Editing Phosgene (section)

==Accidents==
* The first major phosgene-related incident happened in May 1928 when eleven tons of phosgene escaped from a war surplus store in central [[Hamburg]].<ref name=Ryan154/> Three hundred people were poisoned, of whom ten died.<ref name=Ryan154>{{cite book |title=Phosgene and Related Carbonyl Halides |url=https://archive.org/details/phosgenerelatedc00tary |url-access=limited |last=Ryan |first=T.Anthony |year=1996 |publisher= Elsevier |isbn=0444824456 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/phosgenerelatedc00tary/page/n200 154]–155}}</ref>
* In the second half of 20th century several fatal incidents implicating phosgene occurred in Europe, Asia and the US. Most of them have been investigated by authorities and the outcome made accessible to the public. For example, phosgene was initially [[blamed]] for the [[Bhopal disaster]], but investigations proved [[methyl isocyanate]] to be responsible for the numerous poisonings and fatalities.
* Recent major incidents happened in January 2010 and May 2016. An accidental release of phosgene gas at a [[DuPont (1802–2017)|DuPont]] facility in [[West Virginia]] killed one employee in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.csb.gov/dupont-corporation-toxic-chemical-releases/|title=DuPont Corporation Toxic Chemical Releases &#124; CSB}}</ref> The [[U.S. Chemical Safety Board|US Chemical Safety Board]] released a video detailing the accident.<ref>{{Citation|title=Fatal Exposure: Tragedy at DuPont| date=22 September 2011 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISNGimMXL7M|language=en|access-date=2021-07-02}}</ref> Six years later, a phosgene leak occurred in a [[BASF]] plant in [[South Korea]], where a contractor inhaled a lethal dose of phosgene.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/ISNGimMXL7M Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130104204718/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISNGimMXL7M&feature=youtube_gdata Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISNGimMXL7M| title = Fatal Exposure: Tragedy at DuPont | website=[[YouTube]]| date = 22 September 2011 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* [[2023 Ohio train derailment]]: A freight train carrying [[vinyl chloride]] derailed and burned in [[East Palestine, Ohio]], releasing phosgene and [[hydrogen chloride]] into the air and contaminating the [[Ohio River]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 11, 2023 |title=Ohio catastrophe is 'wake-up call' to dangers of deadly train derailments |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/11/ohio-train-derailment-wake-up-call |website=The Guardian |access-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213091852/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/11/ohio-train-derailment-wake-up-call |url-status=live }}</ref>