EMedicine - Toxicity, Chlorine Gas : Article by Eli Segal, MD

http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic851.htm If you wonder what it's like to be exposed to chlorine gas like that used in Iraq recently, check out this link. If it's all too technical for you. The bottom line is the chlorine gas causes your lungs to fill with fluid and the individual drowns in their own fluids. The Old Prospector