Cleaning, disinfectant, and other manufacturers want two federal agencies to help them resolve a choked supply chain resulting from a production shut down at several Chinese chemical plants.
The Household & Commercial Products Association asked the State and Commerce departments in Sept. 4 letters to reach out to the Chinese government regarding some manufacturing plants in that country that apparently have been required to shut down their production of a chemical used to make a preservative, called BIT or 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one.
BIT helps keep cleaning products and other chemical mixtures free of bacteria during the months they sit ...
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