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Film screening next in 75th anniversary observance of deadly Donora smog disaster

It was 75 years ago when a deadly smog settled over the Washington County mill town of Donora. Over five days — Oct. 27-31, 1948 — the heavy smog killed 20 people in Donora and in nearby Webster, across the Monongahela River. In the weeks that followed, the death toll

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Willful ignorance remains the Donora Smog s lasting fallout

For many, the Donora smog is a curiosity a one-off, historic event. That perspective is short-sighted, says author Andy McPhee.

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Donora smog disaster discussed as 75th anniversary nears

In late October 1948, a seemingly average fog descended on the town of Donora. Unbeknown to the borough’s 14,000 residents at the time, the town was enveloped in a deadly

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Historical society, author will mark 75th anniversary of Donora smog disaster

Seventy-five years ago this October, residents in the Mon River mill town of Donora noticed something wrong with the air, something different from the typical steel-industry smog that characterized the region at the time. The nearby U.S. Steel Donora Zinc Works had released two dangerous gases, hydrogen fluoride and sulfur

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Donora Death Fog: Clean Air and the Tragedy of a Pennsylvania Mill Town

Donora Death Fog: Clean Air and the Tragedy of a Pennsylvania Mill Town
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