October 23, 2023

What Happened to Residents’ Health Long After the Donora Death Fog?

"Our scientists tell us that the Donora episode was a rare phenomenon. We hope and pray it will never recur. This study by the Public Health Service into the Donora

October 14, 2023

From Boom to Bust: What Happened to Little Webster?

Cuddled along a bend in the Monongahela River in southwestern Pennsylvania, across from the industrial town of Donora, Webster once boasted a population of about two thousand. Anyone traveling up

January 10, 2022

Meet the Heroic Docs of the Donora Smog Disaster of 1948

If you’ve read anything about the Donora smog of 1948, you’ve probably read about how the town’s doctor’s traveled on foot or by car around Donora and Webster during the