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Killer Smog. A deadly story set in a small Pennsylvania town. Donora…. …is a mill town on the Monongahela River. Location of the Donora Zinc Works and the American Steel & Wire Plant. Smoke was released into the air every day from the zinc smelter process. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Killer SmogA deadly story set in a small
Pennsylvania town.
Donora…
…is a mill town on the Monongahela
River
Location of theDonora Zinc Works
and the American Steel & Wire Plant
Smoke was released into the air every day from the zinc smelter process.
October 26th, 1948One of the worst air
pollution disasters in the nation’s history happened
here…
Smog was so thick that you could hardly see…
12 NOON
7000 residents (1/2 of the town’s population) had respiratory symptoms…
Some had nausea and vomiting, headaches and abdominal
cramps as well.
After 5 days, rain began to fall and wash the pollutants
from the sky.
In a 12-hour period, 18 people died.
Within a month, the number was up to 70.
How did this happen?
BREAK-OUT RESEARCH:1. TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS2. ZINC SMELTING PROCESS
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