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Past chlordane use, coupled with atmospheric transport as the major route of dissemination, produced global contamination of fish and wildlife resources and human populations. The chemical and its metabolites were frequently detected in all species examined, but usually at low concentrations. Residues in fish muscle sometimes exceeded the U.S. Food and Drug Administration action level of 0.3 mg/kg fresh weight recommended for human health protection. In general, chlordane in animals is highest near areas where the chemical has been applied to control termites concentrations are highest in fat and liver, especially in predatory species. 

The range of economic products necessary for managing the contemporary lawn is mind-boggling. The economy includes, but is by no means restricted to, power and nonpower tool makers, seed growers, turf farms, raw chemical producers and chemical formulators, the retail outlets that supply many of these goods, the global workshops that produce them, and the offices that imagine, execute, and advertise their diverse forms. 

In sum, the industries that manufacture, process, and sell inputs for the lawn find themselves under increasing pressure to find and produce markets. Global chemical producers, with rising costs and constrained markets, require consumer outlets to move a glut of chemicals under conditions of falling prices. 

Approximately 750,000 tons of benzoic acid is produced globally each year. Benzoic acids greatest use is as an intermediate in the production of other chemicals. More than 90% of benzoic acid production is converted into phenol (C6H5OH, see Phenol) or caprolactam (C6HuNO). Caprolactam is used in the production of nylon and other synthetic fibers. 

Styrene is one of the largest-volume production chemicals. Its global demand in 2004 reached 24 million metric tons, over half of which was used for making polystyrene. The growing demand for styrene over the past decade encouraged producers to revamp plants, increasing plant capacity while keeping capital... 

Three interrelated trends of globalization among chemical producers and customers, increasing QHSE (quality, health, safety, and environment) standards, and outsourcing by the producers and customers are currently shaping the chemical distribution industry, offering distributors considerable opportunities for competitive differentiation. 

Supplying global distribution services to global chemical producers and global customers... 

At one global fine chemical producer, strict gate-keeping, i.e., separation of project execution from task definition, followed by the application of clear technical and economic criteria, led to a significant reduction of maintenance activities. In the end it proved possible to reduce capital expenditure for maintenance-related... 

Chlorine and caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) are among the top ten commodity chemicals produced in the world. In 2004, North America produced about 29 million tons of chlorine and caustic soda.18 Figure 26.5 shows the global production of chlorine by region in 2004. 

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