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Chlorine

The Iraqi army destroys what it says is an IED planted by ISIS containing chlorine gas in March 2015.

A century after its first-ever use, the original chemical weapon has made a comeback

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It’s been exactly 100 years since the world saw the first deadly attack with chemical weapons. The Germans deployed tons of chlorine gas on a sector of the Western front in World War I, causing 6,000 casualties. Now chlorine gas is back on the battlefield, in Syria.

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Chlorine’s Costs and Controversies

David Baron of member station WBUR reports on the growing call for a near-complete ban on the use of chlorinated chemicals. Scientists say that many chlorine compounds are a central cause of environmental pollution in the Great Lakes region and elsewhere, affecting, fish, waterfowl and possibly people. A US-Canada commission which oversees the Lakes has […]

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Space Shuttle – Blasting Away at Ozone

Chlorine is considered the most important chemical in ozone depletion. Each launch of the space shuttle releases the equivalent of 400,000 refrigerators worth of chlorine into the atmosphere. WBUR’s David Baron reports.

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