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   Chloramine is often used to kill viruses and bacteria in municipal water treatment systems. ... that the compound represents a danger, but that it bears similarities to other chemicals of concern ...

3. Possibly toxic chemical may be widespread in drinking water ...

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   Chloramine is often used to kill viruses and bacteria in municipal water treatment systems ... be found in all water treated with chloramine, which about 113 million U.S. residents get in their ...

4. 'Unidentified product' found in US tap water could be toxic ...

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   Since the 1990s, many public systems have switched to inorganic chloramine, a chlorine derivative, to purify water supplies. Systems serving about 113 million people in the U.S. use this process.

5. Monochloramine - Wikipedia

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   Due to its acidic nature, adding chloramine to the water supply may increase exposure to lead in drinking water, especially in areas with older housing; this exposure can result in increased lead levels in the bloodstream, which may pose a significant health risk. Fortunately, water treatment plants can add caustic chemicals at the plant which ...

6. Chlorine gas poisoning - Wikipedia

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   Chlorine gas poisoning is an illness resulting from the effects of exposure to chlorine beyond the threshold limit value.Acute chlorine gas poisoning primarily affects the respiratory system, causing difficulty breathing, cough, irritation of the eyes, nose, and throat, and sometimes skin irritation.

7. Chloronitramide anion - Wikipedia

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   The chloronitramide anion was first detected as a UV absorbance interference during monitoring of chloramine and dichloramine in 1981. [6] It was then shown to form during the decomposition of both chemicals. [6] It was shown to likely be an anion in 1990. [7]