[ RadSafe ] Industrial Disasters

[Nielsen.Erik at epamail.epa.gov]

London - Great Smog of 1952.....estimated deaths 4,000 and an additional 
100,000 ill or injured.

Donora , Pennsylvania 1948.....20 deaths and 3000-5000 sick and injured.

Erik C. Nielsen
Health Physicist
USEPA, National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory
540 South Morris Ave.
Montgomery, AL 36115
Phone 334-270-3475
Fax 334-270-3454

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