Thousands die of air pollution every year in the US yet today!

>>> On Tuesday, October 23rd at 6:30 p.m., WQED Producer and Monongahela native David Solomon will present his mini-documentary “Our Water, Land & Air,” portions of which tell the story about the 1948 Smog. A “Question and Answer” discussion will follow with a panel of survivors and local experts. This event will take place in the downstairs Community Room at the Donora Public Library.

>>> On Saturday, October 27th at 1:00 p.m., the Donora Historical Society’s Brian Charlton will present the “The 1948 Donora Smog Disaster” at the Smog Museum.

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New Book!! “Memories of Donora” – by Sidney Mishkin on the Merchandise page.

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American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association

The Donora Smog Revisited: 70 Years After the Event That Inspired the Clean Air Act

Authored by Elizabeth T. Jacobs, PhD, Jefferey L. Burgess, MD, and Mark B. Abbott, PhD

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5922205/

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