Properties (58)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
region
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gptkbp:analyzes |
public health officials
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gptkbp:associatedWith |
Zinc smelting
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gptkbp:causedBy |
industrial pollution
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gptkbp:characterizedBy |
thick fog
|
gptkbp:contributedTo |
Clean Air Act
|
gptkbp:documentedIn |
scientists
|
gptkbp:duration |
5 days
|
gptkbp:highlights |
environmental health risks
|
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Donora Smog of 1948
|
gptkbp:impact |
local population
|
gptkbp:influenced |
air quality regulations
|
gptkbp:inspiration |
environmental movements
|
gptkbp:involved |
particulate matter
sulfur dioxide |
gptkbp:isChallengedBy |
industry representatives
regulatory changes environmental legislation public outcry local activists scientific scrutiny community response epidemiologists |
gptkbp:isCitedIn |
legal cases
|
gptkbp:isDescribedAs |
a turning point
a public health crisis |
gptkbp:isDocumentedIn |
historical accounts
government reports |
gptkbp:isEngagedIn |
case studies
|
gptkbp:isExaminedBy |
academic research
documentaries journalists environmental scientists public health literature |
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy |
local governance
industrial_practices |
gptkbp:isLinkedTo |
economic impacts
respiratory diseases long-term health effects |
gptkbp:isNotedFor |
visibility issues
its impact on policy its severity |
gptkbp:isPortrayedBy |
medical professionals
|
gptkbp:isRecognizedBy |
health organizations
|
gptkbp:isReflectedIn |
public policy debates
literature |
gptkbp:isUtilizedFor |
historical markers
|
gptkbp:isVisitedBy |
government agencies
|
gptkbp:ledTo |
health studies
increased awareness of air pollution |
gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Donora,_Pennsylvania
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gptkbp:occursAnnually |
autumn
|
gptkbp:occursIn |
1948
|
gptkbp:reportsTo |
newspapers
|
gptkbp:resultedIn |
20 deaths
over 7,000 illnesses |
gptkbp:type |
smog event
|
gptkbp:wasPartOf |
industrial_history_of_the_U.S.
|