Phosgene is a chemical widely used in industry for producing pesticides, plastics, polymers, and pharmaceuticals, yet it also remains a powerful chemical weapon. Its danger lies in a delayed toxic ...

Officials with La Porte Emergency Management said a process upset at the ALTIVIA Chemical Complex prompted the release of the chemical phosgene, a colorless gas with a suffocating odor like musty hay.

A Lockport chemical company was cited by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violating the Clean Air Act in connection with its use and storage of phosgene gas, federal environmental ...

Seven of the eight Cargoloop workers hospitalized due to the Altivia La Porte leak stayed home days after the incident.

Increase in use of phosgene for platinum, plutonium, uranium and niobium metal extraction, its use in production of chemicals such as beryllium chloride, aluminum chloride, & boron trichloride ...