The Industrial Products segment produces flame retardants (FR) and a variety of bromine compounds as well as other chemicals based primarily on rich mineral resources found in the Dead Sea, and the Performance Products segment is a phosphate powerhouse that produces a number of downstream products for food and industrial applications, offering solutions for the food, cleaning products, fire safety, coatings and electronics industries.

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The pollutants that the scientists focused on were compounds containing carbon and halogens - fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine.

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