The Killing 1948 Smog of Donora in Western Pennsylvania’s Mon Valley

by Duane Nichols on October 20, 2018

Thousands die of air pollution every year in the US yet today!

1948 SMOG70th Anniversary EventsDonora in the Monongahela River Valley

>>> On Tuesday, October 23rd at 6:30 p.m., WQED Producer and Monongahela native David Solomon will present his mini-documentary “Our Water, Land & Air,” portions of which tell the story about the 1948 Smog. A “Question and Answer” discussion will follow with a panel of survivors and local experts. This event will take place in the downstairs Community Room at the Donora Public Library.

>>> On Saturday, October 27th at 1:00 p.m., the Donora Historical Society’s Brian Charlton will present the “The 1948 Donora Smog Disaster” at the Smog Museum.

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New Book!! “Memories of Donora” – by Sidney Mishkin on the Merchandise page.

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American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association

The Donora Smog Revisited: 70 Years After the Event That Inspired the Clean Air Act

Authored by Elizabeth T. Jacobs, PhD, Jefferey L. Burgess, MD, and Mark B. Abbott, PhD

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5922205/

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