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What Happened to Residents’ Health Long After the Donora Death Fog?
The Donora Death Fog might have killed 21 during it, but many more died from it years later.
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From Boom to Bust: What Happened to Little Webster?
What happened to this lovely vacation town when the Zinc Works opened in 1915?
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What Happens to Residents’ Health When a Coke Plant Closes?
The closure of Shenango Coke Works led directly to improved health for area residents.
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What’s In a Word? The Etymology of Smog
“The word thus coined is a contraction of smoke and fog — ‘smog’ — and its introduction was received with applause as being eminently expressive and appropriate. It is not exactly a pretty word, but it fits very well the thing it represents, and it has only to become known to be popular.”
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Temperature Inversions and Deadly Smog
Common to all three tragedies were two key elements. First, large factories in each area had been spewing enormous amounts of pollutants into the air, the most deadly being sulfur dioxide. And second, Mother Nature came calling in the form of something called a temperature inversion.