Wildfire smoke, pesticides, and grain dust also can lead to pneumonitis. Chlorine gas exposure from industrial accidents, swimming pool chemicals, or cleaning agents at home is a common cause.

Chlorine gas inhalation, similar to other toxic gas exposures, can impart a variety of effects to the entire airway ranging from mucous membrane irritation to acute respiratory distress syndrome.

BACKGROUND: To assess the effects of treatment with nebulized corticosteroids immediately after chlorine gas injury. METHODS: Eighteen anesthetized and mechanically ventilated pigs were exposed to ...

State Health director Datuk Dr Juita Ghazalie said the worker suffer­ed from lung inflammation as a result of chlorine gas inhalation on Saturday.