Health Hazards of Chloramine in Drinking Water
A study reports that “One in five Americans drinks water disinfected with chloramine, a technology that has been in use since the early decades of the 20th century”. What is Chloramine? Chloramine is basically Chlorine & Amoina that’s added together for processing your water to disinfect it. It has gained popularity with a number of municipalities in the USA for the fact that Chloramine is less volatile so residuals last a lot longer than Chlorine (which municipalities have been using for years for disinfecting water). It ensures that all the areas of the water distribution are properly disinfected. However, it seems to be more hazardous than chlorine. A study reports that the disinfection byproducts (DBPs) created from the use of chloramine are much more toxic than the DBPs of chlorine. These new nitrogen-containing DBPs are currently not regulated by the EPA. Unfortunately, Chlomanines have not been tested as extensively, but those individuals with extreme rashes and breat...