Virginia Tech: What is Really in Your Drinking Water - Researchers Uncover the Hidden Chemistry Behind Disinfection
August 12, 2026
August 12, 2026
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Aug. 12 (TNSjou) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
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What is really in your drinking water? Researchers uncover the hidden chemistry behind disinfection
By Courtney Sakry
About 98 percent of water utilities in the United States disinfect drinking water with chlorine and its compounds to protect communities from bacteria and other microbes that can cause serious illness. Yet the same chemicals that kill harmf . . .
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What is really in your drinking water? Researchers uncover the hidden chemistry behind disinfection
By Courtney Sakry
About 98 percent of water utilities in the United States disinfect drinking water with chlorine and its compounds to protect communities from bacteria and other microbes that can cause serious illness. Yet the same chemicals that kill harmf . . .