Treatment Plant Chemical Spill Hospitalizes 55 People

A chemical spill at a Birmingham (Alabama) Water Works water treatment facility recently hospitalized 55 people.

According to the company, the accidental mixing of hypochlorite and ferric sulfate created hazardous chlorine gas.

An accidental mix of sodium hypochlorite (which is...
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