Havoc as Trump triggers global shortage of world’s 'most-consumed chemical'

President Donald Trump’s war against Iran – along with the resulting blockade imposed by both Tehran and Washington – has sparked fear among experts that the supply of the world’s “most-consumed chemical” may soon reach a “critical” shortage, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.

That chemical is sulfuric acid, which is relied upon in the production of “food, metal, paper, computer chips, clean water” and more – with a “large chunk” of the world’s supply of sulfuric acid coming directly from the Persian Gulf, the Journal reported.