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Chlorine is produced in a fume cupboard because it is a poisonous gas. In WW2 or WW1, Chlorine Gas was used as a gas attack which killed soldiers. Strong Chlorine Gas can poison you so it has to made in a fume cupboard so the scientists don't die!

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Because the emissive gas is toxic.

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Q: Why should the reaction of chlorine and potassium iodide be in a fume cupboard?
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