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On Halloween night of 1948, the worst recorded industrial air pollution accident in US history occured after a US Steel company accident released high amounts of flouride into the air. Fumes from US Steel's smelting plants covered the town for four days, and crept into the peoples' homes. If the smog had lasted another evening, casualties would have soared from 20 to 1,000. One-third of the town's 14,000 residents were affected by the smog. Hundreds of other residents were evacuated or hospitalized. A decade later, Donora's mortality rate has remained significantly higher than neighboring areas. A report released by the PHS in 1949 stated that "no single substance" was responsible for the deaths at Donora, and major blame was placed on the temperature inversion. But according to industry consultant Philip Sadtler, that report was a cover up. "It was murder," said Sadtler. "The directors of US Steel should have gone to jail for killing people." Sadtler also stated that the PHS report not only helped US Steel companies escape liability for the deaths, it also spared a host of fluoride emitting industries the expense of having to control their toxic emissions. The "Donora Death Fog", as it became known, caused many angry lawsuits and the first calls for national legislation to protect the public from industrial air pollution. The lessons learned from the "Donora Death Fog" resulted in the passage of the 1955 Clean Air Act. It was said that America's worst air pollution disaster may have been caused by fluoride emissions. However, 50 years later, vital records are still missing.

References: http://www.fluoridation.com/donora.htm. http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/heritage/cwp/view.asp?A=3&Q=533403. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donora,_Pennsylvania http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleyindependent/teenscene/s_594093.html

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