Industrial smog near Birmingham, Alabama

Industrial smog hides home near a pipe plant in the northern, most polluted part of Birmingham, Alabama. Under the 1963 Clean Air Act and its later amendments EPA promulgates air quality standards: it is up to the states to implement them., Credit Line: EPA - Documerica photo by Leroy Woodson, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Physics Today Collection
Abstract/Description: Industrial smog hides home near a pipe plant in the northern, most polluted part of Birmingham, Alabama. Under the 1963 Clean Air Act and its later amendments EPA promulgates air quality standards: it is up to the states to implement them.
Subject(s): Air pollution
Birmingham (Ala.)
Environment
Date Created: circa 1977
Credit Line: EPA - Documerica photo by Leroy Woodson, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Physics Today Collection
Catalog ID: Environment H1