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Donora is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States, approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of Pittsburgh along the Monongahela River. The population was 4,558 as of the 2020 census. Donora was incorporated in 1901. It takes its name from a portmanteau of William Donner and Nora Mellon, wife of banker Andrew W. Mellon.
The 1948 Donora smog killed 20 people and caused respiratory problems for 6,000 of the 14,000 people living in Donora, Pennsylvania, a mill town on the Monongahela River 24 miles (39 km) southeast of Pittsburgh.
The 1948 Donora smog was the worst air pollution disaster in U.S. history. It jumpstarted the fields of environmental and public health, drew attention to the need for industrial regulation,...
Oct 27, 2020 · In Donora, an industrial center where massive zinc and steel wire mills had for decades poured contaminants into the air, an unusually stubborn inversion settled in on the morning of October 27...
Nov 29, 2017 · The Historically Hazy Story of Donora’s Deadly Smog A 1948 environmental disaster in the Pennsylvania town resulted in half truths, conspiracy theories, and the introduction of clean air laws.
Dec 5, 2009 · Despite its history of terrible air quality, Donora has a proud sporting tradition, producing such baseball stars as St. Louis Cardinals shortstop and Hall of Famer Stan Musial and both Ken ...
HISTORY. A Darkness in Donora. When smog killed 20 people in a Pennsylvania mill town in 1948, the clean air movement got its start. Edwin Kiester, Jr. November 1999. Wikimedia Commons.
