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

Name: Donora Death Fog: Clean Air and the Tragedy of a Pennsylvania Mill Town
Brand: University of Pittsburgh Press
SKU: 9780822966715
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Contributors:

Andy McPhee

Publisher:

University of Pittsburgh Press

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Science, History

Book Subcategory:

Environmental Science, United States, Life Sciences

Book Topic:

20th Century, Ecology

Series:

Regional

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Release Date:

2023-03-28

ISBN 13:

9780822966715

Weight:

1.01 lbs

Size:

9.13 x 5.98 x 1.02 inches

Pages:

324

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With a foreword by Jennifer Richmond-Bryant In October 1948, a seemingly average fog descended on the tiny mill town of Donora, Pennsylvania. With a population of fewer than fifteen thousand, the town's main industry was steel and zinc mills--mills that continually emitted pollutants into the air. The six-day smog event left twenty-one people dead and thousands sick. Even after the fog lifted, hundreds more died or were left with lingering health problems. Donora Death Fog details how six fateful days in Donora led to the nation's first clean air act in 1955, and how such catastrophes can lead to successful policy change. Andy McPhee tells the very human story behind this ecological disaster: how wealthy industrialists built the mills to supply an ever-growing America; how the town's residents--millworkers and their families--willfully ignored the danger of the mills' emissions; and how the gradual closing of the mills over the years following the tragedy took its toll on the town.

About the Author
Andy McPhee is the author of three books for young adults and the author or editor of more than 750 health and life sciences articles. Over his career, he worked as a registered nurse for twenty-five years before transitioning to publishing, most recently at F. A. Davis, a nursing and allied healthcare educational publisher. He lives in Doylestown, PA.

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