Chlorine

When you think of chlorine, the first thing that comes to your mind is the stuff you put in pools. Well that is one of the uses, but there is many, many more. Chlorine protects organisms ranging from the Ecuadorian tree frog, to wood rotting fungi. Chlorine is also surprisingly more plentiful than carbon. Believe it or not chlorine was the first substance used as a poisonous gas in World War I. Chlorine, symbol Cl, …

…ulcers. As you can tell there is an ongoing list of uses for chlorine. From a poisonous gas used in World War I, to the Ecuadorian tree frog chlorine surrounds us. Without chlorine, we would be without many essential needs for daily life. We would no longer have clean drinking water or a car to take us to any destination. Basically, without chlorine life today would come to a halt even with our advanced technology.