Since the 1970s, scientists have found chlorinated water can contain chemical byproducts that at high enough doses have been ...

Chloronitramide anion, a newly identified by-product of chloramine use in water disinfection, raises concerns due to its ...

"There must be something in the water!" is something many of us have probably observed at some point. To scientists, though, ...

Chlorine-based water treatments create many by-products, but one has been elusive. Its identification sets the stage for studying its health effects.

A previously unidentified chemical has been discovered in the tap water of about one-third of U.S. homes, a new study has ...

Some scientists are now concerned — and actively investigating — whether that chemical could be toxic. The newly identified ...

Many public water systems in the United States use inorganic chloramines to disinfect drinking water, but their decomposition products have long been a mystery. In a new study, researchers report the ...

For over a century, public water systems have used chemical compounds to kill pathogens that cause waterborne diseases such ...

Chloronitramide anion is a by-product of chloramine decomposition. Chloramines are used to disinfect drinking water. "For over a century, chemical disinfection of public water supplies has ...

It is not known clearly if it has a toxic effect, but the discovery raises big questions regarding water safety and the by-products made when common disinfectants are used. Chloronitramide anion has ...

For decades, utilities in the U.S. have used a family of disinfectants known as chloramines to disinfect drinking water. Municipalities turned to these substances as an alternative to chlorine ...

The city of Shawnee will begin treating drinking water as part of its yearly maintenance program.