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The Donora Death Fog

The Donora Death Fog

Update: 2025-10-12
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On this week’s Labor History Today: A visit to the Donora Smog Museum, where a six-day inversion in 1948 trapped toxic fumes over a Pennsylvania mill town and changed how the U.S. thinks about work, health, and accountability.

And, on Labor History in 2:00 : The Mother Jones Monument is Dedicated.


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