Chlorine is known best for water treatment. Through you may see it in everyday products, from polyester clothing to vinyl to cleaning products, list chlorine as one of their basic building blocks.

Chlorine is typically stored in 150 pound cylinders, one-ton cylinders, or fixed tanks and may be transported by truck or railcar.

Chlorine is very useful in increasing healthful living, for instance:

• Prior to 1908, typhoid fever was rampant, about 25 out of every 100,000 succumbed to it in 1907. Within 30 years of the first use of chlorination in water treatment (Jersey City, NJ), typhoid fever was all but eliminated in the United States. While other industrial countries have adopted the chlorination process, typhoid fever is still prevalent in non-industrial countries.
• 85% of the pharmaceuticals used to combat infection and disease contain chlorine. Acetaminophen (pain reliever), vancomycin (an antibiotic), and a vast assortment of other drugs include chlorine among ingredients.
• Chlorine bleach is used to disinfect surfaces and is the top material used in the battle against bloodborne pathogens.
• Artificial limbs and prosthetics are made of chlorine-based plastics.

Computers and electronic devices that monitor vital signs, count chlorine-based semiconductors among their components.

Chlorination of swimming pools kills harmful microorganisms that cause health-related problems such as gastroenteritis, Legionnaires disease, ear infections, and athlete’s foot.

All but the largest swimming pools are typically treated with bleach, which is the combination of chlorine, caustic soda, and water.

Over 98% of the U.S. water systems that disinfect drinking water use chlorine.

Click here for the Chlorine Material Safety Data Sheet