chlorine
06/01/2017
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By Bridgette Wilcox
NYC ready to dump millions of gallons of toxic chlorine into the city’s sewer system
In an effort to mitigate the mounting problem of water pollution in New York City, officials are planning to dump chlorine into the city’s sewers to disinfect wastewater in the pipes before it flows out into bodies of water in Queens and the Bronx. It’s a measure designed and greenlit by the appropriate environmental authorities, namely the […]
02/17/2017
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By Lance D Johnson
Is the water you’re drinking linked to causing heart attacks and cancer?
Water chlorination has been the cheapest method of disinfection for over a century. Chlorine efficiently disinfects large quantities of water. It is generally used to prevent outbreaks such as salmonella, and can even inactivate the human norovirus. For these reasons, the EPA classifies chlorine as a pesticide. Even though chlorine is an effective pesticide, on […]
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