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RSSArch Chemicals Supplies Calcium Hypochlorite to U.S. Department of Defense and to UNICEF for Sanitizing Drinking Water in Iraq
May 7, 2003
Arch Chemicals has supplied 165 metric tons of CCH® calcium hypochlorite for use by the Department of Defense (DOD) in purifying drinking water and for other sanitizing purposes related to its efforts in Iraq and Kuwait. The products were forwarded to the DOD by Telechem International, Inc., a chemical wholesale distributor based in Sunnyvale, California, that provides various chemicals to federal and state agencies.
UNICEF in late April picked up 51 metric tons of HTH® calcium hypochlorite that had been shipped to Istanbul, Turkey, and this shipment is on its way to Iraq. The UN children's agency has stated that chlorine-based sanitizers are critically needed to prevent outbreaks of water-borne diseases such as cholera, typhoid and dysentery. In addition to other relief efforts in Iraq, UNICEF has been using Arch's calcium hypochlorite products since 1998 to sanitize water in Kurdish refugee camps in northern Iraq as part of the UN's food and medicines for oil program.
"We at Arch Chemicals are proud that our chlorine-based sanitizers are being used to treat drinking water and to save lives in Iraq," said Arch Chemicals' Chairman Michael E. Campbell. "This marks but the latest example of our efforts over many decades to help governments and international relief agencies supply clean, safe drinking water in crisis-stricken regions worldwide."
Headquartered in Smyrna, Georgia, Arch's HTH Water Products business is the world's largest producer of calcium hypochlorite water sanitizers, which are used in everything from swimming pools to food production plants and municipal drinking water systems. The Company's simple feeder systems and sanitizers are also being used in villages in Africa and other regions to fight water-borne diseases, which are still responsible for the deaths of millions of people every year, particularly in undeveloped countries.
Arch Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE: ARJ), which is headquartered in Norwalk, Conn., is a global specialty chemicals company with approximately $1 billion in annual sales. Arch and its subsidiaries have leadership positions in four key business segments -- Microelectronic Materials, Treatment Products, Performance Products and Other Specialty Products -- and they serve world leaders in these markets with forward-looking solutions to meet their chemical needs. Together with its subsidiaries, Arch has 3,000 employees worldwide and manufacturing facilities in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
