The attached news article was penned a year and a half after the end of the war and it concerns the steps various industrial cities were taking to limit the amount of pollutants that factories belched into the air daily. On a similar note: a year after this article appeared, the Republican-lead Congress would pass an important piece of legislation titled the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
2013 marked the first time that the industrial powerhouse of China finally recognized that air pollution in the Beijing area exists and it is a problem. China regularly emits the lion’s share of green house gasses (a whopping 23.5%).
Click here to read a 1951 article about America’s polluted rivers.
Below is a wartime article from The Los Angeles Times on the subject.
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article about pollutionarticle on air pollutionair pollution history 1947air pollution from WW2air pollution from ww2 factoriesair pollution remedy 1947Air Pollution seen as a Problem 1947measures taken to end air pollution 1947air pollution in the forties1940s pollutionbattle against pollution1940s air pollutantsNorth Hampton Mass wished to reduce air pollutionSt Louis wished to reduce air pollutionChicago wished to reduce air pollutionNY wished to reduce air pollutionSalt Lake City wished to reduce air pollutionMilwaukee wished to reduce air pollutionPittsburgh wished to reduce air pollution
