Hydrated in Lima

Automatt posted this in Chlorine, Energy, General, Industrial, Manufacturing, Natural Gas, Pollution, Runoff, Sprawl, Weapons

“…like with lots of things in life, the real danger is from accidents.”

April 28th, 2005 | Category: Chlorine, Energy, General, Industrial, Manufacturing, Natural Gas, Pollution, Runoff, Sprawl, Weapons | 5 comments

Growing Chlorine

Automatt posted this in Chlorine, Dams, Energy, General, Pollution, Rivers, Water

The Occidental Chemical Corporation operates the Niagara Plant in Niagara Falls, NY. Here, they are making Chlorine, seventeen million pounds of it at a time. Chlorine is incredibly useful to industry due to its wild effects on organic chemistry. Lots of it is used to bleach paper; even a medium sized pulp mill can use [...]

April 22nd, 2005 | Category: Chlorine, Dams, Energy, General, Pollution, Rivers, Water | 4 comments