Common water disinfectant creates potentially toxic byproduct: study A group of chemical compounds used to disinfect water for one-third of the US population and millions of others globally produces a ...

A mystery byproduct of a disinfectant used in the drinking water ... and these may also potentially be toxic in concentrations that are yet to be determined. But we can't test the toxicity of ...

But as with many chemical disinfectants, it creates byproducts ... "The question is not — is something toxic or not — because everything is toxic at the right amount, even water.

Water utilities could consider reverting to chlorine, Dr Fairey suggested, though this would require secondary disinfectants to neutralise the known toxic by-products chlorine produces.

WASHINGTON - A group of chemical compounds used to disinfect water for one-third of the US population and millions of others globally produces a potentially toxic byproduct, according to new ...