Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941, was not an isolated act of war. Instead, it was just one part of a series of coordinated military attacks on Western colonies and outposts in the Far East on that day. Japanese forces also attacked Indochina as Southeast Asia then was known.Continue reading “The wartime race to produce synthetic rubber left a toxic legacy in the South Bay”
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The search for solutions to the perilous Los Angeles smog attacks of the 1940s and 1950s
It’s fair to say that the descent of suffocating grey clouds into the Los Angeles basin on the blazing hot day of July 26, 1943, caused unhappy sensations in the ever-growing metropolis beyond the burning eyes and painful breathing. Denizens of the downtown area didn’t know who to blame for the new plague. Was itContinue reading “The search for solutions to the perilous Los Angeles smog attacks of the 1940s and 1950s”
