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Pennsylvania, United States
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    …October 1948 the town of Donora, Pennsylvania, was visited by deadly fog. For four days weather conditions trapped fluoride fumes, particulates (which included lead and cadmium), and other emissions (such as carbon monoxide, hydrofluoric acid, and sulfur dioxide) from the region’s steel smelting plants and zinc works within the Monongahela…

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    …October 1948 the town of Donora, Pennsylvania, was visited by deadly fog. For four days weather conditions trapped fluoride fumes, particulates (which included lead and cadmium), and other emissions (such as carbon monoxide, hydrofluoric acid, and sulfur dioxide) from the region’s steel smelting plants and zinc works within the Monongahela…

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