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Today, more than one billion people lack access to clean drinking water. Chemistry is helping to rectify this challenge with disinfectants that help purify water and durable pipes that deliver it safely where it is needed. At the same time, the chemistry industry is working to protect water quality.

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The chemical industry makes products essential to national defense: polyaramid fibers make aircraft invisible to radar, cobal chloride purifies air in gas masks, and Nylon 6 makes parachutes and ropes.


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