Word: donora
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Davis’ speech touched on her personal experience as a child in the smoggy town of Donora, Penn.—where the smokestacks killed twenty people and sickened thousands more...
Davis said that for many workers, towns like Donora could be a mixed blessing. The smoke could kill you or harm your children, she said, but at the same time “smoke meant money and smoke meant jobs...