1.   What is important is that all the chlorine in the VOCs ends up as chloride ion rather than other potentially hazardous chlorinated compounds.

2.   After President Clinton took office, the US Environmental Protection Agency committed to researching ways to reduce or prohibit use of chlorine or chlorinated compounds.

3.   But chlorinated compounds should not be eliminated as a class, the company argues.

4.   Later, Ms. Secord planned to take the fish to a laboratory to be tested for toxic metals and chlorinated organic compounds, including pesticides and PCBs.