What's In Your Water? Disinfectants Create Toxic By-products In Drinking Water And Public Swimming Pools
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 - 10:28
in Earth & Climate
Although perhaps the greatest public health achievement of the 20th century was the disinfection of water, a recent study now shows that the chemicals used to purify the water we drink and use in swimming pools react with organic material in the water yielding toxic consequences.