Drinking Water Disinfection Byproducts (DBPs) and Human Health Effects: Multidisciplinary Challenges and Opportunities

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 52; no. 4; pp. 1681 - 1689
• Main Authors: Li, Xing-Fang, Mitch, William A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 20.02.2018
• Subjects: Algae; Algal blooms; Bladder; Bladder cancer; By products; Byproducts; Cancer; Chemists; chlorination; Disinfectants; Disinfection; Disinfection & disinfectants; Drinking water; effluents; epidemiological studies; Epidemiology; Eutrophication; Health risks; human health; risk; Switching; Toxicity; Trihalomethanes; urinary bladder neoplasms; Utilities; Wastewater; Water conservation; Water pollution effects; Water supply; Water treatment; waterborne diseases

While drinking water disinfection has effectively prevented waterborne diseases, an unintended consequence is the generation of disinfection byproducts (DBPs). Epidemiological studies have consistently observed an association between consumption of chlorinated drinking water with an increased risk o...