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and was estimated to have damaged almost $ 7 billion of property". Radioactive fallout from the accident concentrated near
Belarus, Ukraine and Russia and at least 350,000 people were forcibly resettled away from these areas. After the accident, "traces of radioactive deposits unique to Chernobyl
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in Japan on March 11, 2011, a nuclear emergency was declared. This was the first time a nuclear emergency had been declared in Japan, and 140,000 residents within 20 km of the plant were evacuated. Explosions and a fire have resulted in dangerous levels of
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was both released into the air and flowed into the
Columbia River (which flows to the Pacific Ocean). In 2014, the Hanford legacy continues with billions of dollars spent annually in a seemingly endless cleanup of leaking
1268:
Within the first two to four months of the bombings, the acute effects killed 90,000–166,000 people in
Hiroshima and 60,000–80,000 in Nagasaki, with roughly half of the deaths in each city occurring on the first
1285:, 1986 – The U.S. government declassifies 19,000 pages of documents indicating that between 1946 and 1986, the Hanford Site near Richland, Washington, released thousands of US gallons of radioactive liquids.
2622:
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500:, and rupturing on the rocks below, spilling the car's entire load into the river. Virtually every aquatic organism on a 40-mile (64 km) stretch of river was killed.
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1836:
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Benjamin K. Sovacool and
Christopher Cooper. Nuclear Nonsense: Why Nuclear Power is no Answer to Climate Change and the World's Post-Kyoto Energy Challenges,
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1416:, a disposal site in the United States created in 1956 for contaminated liquid wastes from the chemical manufacturing operations of the Army and its lessee
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379:) in Europe from Central Asia in the 14th century resulting in the death of up to 60% (200 million) of the population and recurring until the 18th century.
357:
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1152:, with a yield of 21 kilotons. It was the first U.S. nuclear field exercise conducted on land; troops shown are 6 mi (9.7 km) from the blast.
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126:; sparrows were eliminated from Chinese farms, which caused locusts to swarm the farms and contributed to a famine which killed 38 million people.
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Mississippi River levees, saltwater intrusion through manmade channels, timber harvesting, subsidence, and hurricane damage.
431:, chemical plant explosion, caused highest known exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in residential populations
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1858:
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927:
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33:. In this context it is an annotated list of specific events caused by human activity that results in a negative effect on the
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836:, Samarco iron ore mine tailings dam failure, Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo to the Atlantic sea. Brazil, November 2015
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and Coke Ovens sites in the city of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, known as the largest toxic waste site in North
America.
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Mushroom-shaped cloud and water column from the underwater nuclear explosion of July 25, 1946, which was part of
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24:
1275:, 1979 - It is the most significant accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history. On the seven-point
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372:) in Europe from Africa in the 7th century resulting in the death of up to 60% (100 million) of the population.
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1226:, United Kingdom, October 8, 1957. Fire ignites plutonium piles and contaminates surrounding dairy farms.
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354:, human deaths resulting from dismantling a scrapped medical machine containing a source of radioactivity
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due to high-nutrient fertilizer runoff from the
Midwest that is drained through the Mississippi River.
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is heavily polluted and during extreme events releases large volumes of polluted water into the
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Introduction of infectious diseases by
Europeans causing the death of indigenous people during
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levels. Over thirty small communities had been removed from Soviet maps between 1958 and 1991.
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derails from a northbound
Southern Pacific freight train, tumbling off the bridge over the
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accident, July 4, 1961 (8 deaths and more than 30 people were over-exposed to radiation).
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447:(December 3, 1984, India), leak of methyl isocyanate resulted in more than 22,000 deaths.
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2009:
1972:
1794:. The costs of failure: A preliminary assessment of major energy accidents, 1907–2007,
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in northeast
Oklahoma / southeast Kansas / southwest Missouri, from 1900s to 1960s
488:: A 19,000-gallon (72,000 L) tank railroad car containing the pesticide/herbicide
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accident, August 10, 1985 (10 people died and 49 suffered radiation injuries).
783:, tailings dam breach of the Los Frailes zinc/silver mine in Spain, April 1998
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1812:"Japan Declares Nuclear Emergency, As Cooling System Fails At Power Plant"
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triggered by Lapindo Brantas gas exploration in 2006; East Java, Indonesia
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1189:: Following an earthquake, tsunami, and failure of cooling systems at
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Nuclear War I and Other Major Nuclear Disasters of the 20th Century
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739:, tailings dam from the now abandoned in New Zealand, 1966 to 2013
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Ignition and conflagration (13 times from 1868 to 1969) of the
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during the 1960s and 1970s, contaminating river sediments with
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were found in nearly every country in the northern hemisphere".
