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The Donora death fog : clean air and the tragedy of a Pennsylvania mill town /

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 pe...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McPhee, Andrew T. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2023]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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