ARLINGTON, VA (March 16, 2007) – The American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) Chlorine Chemistry Division today launched a new educational article series on the science of everyday life. The series, written in step with ACC’s popular essential2® campaign, will use basic principles of science to demonstrate the role that chlorine chemistry plays in day-to-day living.
Monthly articles will appear on The Chlorine Science Center, located in the Learning Center on the Chlorine Chemistry Division’s new website at www.americanchemistry.com/chlorine. The first article in the series explores food safety for students using basic principles of microbiology and the chemistry of chlorine disinfection. Chlorine chemistry is highlighted for its essential contribution to human health as well as its key role in the production of teenage favorites such as sporting goods and cell phones.
“Chlorine chemistry is essential to everything from NASCAR and soccer balls to healthy swimming pools and electric guitars,” said Robert J. Simon, Managing Director of ACC’s Chlorine Chemistry Division. “Our new series will explore the science underpinning the technological innovations students depend on from the point of view of an extremely versatile and essential chemical: chlorine.”
The new series replaces the Chlorine Compound of the Month article series, which debuted in October 2003 with an article on sodium chloride, common table salt, which is the natural resource at the heart of the chlor-alkali industry. Chlorine Compound of the Month articles are permanently archived in the library on The Chlorine Science Center.American Chemistry Council
