Randy Holmes-Farley
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Ah. So the new material as a whole that's created is toxic, not just the chlorine part (chlorine is non toxic as was stated, which is new to me). I think I'm making better sense of it now.
Thank you Randy for chiming in, and others as well
I guess I've always wrongly associated chlorine toxicity with na/ca hypochlorite as all I've had experience with is Pool additives and those can be very harsh at certain levels
You need to distinguish chloride (a single chlorine atom with a negative charge on it; very low toxicity) from chlorine (Cl2), which is highly reactive and toxic. Chlorine is used in pools and other situations, including as a deadly weapon in World War I.