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. Examples of air pollution episodes include:
- 1930 Meuse Valley Episode
- 1939 Saint Louis Episode
- 1948 Donora Episode
- 1952 London Episode
- 1997 Indonesian forest fires Episode
- 2005 Malaysian Haze Episode
- 2006 Southeast Asian Haze Episode
- 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy Episode
See also
Smog, Haze, Ozone, PM2.5, Air Pollution, Inversion
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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