Monday, March 12, 2012

What's brewing next door? Potential disasters are closer than you think

What's brewing next door? Potential disasters are closer than you think
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120312/NEWS/203120327/-1/NEWSMAP

"It's a sunny morning in the Poconos. As residents prepare to head to work or school, some begin to feel dizzy or light-headed.

Others have difficulty breathing or complain of itchy eyes.

Few, if any, realize that sulfur dioxide, a colorless, odorless gas used as a bleaching agent and industrial solvent, has been accidentally released into their neighborhood.

If nothing's done, their lungs will fill with fluid and, eventually, some will stop breathing altogether."

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