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The Donora Smog Revisited: 70 Years After the Event That Inspired the Clean Air Act.
Jacobs, Elizabeth T; Burgess, Jefferey L; Abbott, Mark B.
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  • Jacobs ET; Elizabeth T. Jacobs is with the University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, and is also with the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson. Jefferey L. Burgess is with the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Mark B. Abbott is with Geology and Environmental Science, University of Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Burgess JL; Elizabeth T. Jacobs is with the University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, and is also with the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson. Jefferey L. Burgess is with the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Mark B. Abbott is with Geology and Environmental Science, University of Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Abbott MB; Elizabeth T. Jacobs is with the University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, and is also with the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson. Jefferey L. Burgess is with the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Mark B. Abbott is with Geology and Environmental Science, University of Pittsburgh, PA.
Am J Public Health ; 108(S2): S85-S88, 2018 04.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29698099
At a storefront museum approximately 25 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a sign reads, "Clean Air Started Here." This is not hyperbole. At the end of October 1948, the communities of Donora and Webster in Pennsylvania were visited by a smog that changed the face of environmental protection in the United States. Conservative estimates showed that 20 individuals died, while an additional 5900-43% of the population of Donora-were affected by the smog. This event led to the first large-scale epidemiological investigation of an environmental health disaster in the United States. Questions remain about the long-term effects of the smog, because higher rates of cardiovascular disease and cancer than were expected were observed in the region in the decade following the smog. Recent work has suggested that environmental contaminants from a bygone era in Donora might have an impact even today. In addition, reports regarding air pollution have indicated that levels of pollutants similar to those estimated to have occurred in Donora are currently present in some rapidly industrializing regions of China and India. Seventy years after the smog, this event still resonates.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Smog / Poluição do Ar Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: Am J Public Health Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Estados Unidos
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Smog / Poluição do Ar Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: Am J Public Health Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Estados Unidos