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Why the use of chloroform as anesthetic is decreasing ?

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1. It damages liver and kidneys.
2. When exposed to air, it is oxidised to extremely poisonous gas carbonyl chloride or phosgene.
` 2 CHCl_3 +O_2 overset("Light")to underset("phosgene ")(2COCl_2 + 2HCl)`
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