November 5, 2021

Meet the Toxicologist Who Nailed the Smelter Industry After the Donora Smog

The full story of the Donora smog disaster could not be told without two names popping into the forefront, those of Philip Drinker and Mary O. Amdur. Drinker had famously

August 29, 2021

Did US Steel Officials Know Dangers of Asbestos Used in Cement City?

Why were asbestos shingles used in Center City? Didn't US Steel know the dangers?

May 11, 2021

The Unimaginable Grief of One Mon Valley Family in the early 1900s

Howard and Iva Dail Hart suffered more than their share of grief working and living in the Mon Valley many years ago, when life was brutally difficult.