Benefits of Chlorine

The use of chlorine to disinfect water for drinking and swimming and its use in bleaching are both fairly well known. However, it is not universally recognized that chlorine is an essential chemical building block, leading to a myriad of materials that are used to make the products we use every day for health, safety, nutrition, security, transportation, lifestyle and high-tech innovation. For example, chlorine chemistry is important to the production of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, safety equipment, computers, automobiles, aircraft parts and crop protection chemicals. The list is virtually endless. In fact, chlorine products of all kinds, and their derivatives, contribute more than $46 billion to the U.S. economy each year, through sales of chlorine and other building block chemicals that are used to make thousands of essential products. That's why chlorine is an essential asset deemed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as critical infrastructure.

More information about the economic, health and safety benefits associated with this remarkable and versatile chemical can be found on the Chlorine Tree Web site.