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In October 1948, the industrial town of Donora, situated
along the Monongahela River in Southwestern Pennsylvania
sustained a five-day temperature inversion. Smoke from the
steel and zinc mills could not rise above the hills that
surrounded the town. Small and large particles of pollution
were inhaled with deadly consequences. By the time winds
and rain finally came to wash away the pollution, twenty
people had died and 6,000 were ill. The Clean Air Act began
because of the Donora Smog.
The deadly smog episode of Donora is the subject
of a new exhibit at the Arizona Health Sciences Library
at the University of Arizona. The exhibit will open November
1st, 2005 and runs through end of December.
The library is open to the general public
from 5:00 am to 10:00 pm. |
