The Advent and Use of Chlorination to Purify Water in Great Britain and the United States
Overview
Of all the conveniences of modern life, the availability of fresh, clean drinking water is perhaps th...
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Chlorination
Chlorination refers to a chemical process that is used primarily to disinfect drinking water and spills of microorganisms. The active agent in chlorination is the element chlorine, or a d...
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Chlorination
Chlorination refers to the application of chlorine for the purposes of oxidation. The forms of chlorine used for chlorination include: chlorine gas, hypochlorous acid (HOCl), hypochlori...
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European scientists believe that swimming in indoor, chlorinated pools may further aggravate or even create people's asthma. "We unexpectedly found that the main factor affecting the lung (cells) of c...
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When Iraqi insurgents this week blew up trucks carrying chlorine, the attacks conjured up frightening images of chemical warfare and soldiers choking to death on the battlefields of Belgium in Worl...
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Safety officials are warning about the risk of a potentially deadly release of chlorine gas unless the government requires equipment for transporting it.A safety bulletin Thursday from the U.S. Che...
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A chemical warfare expert said Monday the chlorine gas-loaded weapons used by Iraqi insurgents amount to "chemical dirty bombs" and will be hard to stop.However, the insurgents so far appear only t...
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Iraqi security forces shot two suicide truck bombers carrying highly toxic chorine before they could reach a government complex in Fallujah on Wednesday, but the explosives detonated, wounding 15 U...
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Recent use of chlorine gas as a weapon in Iraq:Chlorine gas attacks the eyes and lungs within seconds, causing difficulty in breathing and skin irritation in low-level exposure. Inhaled at extremel...
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A suspected al-Qaida in Iraq suicide bomber smashed a truck loaded with TNT and toxic chlorine gas into a police checkpoint in Ramadi on Friday, killing at least 27 people _ the ninth such attack s...
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A suspected al-Qaida in Iraq suicide bomber smashed a truck loaded with TNT and toxic chlorine gas into a police check point Friday in Ramadi, killing at least 27 people _ the ninth such attack sin...
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Cholera was confirmed Friday in a baby in Basra, the farthest south the outbreak has been detected. Officials expressed concern over a shortage of chlorine needed to prevent the disease from spread...
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The U.S. military warned that insurgents are adopting new tactics in a campaign to spread panic after troops uncovered a car bomb factory with propane tanks and chlorine cylinders _ possible ingred...
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Insurgents exploded a truck carrying chlorine gas canisters _ the second such "dirty" chemical attack in two days _ while a U.S. official said ground fire apparently forced the downing of a Black H...
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The Advent and Use of Chlorination to Purify Water in Great Britain and the United States
Chlorination
Chlorination
Chlorination in Pools Causing Problems
Iraq chlorine attacks raise new concerns
