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6 pages in length. Chlorine – Atomic symbol of Cl with its distinguishable greenish-yellow color and 'swimming pool' odor – is both a highly toxic substance that kills in a very short time or a completely harmless chemical compound used to season food, depending upon its form and the secondary element with which it is mixed. When combined with sodium, chlorine becomes NaCl – or table salt – but at room temperature in its concentrated form, the gas emitted is so lethal that people within proximity will die from exposure. Used most commonly as a household cleaner and disinfectant (chlorine bleach) and swimming pool decontaminator, chlorine is drawn from the dissolved salt in seawater by way of an electric current running through the NaCl known as electrolysis. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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season food, depending upon its form and the secondary element with which it is mixed. When combined with sodium, chlorine becomes NaCl - or table salt - but at
room temperature in its concentrated form, the gas emitted is so lethal that people within proximity will die from exposure. Used most commonly as a household cleaner and disinfectant
(chlorine bleach) and swimming pool decontaminator, chlorine is drawn from the dissolved salt in seawater by way of an electric current running through the NaCl known as electrolysis (Bradberry et
al, 2110). The two most prominent physical reactions people have to chlorine gas exposure are severe skin irritation/burning and respiratory distress. Initial symptoms include nausea, vomiting and cyanosis which,
if not treated immediately can lead to shock and/or death. The most common way to be exposed to chlorine gas is by inhalation, which is responsible for acute mucous
membrane, throat and respiratory tract irritation, as well as uncontrollable coughing, headache, vomiting, chest pain, burning sensation, anxiety and a sense of suffocation; pulmonary edema and pneumonitis are common with
significant exposure. Skin that comes in contact with chlorine gas will burn and blister to the point of causing tissue damage, while blindness is a common reaction when the
eyes are assaulted with the harmful chemical. Even teeth fall victim to the ravages of chlorine gas by way of corrosion. People who are regularly exposed to chlorine
gas often lose the ability to smell its presence, which leaves them highly vulnerable to greater exposure when a leak occurs; those overexposed over a constant period of time run
the risk of developing hemoptysis, nose bleeds, chronic bronchitis and "an increased susceptibility to tuberculosis" (Hill Brothers Chemical Company, 1999). Being that exposure to chlorine gas detrimentally impacts the respiratory
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