A new study from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa shows that chlorine mixed with petroleum in water can potentially produce inadvertent byproducts harmful to human health. The research is published in the journal Chemosphere.
Environment
May 14, 2024
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At least 2 billion people worldwide routinely drink water contaminated with disease-causing microbes.
Materials Science
May 18, 2023
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The use of peroxide-based disinfectants has grown with the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, the extensive use of chemical disinfectants to kill viruses and other pathogens can also threaten human health and ecosystems.
Bio & Medicine
Feb 22, 2023
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Hospital wastewater (HWW) contains plenty of persistent compounds, dangerous substances, and pathogenic microorganisms, such as antibiotics, psychiatric drugs, β-receptor blockers, anesthetics, analgesics, anti-inflammatory ...
Environment
Oct 18, 2022
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Halobenzoquinones (HBQs), as new emerging disinfection by-products (DBPs), are frequently detected in potable and swimming pool waters. In fact, HBQs are also precursors of other DBPs such as currently regulated trihalomethanes ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 1, 2022
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High concentrations of disinfection byproducts in tap water are a possible culprit in adverse health outcomes.
Environment
Jun 24, 2022
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Swimming in indoor or outdoor pools is a healthy form of exercise and recreation for many people. However, studies have linked compounds that arise from chlorine disinfection of the pools to respiratory problems, including ...
Environment
Feb 17, 2021
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People who get their water from rural, small water systems are at a greater health risk of exposure to bacteria and other harmful pathogens, according to a recent study in the journal AWWA Water Science.
Environment
Sep 30, 2019
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Scientists around the world have been wracking their brains to solve the global problem of clean water scarcity. Chinese scientists now report a new way to purify pathogen-rich water with high efficiency and without using ...
Materials Science
Feb 7, 2019
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In spite of good progress in water hygiene during the recent decades, contaminated water still causes millions of diseases every year. Most of these diseases are caused by enteric viruses, and better water disinfection methods ...
Engineering
Mar 7, 2018
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