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"Chlorine Accidents Rupture Life for Workers, Townspeople" [1]

"Over the past 10 years, chlorine has been involved in hundreds of accidents nationwide, injuring thousands of workers and townspeople, and killing some. In one California town, more than a year after a chemical cloud forced them to run for their lives, the employees of a recycling business are back to work – but not back to normal."

Jane Kay reports for Environmental Health News October 20, 2011.
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Source: EHN [2], 10/21/2011
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/chlorine-accidents-rupture-life-workers-townspeople [2] http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2011/chlorine-accidents/ [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81