Phosphorus

So apparently not wanting innocent Palestinians taking refuge in UN schools to be burned to death by White Phosphorus is “pro-jihadist”

Matthew Yglesias » The End in Somalia 2009

ThinkProgress never claimed that White Phosphorus is properly categorized as a chemical weapon.

Think Progress » The Truth About ThinkProgress’ White Phosphorus Coverage 2005

White Phosphorus is a WMD regardless of who has it.

Think Progress » 57% of Americans say Bush deliberately misled 2005

Could it be thay are confused the White Phosphorus is a WMD?

Think Progress » Fox News poll: 2005

As I understand it, and according to the Chemical Weapons Convention at the Hague, White Phosphorus is approved for battlefield usage in two circumstances.

Think Progress » The Truth About ThinkProgress’ White Phosphorus Coverage 2005

Phosphorus is an extremely important element in biological processes.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1943 - Presentation Speech 1964

The proprietor had kept the best of all -- that is, the Egyptian fire - eater, called "Phosphorus" -- for the last part.

Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 1 Various

Phosphorus is another resource that is being _rapidly_ depleted (it’s ending up as highly dilute forms in the oceans) and it’s also a resource that’s critical for agriculture.

Matthew Yglesias » The Limits to Growth 2010

Meteors which fix upon the Masts and Sides of the Ships, and are only nitrous particles condensed by the circumambient Cold, and like that which the Chymists call Phosphorus, or artificial

The Shepherd of Banbury's Rules to Judge of the Changes of the Weather, Grounded on Forty Years' Experience John Claridge

Phosphorus, which is mined from rock deposits and made into phosphates, has been added to cleaners for decades to improve the performance of other compounds that remove dirt and also overcome "hard" water by interacting with other minerals.

theithacajournal.com - 2009