| dc.contributor | Economy Division | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | United Nations Environment Programme | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | World Health Organization | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | International Labour Organisation | en_US |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Global | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-20T20:31:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-08-20T20:31:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2000 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 92 4 157216 7 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/29525 | |
| dc.description | Chlorine (Cl,) has been widely used throughout the world as a chemical disinfectant, serving as the principal barrier to microbial contaminants in drinking-water. The noteworthy biocidal attributes of chlorine have been somewhat offset by the formation of disinfectant by-products (DBPs) of public health concern during the chlorination process. As a consequence, alternative chemical disinfectants, such as ozone (0), chlorine dioxide (dO2) and chloramines (NII 2CI, monochloramine), are increasingly being used; however, each has been shown to form its own set of DBPs. | en_US |
| dc.format | Text | en_US |
| dc.language | English | en_US |
| dc.rights | Public | en_US |
| dc.subject | CHEMISTRY | en_US |
| dc.subject | EPIDEMIOLOGY | en_US |
| dc.subject | RISK ASSESSMENT | en_US |
| dc.subject | TOXICOLOGY | en_US |
| dc.subject | DRINKING WATER | en_US |
| dc.subject | CHLORINE | en_US |
| dc.subject | OZONE | en_US |
| dc.subject | CARCINOGENS | en_US |
| dc.subject | MUTATION | en_US |
| dc.title | Disinfectants and Disinfectant By-Products - Environmental Health Criteria 216 | en_US |
| wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being | en_US |
