Phosphorus cloud heading South from West Mids? 3.15pm

[deeps]

Anyone local have any information on this? Chemical plant?

[thinfourth2]

Excess sprouts I think

[redvictor]

it's probably Albright and Wilson.It's a phosphorous plant in Oldbury which is just off Junc 2 of the M5.

Edited by redvictor on Friday 2nd January 15:33

[MonkeyVR6]

White Phos = good st.

[Skipppy]

Just read about this on Skynews.

Nice.

[Trevelyan]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7...

HTH

[dan1981]

hope it doesn't rain then......

[Pesty]

"Ingestion of white phosphorus may cause a medical condition known as "Smoking Stool Syndrome"

[Racingdude009]

BBC said:

A spokesman said the chemical reacted badly in contact with water and advised people to avoid baths or showers until it has dispersed.

Is that not the same Chemical that caused the Bophal Disaster ?

[Pesty]

Racingdude009 said:

BBC said:

A spokesman said the chemical reacted badly in contact with water and advised people to avoid baths or showers until it has dispersed.

Is that not the same Chemical that caused the Bophal Disaster ?

no

[Simpo Two]

Racingdude009 said:

BBC said:

A spokesman said the chemical reacted badly in contact with water and advised people to avoid baths or showers until it has dispersed.

Is that not the same Chemical that caused the Bophal Disaster ?

That was 42 tonnes of methyl isocyanate, according to Wikipedia.