Air Pollution and Sucralose
I found this article earlier today and had to hear some reactions. I have mentioned Phosgene, which is used to make sucralose, here before, but this seems like a new aspect of the story. It sounds like the town where this is going on, has some real environmental concerns. Here's part of the article and the link. http://www.al.com/news/mobileregiste...4510292330.xml But the air permit makes it clear that two dangerous and related chemicals, chlorine and phosgene, are integral to the production of Splenda. Phosgene gas is perhaps most widely known as a chemical warfare agent, and along with chlorine gas, is often cited as one of the primary causes of battlefield deaths during World War I. Both chemicals are widely used in industrial processes. Large quantities of chlorine are stored on railroad cars at the adjacent Olin Corp. chemical plant about a half-mile away and shipped daily through Mobile and other cities. While chlorine, in small quantities, is considered a household chemical, it has been involved in some of the most tragic industrial accidents of the modern era. Phosgene, which is derived from chlorine, is usually made on the site where it's used, primarily because of safety issues involved in storing and shipping it.
nice.
Nobody else finds this interesting? This little town seems like it has some serious concerns given the amount of chemicals in the area. I don't think I would want huge amounts of this Phosgene stuff in my town.
Lots of toxic chemicals are used everyday to make millions of other things in America.
There aren't huge amounts of phosgene in the town .. read closely, the phosgene is made onsite as needed, not trucked or railed in
It just seems like the town already has environmental concerns; therefore, the last thing the town needs is additional chemical development. Both chlorine and phosgene seem a bit more dangerous as manufacturing tools than I originally would have thought.
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