What’s in the Pool? A Comprehensive Identification of Disinfection By-products and Assessment of Mutagenicity of Chlorinated and Brominated Swimming Pool Water

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Authors

Susan D. Richardson · Environmental Protection Agency

David M. DeMarini · Environmental Protection Agency

Manolis Kogevinas · National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Pilar Fernández · Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research

Esther Marco · Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research

Carolina Lourencetti · Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research

Abstract

This study identified many new DBPs not identified previously in swimming pool or drinking water and found that swimming pool waters are as mutagenic as typical drinking waters.

Topics & Keywords

Water Treatment and Disinfection Chemical Analysis and Environmental Impact Fecal contamination and water quality

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life below water

Publication Details

Published in: Environmental Health Perspectives

Volume 118, Issue 11, pp. 1523-1530

DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1001965

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