Chlorine dioxide is used as a bleaching agent in pulp mills and is highly corrosive; it can burn skin, eyes and lung tissue and can be fatal. People are also reading… ...

About 30 residents of the northern B.C. town of Mackenzie have been forced to leave their homes because of a chlorine dioxide leak at a mothballed pulp mill.

A leak of toxic chlorine dioxide at the Woodland Pulp mill in Baileyville affected 16 contractors and two employees, sending several to the hospital. A statement from the company indicated there ...

Mill critics say it’s the use of chlorine dioxide that produces dioxins, mercury and chlorinated organics, three groups of chemicals that do not break down in the environment. These build up via ...

The Weyerhaeuser pulp mill in Cosmopolis has been fined $10,000 by the state of Washington for violating state air-quality regulations in July when toxic chlorine-dioxide gas escaped from the facility ...

Historically, most pulp and paper mills used elemental chlorine gas, but few do so today. Alternatives are available that eliminate or reduce toxic gas hazards. A few U.S. mills use totally ...

New research at Karlstad University shows that pulp mills can save millions by using a new measuring technique. This new technique enables control of the pulping process, thus reducing the demand ...

Tasmanian Greens fear pulp mill pollution Posted Fri 14 Nov 2003 at 5:53am Friday 14 Nov 2003 at 5:53am Fri 14 Nov 2003 at 5:53am Help keep family & friends informed by sharing this article ...

Built in 1968, the mill employs around 280 workers and produces 280,000 tonnes of bleached Kraft wood pulp every year. Paper Excellence — renamed Domtar in 2024 — bought the mill in 2013.

Chlorine dioxide (ClO 2), also known as chlorine peroxide and chlorine(IV) oxide, is a low-boiling red-brown liquid and yellow-green gas.It has an odd number of valence electrons, which makes it an ...