Chlorine gas remains a significant industrial and environmental hazard that can induce severe pulmonary toxicity. Acute exposure initiates direct oxidative injury to the respiratory epithelium, ...

Trails in Grand Canyon National Park were closed due to a chlorine gas leak. Chlorine is used as a disinfectant in the Roaring Springs area of the park. The trails have since reopened NORTH RIM, Ariz.

An Olin Chemical subsidiary broke Louisiana pollution and emergency reporting laws when it underplayed the severity of a potentially dangerous chlorine gas leak this spring, state regulators allege.

When thousands of pounds of toxic, greenish-yellow gas poured from Olin Corporation's Freeport facility on May 20, nearby residents said they had no warning about the largest industrial leak of ...