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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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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.

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