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Pittsburgh’s air pollution estimated to claim 3,000+ lives per year − and EPA rollbacks aren’t helping

  • Written by Philip Landrigan, Professor of Biology, Boston College
Pittsburgh’s air pollution estimated to claim 3,000+ lives per year − and EPA rollbacks aren’t helpingPittsburgh's air pollution not only led to increased deaths, but it also had other negative effects, from lowered IQ in children to adverse birth outcomes. G Fiume/Getty Images Sport via Getty Images

In October 1948, a thick haze rolled into Donora, Pennsylvania, a steel town in the Monongahela Valley, south of Pittsburgh. For five days, toxic...

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