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Main Title Scoping the Chemicals in Your Drinking Water.
Author Richardson, S. D. ;
CORP Author Environmental Research Lab., Athens, GA.
Publisher cMar 94
Year Published 1994
Report Number EPA/600/J-94/249;
Stock Number PB94-174711
Additional Subjects Drinking water ; Disinfectants ; Byproducts ; Chlorine ; Water treatment ; Chlorination ; Water analysis ; Ozonization ; Chlorine dioxide ; Ohio River ; Halohydrocarbons ; Carboxylic acids ; Haloalkanes ; Chloroform ; Maleic acid ; Spectroscopic analysis ; Reprints ; DBPs(Disinfection byproducts) ; Cryptosporidia
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NTIS  PB94-174711 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
Chlorine, the most common drinking water disinfectant in the United States, is effective for killing harmful microorganisms, but it produces a few disinfection byproducts (DBPs) about which health concerns have been raised. Among the more predominant chlorination DBPs are trihalomethanes (TMHs), and one of these TMHs--chloroform--has been linked to cancer in test animals. To identify DBPs, a multispectral analysis approach is used that incorporates gas chromatography coupled with high resolution electron impact mass spectroscopy, chemical ionization mass spectrometry, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Each component technique provides different types of information. The multispectral approach will be applied to identify DBPs of disinfectant processes employing chlorine dioxide, ozone, monochloramine, and other alternative disinfectants. (Copyright (c) 1994 Today's Chemist at Work.)