Cause Analysis of the Yokkaichi Asthma Episode in Japan: Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association: Vol 34, No 7

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The cause of the Yokkaichi asthma episode (1960-1969) has been analyzed. It Is concluded that the respiratory diseases were due not to sulfur dioxide but to concentrated sulfuric acid mists emitted from stacks of calciners of a titanium oxide manufacturing plant located windward of the residential area.

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