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Toxicological problems associated with alternative methods of disinfection
Author(s) -
Bull Richard J.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1982.tb05031.x
Subject(s) - chlorine dioxide , chlorate , chlorine , chloramine , disinfectant , chlorite , chemistry , environmental chemistry , chloropicrin , water disinfection , toxicology , environmental science , organic chemistry , environmental engineering , fumigation , materials science , ecology , quartz , biology , composite material
In a review of research results available since a previous review in 1980, the author discusses the toxicological hazards associated with alternative means of disinfecting drinking water. These hazards can be associated with the disinfectants themselves as well as with the products formed when disinfectants react with organic material present in the water. Effects of disinfectants—chlorine, chlorine dioxide, and monochloramine—and by‐products—chlorite, chlorate, trihalomethanes, and haloacetonitriles—are considered.