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343:, nervous system disorders, and countless related fatalities
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and Horta Barbosa tankers collision and oil spill into the
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in Hawaiʻi, United States beginning in November 2021
1279:, it is rated Level 5 – Accident with Wider Consequences.
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explosion and oil spill off the coast of Angola, May 1991
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explosion and oil spill of the coast of Italy, April 1991
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spills in Ecuador, since 1972 (possibly the worst of all)
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landslide of tailings into waterway in Myanmar, July 2020
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poisoning of wildlife due to farm runoff used to create
1455:, the land and residential houses started cracking in
46:
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off the SW coast of the United Kingdom, February 1967
733:, collapse of a coal mining waste pile in Wales, 1966
335:, resulting in lasting serious health effects on the
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William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review
1662:, a sea trench between Northern Ireland and Scotland
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nuclear test at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands
537:
2008 Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill
358:
Health effects arising from the September 11 attacks
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at seven locations in the United States, since 1989
1658:Dumping of conventional and chemical munitions in
1102:in Siberia in Russia in between May and June 2020.
757:Uranium mining controversy in Kakadu National Park
1712:Industrial waste dumping in Central Vietnam from
3019:
1938:"The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare"
1678:, plastic pellet typically under 5mm in diameter
789:, tailings dam failure in Sweden, September 2000
526:2007 Release of lead dust into Esperance Harbour
515:2003 Release of sulfur dioxide at the Al-Mishraq
2974:International Association of Emergency Managers
1671:Environmental threats to the Great Barrier Reef
811:Padcal tailings spills of August-September 2012
205:Environmental threats to the Great Barrier Reef
885:introduced 1920s; phased out globally by 2012.
865:Environmental impact of the oil shale industry
644:United States Environmental Protection Agency
589:Environmental issues with the Three Gorges Dam
572:2018 Fujian Quangang Carbon Nine leakage event
257:in Africa, devastating indigenous fish species
2173:
1980:
1895:Strengthening the Safety of Radiation Sources
486:California's largest hazardous chemical spill
1753:List of Superfund sites in the United States
609:(1950s and 1960s) mercury poisoning in Japan
510:2001 AZF Toulouse chemical factory explosion
1803:
1114:off the coast of Venezuela, since July 2020
848:of an iron ore mine in Brazil, January 2019
437:the town was completely evacuated due to a
2979:International Disaster and Risk Conference
2180:
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1987:
1973:
1809:
1509:Draining and development of the Everglades
1497:and byproducts of its production into the
1493:dumping of "bad batches" of the herbicide
1195:issues concerning other nuclear facilities
998:shipwreck and oil spill, off the coast of
992:off the coast of South Africa, August 1983
1266:Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1072:in the Gulf of Mexico, April to July 2010
942:shipwreck and oil spill off the coast of
2989:International Disaster Emergency Service
1837:"Blasts escalate Japan's nuclear crisis"
1482:which polluted a river with caustic soda
1139:
1128:
1583:Mercury contamination in Grassy Narrows
1078:in the Niger Delta in Nigeria, May 2010
930:relating to the oil industry, 1976–1996
928:Environmental issues in the Niger Delta
924:off the coast of Portugal, January 1975
895:Mississippi River oil spill (1962–1963)
506:of a gold mine in Romania, January 2000
418:Mercury contamination in Grassy Narrows
383:Mercury contamination in Grassy Narrows
281:Mercury contamination in Grassy Narrows
3020:
1703:anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions
1060:off the coast of Louisiana, since 2004
531:2008 Guangxi chemical plant explosions
2161:
1968:
1787:
1785:
1125:Environmental impact of nuclear power
828:2015 Gold King Mine waste water spill
765:in Papua New Guinea beginning in 1984
707:Phosphate mining in St. Pierre Island
364:European colonization of the Americas
101:, known colloquially as "killer bees"
16:Cataloging of environmental disasters
1935:
1917:. US Environmental Protection Agency
1915:"Diamond Alkali Superfund Home Page"
1514:Draining of the Mesopotamian Marshes
1170:List of civilian radiation accidents
521:2005 Jilin chemical plant explosions
375:Introduction of the bubonic plague (
368:Introduction of the bubonic plague (
331:use by the United States during the
50:
3002:
2968:List of civil defense organisations
1447:2006 Côte d'Ivoire toxic waste dump
1108:in south Mauritius, since July 2020
1096:in the East China Sea, January 2018
1022:into the Persian Gulf, January 1991
879:oil spill in California, 1910 –1911
403:, due to cadmium poisoning in Japan
104:Mismanagement and shrinking of the
93:Environmental impact of agriculture
47:Environmental disasters by category
13:
1888:
1782:
1618:Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge
1187:Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
1166:List of military nuclear accidents
1162:List of civilian nuclear accidents
1144:November 1951 nuclear test at the
934:Arctic Refuge drilling controversy
721:, Pennsylvania, burning since 1962
14:
3054:
2646:Structural failures and collapses
1810:Weisenthal, Joe (11 March 2011).
