Chlorine Gas

Chlorine Gas Index
July 14, 2000: A Federal Register Notice (FRN), with a 60-day comment period, will go out within the next few months on changes to the Reregistration Eligibility Document (RED) for Chlorine Gas. The FRN will propose restricted use for all uses of chlorine gas, including residential swimming pools, water and sewage treatment plants. The original RED proposed restricted use for paper & pulp mills; nonresidential swimming pools; agricultural produce wash; meat, milk, poultry and egg premises and processing equipment; and industrial process water.

1.  The Chlorine Institute, Inc. - a trade association of companies and other entities that are involved or interested in the safe production, distribution and use of chlorine, sodium and potassium hydroxides, and sodium hypochlorite, and the distribution and use of hydrogen chloride.

2.  Chlorine Chemistry Council - comprised of chlorine and chlorinated product manufacturers, is a business council of the Chemical Manufacturers Association. CCC strives to achieve policies that promote the continuing, responsible uses of chlorine and chlorine-based products.

3.  Pool Treatment 101 - an introduction to chlorine sanitizing from the Chlorine Council.

4.  American Water Works Association (AWWA) - The American Water Works Association (AWWA) is an international nonprofit scientific and educational society dedicated to the improvement of drinking water quality and supply. AWWA is the largest organization of water supply professionals in the world, representing the drinking water community: treatment plant operators and managers, scientists, environmentalists, manufacturers, academicians, regulators, and others who hold genuine interest in water supply and public health. Membership includes more than 4,000 utilities that supply water to roughly 180 million people in North America.

5.  Chlorine Gas RED - EPA information on Chlorine Gas includes the Registration Elegibility Document (RED) (February 1999) and Chlorine Gas Fact Sheet.This page is in PDF format requiring Acrobat Reader.

6.  Chlorine Gas RED Amendment - This page is in PDF format requiring Acrobat Reader.

7.  Chlorine Gas RED Fact Sheet - Chlorine gas is the most widely used disinfectant of water and food processing systems. EPA has completed a review of its human health and environmental effects, and determined that chlorine is eligible for reregistration.This page is in PDF format requiring Acrobat Reader.

8.  Pandora's Poison, Chlorine, Health, and a New Environmental Strategy by Joe Thornton.