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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

'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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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

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