1533:Effects of polluted water in the
1294:
1277:International Nuclear Event Scale
891:in Brooklyn, New York, 1940s–1980
769:Omai gold mine tailing dam breach
3001:
1843:. March 16, 2011. Archived from
1737:Timeline of environmental events
1503:2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin
1403:in central United States (1930s)
1356:2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires
824:in Alberta, Canada, October 2013
685:in California, from 1893 to 1942
679:in California, from 1879 to 1963
120:in central United States (1930s)
54:
2984:Disaster Accountability Project
1929:
1749:, the consuming of an ecosystem
1742:Index of environmental articles
1476:off the coast of France in 1978
1191:Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant
1158:Nuclear and radiation accidents
1050:shipwreck and oil spill at the
858:
322:
295:Reduction in the number of the
245:Invasive species in New Zealand
159:2006 Zakouma elephant slaughter
152:
86:
31:list of environmental disasters
25:List of environmental conflicts
1936:Rich, Nathaniel (2016-01-06).
1907:
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1864:
1851:
1829:
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1178:in 1986 in Chernobyl, Ukraine
1090:into the Yellow Sea, July 2010
805:Upper Big Branch Mine disaster
801:, lead dust in Australia, 2006
777:in the Philippines, March 1996
763:Ok Tedi environmental disaster
673:in Colorado, from 1870 to 1992
659:Environmental impact of mining
1:
1994:
1758:
1554:Jiyeh Power Station oil spill
990:Castillo de Bellver oil spill
822:Obed Mountain coal mine spill
665:List of tailings dam failures
618:Release of CFCs resulting in
423:1970 Ontario Minamata disease
412:1952 The Great Smog in London
388:
2892:Emergency population warning
2585:Unrelated to natural hazards
2542:Potentially hazardous object
1732:List of environmental issues
1690:, mercury poisoning in Japan
1620:, and the artificial wetland
1429:Nigeria gully erosion crisis
1424:Coastal erosion in Louisiana
807:in West Virginia, April 2010
713:1947 Centralia mine disaster
613:Kodaikanal mercury poisoning
504:2000 Baia Mare cyanide spill
395:List of industrial disasters
21:List of environmental issues
7:
2785:Crowd collapses and crushes
1884:The Worst Nuclear Disasters
1720:
1683:Great Pacific Garbage Patch
1592:Oder environmental disaster
1556:in the Mediterranean region
1486:Deepwater Horizon oil spill
1379:Jinkanpo Atsugi Incinerator
1377:Health problems due to the
1094:Sanchi oil tanker collision
1070:Deepwater Horizon oil spill
816:Talvivaara gypsum pond leak
190:Devil facial tumour disease
10:
3059:
1628:
1577:Loss of Louisiana Wetlands
1528:Parkersburg, West Virginia
1480:Cheakamus River derailment
1316:
1307:Hong Kong Plastic Disaster
1155:
1122:
1118:
868:
862:
852:Hpakant jade mine disaster
842:, Venezuela, February 2016
793:Martin County sludge spill
759:in Australia, 1981 to 2009
725:Mountaintop removal mining
662:
656:
648:sites in the United States
548:2012 Guangxi cadmium spill
451:1986 Sandoz chemical spill
435:1983 Times Beach, Missouri
392:
276:Loss of Louisiana Wetlands
271:Kudzu in the United States
90:
39:
18:
3038:Environment-related lists
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2902:Earthquake warning system
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2062:Great Britain and Ireland
2002:
1874:, Vol 33:1, 2008, p. 109.
1708:2022 Caspian seal die-off
1624:
1606:, severely polluting the
1441:Electronic waste in Guiyu
1344:2006 Southeast Asian haze
1332:1997 Southeast Asian haze
1326:1983 Melbourne dust storm
1208:storage tank explosion, (
1084:in the Red Sea, June 2010
1076:2010 ExxonMobil oil spill
972:collision and spill near
962:collision and spill near
795:in Kentucky, October 2000
775:Marcopper mining disaster
727:in the US since the 1960s
715:, a coal mine in Illinois
701:Phosphate mining in Nauru
695:Copper mining in Tasmania
652:
597:due to chemical factories
496:at the Cantara Loop near
3043:Pollution events by year
1653:Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1642:Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone
1541:Gulf of Mexico dead zone
1467:
1435:Exide lead contamination
1350:2016 Great Smog of Delhi
830:in Colorado, August 2015
703:, from 1906 to the 1990s
595:Aamjiwnaang First Nation
542:2011 Bohai Bay oil spill
240:Gulf of Mexico dead zone
130:Gulf of Mexico dead zone
3028:Environmental disasters
2856:Earthquake preparedness
2851:Disaster risk reduction
2795:Environmental disasters
1771:Dunsmuir 10 years later
1394:
1082:Jebel al-Zayt oil spill
900:Torrey Canyon oil spill
846:Brumadinho dam disaster
562:2015 Shenzhen landslide
558:(龙江河) and water supply.
