20 and sickened 5900 others.
Cadmium and lead measured in a nearby lake still remain above recommended levels.
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The Donora Smog Revisited: 70 Years After the Event That Inspired the Clean Air Act | AJPH | Vol. 108 Issue S2
At a storefront museum approximately 25 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a sign reads, “Clean Air Started Here.” This is not hyperbole. At the end of October 1948, the communities of Donor...
