But quickly there was widespread recognition of the dangers of carbolic acid: damaged tissue on surgeon’s hands, accidental poisoning and suicides. Samuel Rideal, an English health officer ...

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In 1893, British MP John Macdona begged for greater restrictions on carbolic acid, citing 230 deaths between February 1892 and November 1893. Today carbolic acid is used in surface cleaners.

Carbolic acid poisoning occurs when someone touches or swallows the chemical, according to The New York Times Package of carbolic acid spills at bulk mail center in Dallas. Hazmat responding.

Carbolic acid spilled into a river that supplies drinking water to eastern China's scenic city of Hangzhou, knocking out supplies to more than half a million people in the suburbs and creating a ...