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How does air pollution affects animals? Animals are affected by air pollution in multiple ways. The list of possible conditions developed in pets exposed to harmful substances includes: respiratory diseases such as asthma – it’s worth mentioning that in the case of animals the aftermaths are noticeable much later and are hard to diagnose. Nevertheless, […]

In Silent Spring, and later in testimony before a congressional committee, Carson asserted that one of the most basic human rights must surely be the “right of the citizen to be secure in his own home against the intrusion of poisons applied by other persons.” Through ignorance, greed, and negligence, government had allowed “poisonous and

“Lift Every Voice and Sing” was written as a poem by James Weldon Johnson in 1900. Johnson, an educator, lawyer, diplomat, and civil rights activist, wrote the poem to commemorate Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. His brother, John Rosamond Johnson, set the poem to music, and the song was first performed by a choir of 500 African

Congress discussed the environmental and health consequences of nuclear fallout resulting from atmospheric nuclear tests.  Atomic Tests Were a Tourist Draw in 1950s Las Vegas, Nevada’s nuclear-bomb testing spawned a spectator culture tinged with both profound fear and Sin City delight. Years ago, another sort of light flashed over Fremont and attracted a crowd: the

Defense, Denial, and Disinformation: Uncovering the Oil Industry’s Early Knowledge of Climate Change  Starting in the 1950s, the oil industry designated funds to research the effects of pollution on the environment. For example, the 1954 American Petroleum Institute (API) article “The Petroleum Industry Sponsors Air Pollution Research” suggested that smog was the product of a

Smog episodes due to the combination of industrial pollutants and atmospheric conditions in the Great Smog of London, lethal smog that covered the city of London for five days, from December 5 to December 9, in 1952. It was caused by a combination of industrial pollution and high-pressure weather conditions. The smoke and fog brought

Pervasive smog in New York City and Los Angeles, the Santa Barbara oil spill, and the Cuyahoga River fires made headlines and frightened Americans across the country.  During the late 1960s, an “environmental crisis” took shape as a series of environmental catastrophes and revelatory books transformed the American environmental consciousness. Soon before the crisis took

Donora, Pa., was enveloped in a lethal haze in October of 1948, over five days, nearly half of the town’s 14,000 resident’s experienced severe respiratory or cardiovascular problems. It was difficult to breathe. The death toll rose to nearly 40.  The situation in Donora was extreme, but it reflected a trend. Air pollution had become

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