Earth:Air pollution episode
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An air pollution episode is an unusual combination of emissions and meteorology - usually low or stagnant winds and temperature inversion - that creates prolonged and widespread air pollution lasting two to seven days. Effects range from eye irritation to deaths across age groups.[1] Examples of air pollution episodes include:
- 1930 Meuse Valley Episode
- 1939 Saint Louis Episode[2]
- 1948 Donora Episode[3]
- 1952 London Episode[4]
- 1997 Indonesian forest fires Episode[5]
- 2006 Southeast Asian Haze Episode
- 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy Episode
- 2016 Delhi Episode
See also
Smog, Haze, Ozone, Particulate matter, Air Pollution, Inversion
In the United States
References
- ↑ "Air Pollution Episodes: a Citizen Handbook". 1971. https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=940025VB.txt.
- ↑ "Nov. 28 1939: The day 'Black Tuesday' rolled into St. Louis | Post-Dispatch Archives". http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/a-look-back-black-tuesday-spurred-crackdown-on-coal-pollution/article_00c3b6cd-ba69-5a19-b498-fbc29f9630c4.html.
- ↑ "Smog Deaths in 1948 Led to Clean Air Laws". NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103359330.
- ↑ "The Great Smog of 1952 recalled". BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-20615186.
- ↑ "A nation of fire: What should we learn from the 1997/1998 haze? - National - The Jakarta Post". http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/06/25/a-nation-fire-what-should-we-learn-19971998-haze.html.
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