A new study identifies another threat to the ozone layer's recovery: chloroform -- a colorless, sweet-smelling compound that is primarily used in the manufacturing of products such as Teflon and ...

Editor's Note: Shauna Devine, Ph.D., is a historian of Civil War and American medicine. She has a Ph.D. in medical history and currently holds a joint appointment as a research fellow at the Schulich ...

The man accused of killing 3-year-old Mariah Woods is alleged to have used chloroform. Chloroform was invented in the 1830s and among its original uses was in surgery as an anesthetic. The anesthetic ...

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