Genotoxic activity of organic chemicals in drinking water

JR Meier - Mutation Research/Reviews in Genetic Toxicology, 1988 - Elsevier
The information summarized in this review provides substantial evidence for the widespread
presence of genotoxins in drinking water. In many, if not most cases, the genotoxic activity …

A review of the use of XAD resins to concentrate organic compounds in water

SA Daignault, DK Noot, DT Williams, PM Huck - Water research, 1988 - Elsevier
The current and historical literature pertaining to the use of Amberlite® XAD resins for
isolating and concentrating organic compounds from water has been reviewed. The focus is …

The basic principles of UV–disinfection of water

CCE Meulemans - 1987 - Taylor & Francis
The disadvantage of chlorination of drinking water is the possible synthesis of toxic
chlorinated fragments. In different cases UV can be an alternative to chlorination. The …

THM and TOX formation: routes, rates, and precursors

JD Johnson, JN Jensen - Journal‐American Water Works …, 1986 - Wiley Online Library
Oxidation and substitution are important mechanisms in the interaction between
disinfectants and naturally occurring organics in water. Oxidation processes are responsible …

Use of the Threshold of Toxicological Concern (TTC) approach for deriving target values for drinking water contaminants

MN Mons, MB Heringa, J Van Genderen, LM Puijker… - Water research, 2013 - Elsevier
Ongoing pollution and improving analytical techniques reveal more and more
anthropogenic substances in drinking water sources, and incidentally in treated water as …

Identification and quantification of the Ames mutagenic compound 3-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2 (5H)-furanone and of its geometric isomer (E)-2-chloro-3 …

L Kronberg, B Holmbom, M Reunanen… - … science & technology, 1988 - ACS Publications
Mutagenic compounds in XAD extracts of chlorinated humic water were separated in two
stages of fractionation by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography …

Water disinfection: a review with some consideration of the requirements of the third world

KV Ellis - Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and …, 1991 - Taylor & Francis
The need to remove or destroy disease-producing contaminants in polluted drinking water
has been evident since 1849, when Dr. John Snow suspected water of being the means of …

Health effects of drinking water disinfectants and disinfectant by-products

RJ Bull - Environmental science & technology, 1982 - ACS Publications
For drinking water disinfection, the alternatives to chlorine that have been considered most
often are chlorine dioxide, ozone, chloramines, UV irradiation, iodination, or some combi …

In vitro genotoxicity testing: significance and use in environmental monitoring

GDA Umbuzeiro, M Heringa, E Zeiger - In vitro Environmental Toxicology …, 2017 - Springer
There is ongoing concern about the consequences of mutations in humans and biota arising
from environmental exposures to industrial and other chemicals. Genetic toxicity tests have …

Natural disinfection of wastewater in marine outfall fields

L Yang, WS Chang, MNL Huang - Water Research, 2000 - Elsevier
In this study the natural disinfection effects of marine environment on wastewater without the
process of chlorination before being discharged into the ocean through submarine outfall …