"With its many uses for drinking, recreation, sanitation, hygiene, and industry, water is our most precious global resource. Clean and safe drinking water is critical to sustain human life and without it waterborne illness can be a serious problem. . . water’s vital role is most apparent during an emergency or disaster. ”
CDC 2012

“Chlorine chemistry is used in over 50 percent of all industrial chemical processes, including 90 percent of pharmaceuticals and 96 percent of crop protection chemicals. It is a basic manufacturing chemical and thus affects numerous other industries, making it truly difficult to capture the breadth of its total economic contribution in terms of job and wealth creation.”
World Chlorine Council