Chlorine is a toxic gas used in disinfectants and cleaning products. Exposure causes eye, lung, and skin irritation, and lung fluid buildup. Children and asthma patients are at higher risk. No ...

Three adults and two children were hospitalized after being exposed to a violent chemical reaction while preparing chlorine for use in a family pool at home in Eastlake. According to an Eastlake Fire ...

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, ...

According to the company’s website, BioLab makes swimming pool and spa treatment products, and chemicals involved in those products have been detected in the plume of smoke still blowing from the ...

At first, it was only a trickle of calls coming into Georgia Poison Center on Sunday after a fire erupted at the BioLab plant in Conyers, releasing chemicals stored there into the air. But by Monday, ...

TAMPA, FL — Five children were transported to area hospitals after getting exposed to chlorine gas during swim lessons on Monday evening. Just before 7:00 p.m. Monday Hillsborough County Fire Rescue ...

Five people in Ohio were reportedly injured Thursday from a chemical reaction while getting their swimming pool ready for the summer season. The homeowner in the Cleveland suburb of Eastlake was ...

Fire at Conyers chemical plant has released smoke and chlorine, causing widespread irritation and respiratory issues. Health professionals are worried about potential delayed health effects from ...

Chlorine Exposure: Is It a Danger for Swimmers? Swimmers are known for many things: tan lines, long practice hours, broad shoulders and the unmistakable scent of chlorine. Growing up, people who I’d ...

Mixing bleach and ammonia can kill you. Bleach solutions and ammonia combine to form chloramines, some of them known to produce toxic gas and cause respiratory irritation. Impacts of the chemical ...

Pictured is an industrial facility along the Brazos River in Freeport, Texas. A chlorine gas release from an industrial facility south of Houston on Tuesday morning resulted in a shelter-in-place ...

Oneida, N.Y. — Chlorine gas built up Friday morning in the wastewater treatment facility in Oneida, Madison County, at levels five times over what is considered safe, firefighters said. The Syracuse ...