556:Guangxi Longjiang river
457:1989 Phillips Disasters
370:the Plague of Justinian
2947:List of disaster films
2897:Emergency Alert System
2861:Hurricane preparedness
1913:
1655:, in the United States
1549:in Ohio, United States
1524:perfluorooctanoic acid
1406:Contaminated soils in
1312:
1230:Soviet submarine K-431
1153:
1137:
1088:Xingang Port oil spill
1006:Exxon Valdez oil spill
922:Jakob Maersk oil spill
689:Lead & Zinc mining
631:testing ground during
627:, which was used as a
564:China, a landslide of
401:1912 Itai-itai disease
291:Red imported fire ants
124:Great sparrow campaign
42:Environmental disaster
1857:Samuel Upton Newtan.
1714:Formosa Ha Tinh Steel
1604:Sandoz chemical spill
1598:Red Hill water crisis
1474:Amoco Cadiz oil spill
1453:Thathri Disaster 2023
1302:plastic shopping bags
1236:Soviet submarine K-19
1143:
1132:
1106:MV Wakashio oil spill
593:Health issues on the
477:, Colorado, from the
337:Vietnamese population
169:Indian vulture crisis
135:Salinity in Australia
2912:Emergency management
1841:World News Australia
1792:Benjamin K. Sovacool
1571:Caloosahatchee River
1537:in the United States
1249:in the Pacific Ocean
1135:Operation Crossroads
1010:Prince William Sound
946:, France, March 1978
906:Lago Agrio oil field
889:Greenpoint oil spill
834:Mariana dam disaster
799:Magellan Metals mine
753:, burning since 1971
578:Baogang Tailings Dam
498:Dunsmuir, California
453:into the Rhine river
445:1984 Bhopal disaster
429:1976 Seveso disaster
316:loss of biodiversity
286:Rabbits in Australia
249:Introduction of the
211:Australian megafauna
139:Salinization of the
68:adding missing items
2817:Terrorist incidents
1800:36 (2008), p. 1806.
1699:Ocean acidification
1431:, since before 1980
1367:Donora Smog of 1948
1338:2005 Malaysian haze
1241:Nuclear testing at
1206:Mayak nuclear waste
1112:El Palito oil spill
1038:Mingbulak oil spill
964:Trinidad and Tobago
960:SS Atlantic Empress
719:Centralia mine fire
697:, from 1893 to 1994
216:Four Pests Campaign
183:Destruction of the
3033:Lists of disasters
2917:Hurricane response
2763:Disease of despair
2673:Civilian radiation
2193:list by death toll
1942:The New York Times
1900:2009-03-26 at the
1861:2007, pp. 237–240.
1631:List of oil spills
1457:Nayi Basti Thathri
1408:Māpua, New Zealand
1373:Great Smog of 1952
1176:Chernobyl disaster
1154:
1138:
1020:Gulf War oil spill
871:List of oil spills
840:Orinoco Mining Arc
743:Darvaza gas crater
677:Iron Mountain Mine
566:construction waste
550:China, when toxic
310:Saemangeum Seawall
185:old growth forests
66:; you can help by
29:This article is a
3015:
3014:
2922:Crisis management
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2579:
2557:Geomagnetic storm
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2529:
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2395:
2323:
2322:
2267:Soil liquefaction
2189:Natural disasters
1847:on April 7, 2011.
1651:off the coast of
1461:Jammu and Kashmir
1443:, since the 1990s
1384:Kuwaiti oil fires
1300:Proliferation of
1287:Radioactive waste
1273:Three Mile Island
1252:Fallout from the
1100:Norilsk oil spill
1064:Sidoarjo mud flow
980:Nowruz oil spills
950:Ixtoc I oil spill
709:from 1906 to 1972
554:contaminated the
461:1990, Release of
200:Emerald Ash Borer
195:Dutch Elm Disease
177:Deforestation of
84:
83:
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3005:
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2887:Humanitarian aid
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1180:killed 49 people
1150:Operation Buster
1146:Nevada Test Site
1058:Taylor oil spill
1052:Shetland Islands
731:Aberfan disaster
671:Summitville mine
639:Sydney Tar Ponds
629:chemical weapons
607:Minamata disease
603:toxic waste site
494:Sacramento River
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407:1948 Donora smog
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