Chlorate is a by-product of the breakdown of chlorine-based sanitisers and chlorine chemicals, which are frequently used to sterilise water. It can cause iodine deficiency in people and is regulated ...

1 Water Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa 2 Institute for Coastal and Marine Research (CMR), Nelson Mandela University, ...

School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, ...

The New York Times: Airborne Lead And Chlorine Levels Soared As L.A. Wildfires Raged At the height of the Los Angeles County wildfires, atmospheric concentrations of lead, a neurotoxin, reached 100 ...

Levels of chlorine, which is also toxic at low concentrations, reached 40 times the average. The spiking levels underscore the added danger from wildfires when cars, homes, and other structures ...

Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Av. Països Catalans 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced ...

Newcastle water customers may notice a smell or taste of chlorine in their water as the city prepares to chlorinate and flush the entire distribution system — again. According to Greg Stumpff, public ...