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SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMICALS IN WATER. There are many sources of toxic man-made organic chemicals in water, most commonly from agricultural run-off from pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers. http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/dwb/contaminants/SOCs.htm View in LinkedIn

CLEAN WATER, A PUBLIC HEALTH TRIUMPH. "Christian of the Chlorine Chemistry Council credits filtration and chlorination of drinking water with responsibility for a large part of the 50% increase in life expectancy that has occurred in developed countries during the 20th century." http://lnkd.in/dY__ZzB View in LinkedIn

THE SOIL FOOD WEB. "During the decomposition process, microorganisms convert the carbon structures of fresh residues into transformed carbon products in the soil. There are many different types of organic molecules in soil ... These relatively simple chemicals, such as sugars, amino acids, and cellulose are readily consumed by many organisms." http://lnkd.in/d3ZTD5v View in LinkedIn

PUBLIC HEALTH REVOLUTION BY CHLORINATED WATER. "By the 1920s, most U.S. city dwellers were drawing chlorinated water from their taps, and rates of waterborne diseases ... were plummeting ... the U.S. CDC calls drinking water chlorination one of the most significant public health advances in U.S. history." http://lnkd.in/dJS6auR View in LinkedIn

NATURALLY OCCURRING CHEMICALS in groundwater, an academic review. http://lnkd.in/dsAZ8rW View in LinkedIn

FIRST US CHLORINATED WATER. "One hundred years ago, on September 26, 1908, the residents of Jersey City became the first Americans to reap the health benefits of drinking water chlorination. City records show typhoid fever rates declined by over 92 percent between 1906 and 1926; similar triumphs are documented in cities across the country." http://lnkd.in/dJS6auR View in LinkedIn

NATURALLY OCCURRING MATTER in water, a refresher overview of the materials and dynamics. And how raw water treatment uses coagulation, flocculation and filtration before the chemical purification step with chlorine, UV or ozone, with the formation of over 700 toxic chlorinated byproducts. http://lnkd.in/djGYa-f View in LinkedIn

FIRST EUROPEAN CHLORINATION. "Early attempts at implementing water chlorination at a water treatment plant were made in 1893 in Hamburg, Germany, and in 1897 the town of Maidstone, England was the first to have entire water supply treated with chlorine. Permanent water chlorination began in 1905," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_chlorination View in LinkedIn

EPA WATER REGULATION. National US EPA drinking water regulations of contaminants. Primary drinking water regulations are legally enforceable, while secondary drinking water regulations are non-enforceable guidelines. http://lnkd.in/dB_S-U9 View in LinkedIn

ALL WATER CONTAINS CONTAMINANTS, many of natural sources not just man-made, including inorganic and organic molecules; these aqueous solutions of numerous soluble molecules are very varied. There are numerous chemical reactions that can occur between these contaminants, some of which are very problematic. http://lnkd.in/dpF-MGq View in LinkedIn