Air pollution episode

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]
2005 Malaysian Haze Episode^{[citation needed]}
2006 Southeast Asian Haze Episode
1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy Episode

In the United States

References

^ "Air Pollution Episodes: a Citizen Handbook". US Environmental Protection Agency. 1971.
^ "Nov. 28 1939: The day 'Black Tuesday' rolled into St. Louis | Post-Dispatch Archives". stltoday.com.
^ "Smog Deaths in 1948 Led to Clean Air Laws". NPR.org.
^ "The Great Smog of 1952 recalled". BBC News.
^ "A nation of fire: What should we learn from the 1997/1998 haze? - National - The Jakarta Post".

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[1] "Air Pollution Episodes: a Citizen Handbook". US Environmental Protection Agency. 1971.

[2] "Nov. 28 1939: The day 'Black Tuesday' rolled into St. Louis | Post-Dispatch Archives". stltoday.com.

[3] "Smog Deaths in 1948 Led to Clean Air Laws". NPR.org.

[4] "The Great Smog of 1952 recalled". BBC News.

[5] "A nation of fire: What should we learn from the 1997/1998 haze? - National - The Jakarta Post".

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Air pollution episode

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In the United States

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