Suffocating Zinc: The Lethal Inversion of the Donora Smog

What happens when an entire American town is trapped inside a toxic, inescapable cloud of poisonous industrial gas for five continuous days, while the corporation responsible refuses to shut down its furnaces? The Donora Smog of 1948 was a deadly environmental wake-up call that violently exposed the horrific health costs of unchecked industrial manufacturing. Located in a steep river valley in P...