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TRIBROMOPYRROLE - ITS APPEARANCE IN THE ENVIRONMENT
Citation:
Glezer, V., O. Juraev, AND S D. Richardson. TRIBROMOPYRROLE - ITS APPEARANCE IN THE ENVIRONMENT. CHEMISTRY OF HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS 39(12):1647-1648, (2003).
Impact/Purpose:
(1) Use toxicity-based approach to identify DBPs that show the greatest toxic response. (2) Comprehensively identify DBPs formed by different disinfectant regimes for the 'Four Lab Study'. (3) Determine the mechanisms of formation for potentially hazardous bromonitromethane DBPs.
Description:
Disinfection of drinking water has been used approximately 100 years, but only since the 1970s has the formation of hazardous products during this process been investigated. Concern for the potential human health hazards associated with chlorinated drinking water has been heightened by the widespread recognition of mutagenic activity exhibited by disinfection by-products (DBPs). More than 500 DBPs have been reported, mainly aliphatic and partly aromatic compounds, with very little information about heterocyclic compounds. The detailed study of DPBs formed by disinfection of one of the main Israel drinking water sources - the Sea of Galille (or Lake Kinereth) was carried out. The main peculiarity of this water is a very high bromide ion content: ~2 mg/L.