A mystery byproduct of a disinfectant used in the drinking water of more than 113 million people in the US has finally been identified in a finding that has scientists concerned. Though just one of a ...
WASHINGTON – A group of chemical compounds used to disinfect water for one-third of the US population and millions of others globally produces a potentially toxic by-product, according to ...
The anion is formed when monochloramine–the most commonly used chloramine disinfectant–decomposes ... a series of reactions with water, atmospheric oxygen, and other monochloramine molecules ...
Inorganic chloramines have been used for decades to remove pathogens from public water supplies. Though chlorine remains the most widely used disinfectant in the US and globally, chloramines have ...