Scientists have identified the byproduct of a chemical used to disinfect tap water and prevent waterborne illnesses.

Clean drinking water is essential for human survival. While disinfecting water has saved countless lives by preventing ...

"A major goal of our work is to identify these chemicals and the reaction pathways through which they form," said Julian ...

For more than four decades, scientists have noticed a mysterious chemical in the treated drinking water of millions of people ...

Researchers have identified a chemical in certain tap water across the United States as chloronitramide anion. Here's what to ...

Some water systems decided to use chloramine -- a chemical compound formed by mixing chlorine and ammonia -- as a ...

For over a century, public water systems have used chemical compounds to kill pathogens that cause waterborne diseases such ...

After decades of research, scientists have identified an unknown chemical byproduct of a disinfectant used to treat drinking ...

A previously unidentified chemical has been discovered in the tap water of about one-third of U.S. homes, a new study has ...

Chlorine-based water treatments create many by-products, but one has been elusive. Its identification sets the stage for studying its health effects.

About a third of U.S. residents have been receiving tap water containing a previously unidentified chemical byproduct, a new ...

It is anticipated that the problem - a lack of enough chlorine in the water - will be resolved within 3 days, county officials said.