March 19, 2026
Please join us to hear Roger Turner, Curator of Instruments and Artifacts at the Science History Institute, present "Combating Air Pollution in Southern California in the 1950s"
Smog plagued Los Angeles in the 1950s. Amidst public protests and threats to stop investing in the city, an unlikely coalition united to blame Southern California's air pollution on Detroit's automakers. Compelling historic photographs illustrate the interplay between science, activism, and politics that transformed first California's, and then the nation's environmental protection laws.
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- Location: Kaufman 179
- Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
- Cost: Free