Disinfection by-products in drinking water and risk of colorectal cancer: a population-based cohort study. [PDF]
J Natl Cancer Inst, 2023 Background Colorectal cancer is the third most common malignancy worldwide and is strongly linked to lifestyle and environmental risk factors. Although several drinking-water disinfection by-products are confirmed rodent carcinogens, the evidence in ...
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A Review of Traditional and Emerging Residual Chlorine Quenchers on Disinfection By-Products: Impact and Mechanisms [PDF]
Toxics, 2023 Disinfection by-products (DBPs) are the most common organic contaminants in tap water and are of wide concern because of their highly developmental toxic, cytotoxic, and carcinogenic properties.
Xue Li +7 more
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Tackling unknown disinfection by-products: Lessons learned
Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters, 2021 Disinfection by-products (DBPs) are important environmental contaminants that have documented human health issues from many epidemiologic studies. Unlike classical contaminants, they are not manufactured, but form during drinking water treatment.
Susan D. Richardson
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A review on the 40th anniversary of the first regulation of drinking water disinfection by-products. [PDF]
Environ Mol Mutagen, 2020 Water disinfection, primarily by chlorination, is one of the greatest achievements of public health. However, more than half a century after its introduction, studies in the 1970s reported that (a) chlorine interacted with organic matter in the water to ...
DeMarini DM.
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Stability of Drinking Water Distribution Systems and Control of Disinfection By-Products [PDF]
Toxics, 2023 The stability of drinking water distribution systems and the management of disinfection by-products are critical to ensuring public health safety. In this paper, the interrelationships between corrosion products in the network, microbes, and drinking ...
Qingwei Zhou +3 more
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Heterogeneity in the Relationship between Disinfection By-Products in Drinking Water and Cancer: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2018 The epidemiological evidence demonstrating the effect of disinfection by-products (DBPs) from drinking water on colon and rectal cancers is well documented.
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Characterization of Disinfection By-Products Originating from Residual Chlorine-Based Disinfectants in Drinking Water Sources [PDF]
ToxicsIn this study, samples from the Yangtze River, Han River, and Liangzi Lake in Wuhan City were utilized to characterize the formation of disinfection by-products (DBPs) from chlorine-based disinfection residues in drinking water sources.
Dongmei Yang +7 more
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Disinfection by-Products and Ecotoxic Risk Associated with Hypochlorite Treatment of Tramadol. [PDF]
Molecules, 2019 In recent years, many studies have highlighted the consistent finding of tramadol (TRA) in the effluents from wastewater treatment plants (WTPs) and also in some rivers and lakes in both Europe and North America, suggesting that TRA is removed by no more
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Removal of precursors and disinfection by-products (DBPs) by membrane filtration from water; a review. [PDF]
J Environ Health Sci Eng, 2017 Disinfection by-products (DBPs) have heterogeneous structures which are suspected carcinogens as a result of reactions between NOMs (Natural Organic Matter) and oxidants/disinfectants such as chlorine.
Zazouli MA, Kalankesh LR.
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A review on disinfection methods for inactivation of waterborne viruses
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Water contamination is a global health problem, and the need for safe water is ever-growing due to the public health implications of unsafe water. Contaminated water could contain pathogenic bacteria, protozoa, and viruses that are implicated in several ...
Adedayo Ayodeji Lanrewaju +3 more
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