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Chlorine, sodium hypochlorite, and chloramine (disinfection chemicals)

Primary municipal water disinfection chemicals; ~98% of US community water systems use chlorine or chloramines; liquid sodium hypochlorite most common for smaller systems; COVID caused chlorine shortage as pool demand surged; Olin Corporation and Occidental Chemical are major US producers

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Source countries

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Companies

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Goods affected

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Claims on record

What depends on it

Goods that need this input

1 essential American goods rely on chlorine, sodium hypochlorite, and chloramine (disinfection chemicals) somewhere upstream in their supply chain.

Water

Water filters and purification

Household water filters, purification systems, and bottled water.

Where it comes from

Source countries

Share of global supply, by country.

CountryShare of supply
INIndia100%
GBUnited Kingdom0%
ZASouth Africa0%

Who makes it

Supplier companies

1 company produce chlorine, sodium hypochlorite, and chloramine (disinfection chemicals).

Olin Corporation (Winchester Ammunition)(OLN)

HQ US22% share

Olin Corporation ammunition division; operates East Alton IL (historic Winchester site) and Oxford MS factories; ~30% of US primer production through Winchester-branded primers; East Alton has produced primers since 1892; also makes lead styphnate in-house for Winchester ammunition

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