1948 Donora smog
Major Pennsylvania air pollution incident / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 1948 Donora smog killed 20 people and caused respiratory problems for 6,000 of the 14,000 people living in Donora, Pennsylvania,[2] a mill town on the Monongahela River 24 miles (39 km) southeast of Pittsburgh. The event is commemorated by the Donora Smog Museum.
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Coordinates | 40.17624°N 79.85547°W / 40.17624; -79.85547 |
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PHMC dedicated | October 28, 1995[1] |
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Sixty years later, the incident was described by The New York Times as "one of the worst air pollution disasters in the nation's history."[3] Even 10 years after the incident, mortality rates in Donora were significantly higher than those in other communities nearby.[4]