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Solving the mystery of California's most persistent smog.Once known as the Smog Capital of the World, Los Angeles has changed "air you can see " into "air you can breathe ." While the fight to eliminate pollution in the city continues, modern smog is not the thick, oppressive, silver-blue haze that drove people to move out of Los Angeles altogether during the mid-twentieth century. Professor Arie Haagen-Smit became a key leader in the fight against smog after making a crucial discovery--what caused it. Join author Carl R. Oliver as he delves into the sixty-year battle to clear the air in Los Angeles.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Air You Can See!
- 2. Silver-Blue Smog Strikes Los Angeles
- 3. A Newspaper Launches an Antismog Crusade
- 4. Smog “Expert” Tucker Tries to Help
- 5. Louis McCabe Hired to End Air Pollution
- 6. McCabe’s “Breakthrough” Science Discovery
- 7. Haagy’s “Jackpot” Experiment
- 8. Factory-in-the-Sky
- 9. The Biggest Cause of Los Angeles’ Smog
- 10. Solving the Catalyst Problem
- Appendix A. Tucker Report, 1947
- Appendix B. Louis C. McCabe Letter to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, September 13, 1948
- Appendix C. Louis C. McCabe Letter to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, February 25, 1949
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- About the Author
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