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The MTBE Threat to Our Water Supply: How to Detect and Remediate It
Author(s) -
Kahler David
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
environmental quality management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6483
pISSN - 1088-1913
DOI - 10.1002/tqem.1102
Subject(s) - gasoline , environmental science , pollution , water supply , air pollution , environmental planning , water body , environmental engineering , waste management , business , environmental protection , environmental health , engineering , chemistry , medicine , organic chemistry , ecology , biology
Methyl tertiary butyl ether, a gasoline additive once used to reduce air pollution, is now contaminating water sources around the United States. Monitoring for this chemical—and remediating it where it is found—should be an environmental priority. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.