Why We Need the Chemical Industry
August 8, 2020
The Chemical Industry is the primary source for converting raw materials into the desired products we use daily. Since its inception, it’s brought substantial changes in the modern industry overall. It’s important to understand how the chemical industry has touched all facets of life, whether Agricultural, Environmental, Food, Hygiene, Décor, Transportation, and more.
Chemical plants are also significantly used for the recycling industries to curb the usage of non-renewable resources. As recycling helps to utilize many waste materials, chemical plants give one more life-cycle for several products after recycling.
Here are just a few more examples of the importance of the chemical industry:
- Chemicals play a vital role in our food providing preservatives, taste enhancers, and flavors that help make food palatable and increase the shelf life. The success of the Food Industry is due in part to chemicals that not only help maintain the quality of the food but keep it unspoiled long enough to import to countries around the world. Due to these advancements, we can experience the real taste of fruits, canned food products, and ready-to-eat products worldwide.
- More than 80% of chemical industries focus on producing polymers and plastics. These are used in packing and many other applications such as wiring, furniture, cloth, home decor, prosthesis, electronics, PVC piping, water tanks, and industrial storage containers.
- Remember how the green movement mostly happened due to the advancement of chemical industries? Ironically, pesticides and fertilizers aid in agriculture and development. Both of them increase the yield of the crop and prevent pest attacks. Along with in-house usage of food products, it’s also helpful for industries that export a lot of grains, fruits, and flowers to various parts of the world. Additionally, the GDP of the country has increased drastically due to chemical industries.
- Pharma industries and life-saving drugs are some of the fastest-growing sectors. Several laboratories are set up to study various drugs for endemic and epidemic diseases. Before these laboratories, many industries were exporting multiple chemicals, which was very expensive and unaffordable for many sectors.
- Toiletries like soaps, scents, perfumes, and deodorants are personal products that we use day-to-day without compromise. The chemical industry has become essential for every name brand. The production of detergents, mosquito repeller, and cleaning agents have also been tremendously increased.
- Advanced research industries such as bio-engineering, mutation, human artificial organ production, and genetic-reengineering are all possible with the help of chemical industries.