Here is how chlorine chemistry plays a key role in American innovation and job creation:

• Chlorine-related industries supply over 160 thousand U.S. jobs, including green jobs.
• Chlor-alkali industry employees earn a total of more than $8.8 billion in wages each year.
• Roughly ½ of the products of the chemistry industry depend on chlorine chemistry.
• The vast majority of U.S. water systems use chlorine to help provide safe drinking water.
• 93% of top-selling U.S. pharmaceuticals are made with chlorine chemistry.
• 86% of crop protection chemicals are made with chlorine chemistry.
• Chlorine chemistry helps remove impurities from aluminum cans during recycling, diverting trash from landfills, saving energy and precious resources.
• Durable, corrosion-resistant PVC pipe, a product of chlorine chemistry, is a sustainable solution for water infrastructure renewal.
• Hydrogen, a co-product of the chlor-alkali process, can be used as a zero-emission fuel in plant boilers, reducing a facility’s carbon footprint.

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A recent economic analysis found that using chlorine chemistry in these nine end-use applications saves U.S. and Canadian consumers over $630 billion every year:

• Pharmaceuticals 
• Water Treatment 
• Polyvinyl Chloride 
• Silicon-based Products 
• Crop Protection Compounds 
• Polyurethane 
• Fluorocarbon-based Products 
• Titanium and Titanium Dioxide 
• Bleaches and Disinfectants