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chlorine dioxide

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Noun1.chlorine dioxide - an explosive gas (ClO2) used chiefly in bleaching paper or starch or soap or flour and in water purification
blanching agent, bleaching agent, whitener, bleach - an agent that makes things white or colorless
dioxide - an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule


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Linton has been conducting studies with chlorine dioxide gas, the sanitizer that was used to treat anthrax-tainted mail in 2001.
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It uses chlorine derivatives, such as chlorine dioxide, that CIWMB says can "still produce toxic chlorinated organic compounds, including chloroform, a known carcinogen.
Confronting chlorine by Durso, Fred, Jr. / E
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