Greenville Utilities will begin using chlorine in the water treatment process as part of an annual cleansing. Starting June ...

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Lacey, Washington, a town halfway between Olympia and Tacoma, has lost its distinction of being the state’s largest town without a chlorinated municipal water system. Lacey’s 32,000 people, and an ...

Chlorine is one of the most commonly used chemicals to disinfect water in the United States. For more than 100 years, chlorine has been used to protect against diseases, such as salmonella and ...

More than 2,000 children die every day around the world simply because they lack clean drinking water, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Engineers, including those at Tufts, have ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The chlorination of municipal tap water is considered one of the 20th century’s best ...

The proper operation of public pools, hot tubs and water playgrounds (such as at an apartment complex or owned by a community) and disinfection of the water (with chlorine or bromine) should ...

Greenville Utilities will temporarily change the disinfectant used in its water treatment process from chloramines to ...

A new review has found a link between chlorine byproducts in our drinking water and a greater chance of bladder and colorectal cancer. Reading time 2 minutes An important tool for keeping our drinking ...

Widely used pesticides and chlorinated water may be contributing to an increasing incidence of food allergies in the United States, according to a study published in the December issue of the Annals ...

Scientists find chlorinated water supplies in Bangladesh have little effect on the abundance and diversity of bacteria in children's guts. This set of bacteria, or gut microbiome, plays an important ...