Adding chlorine is one of the most common methods of disinfecting drinking water, but just how safe is it? Researchers from Johns Hopkins have now found evidence that reactions between chlorine and ...

More than 2,000 children die every day around the world simply because they lack clean drinking water, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Engineers, including those at Tufts, have ...

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The proper operation of public pools, hot tubs and water playgrounds (such as at an apartment complex or owned by a community) and disinfection of the water (with chlorine or bromine) should ...

Q: We have a nice size pool we must drain for maintenance. Is it safe to use the water for watering plants? We have a small lawn and some raised beds with vegetables. A: It’s a waste, but fresh pool ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The chlorination of municipal tap water is considered one of the 20th century’s best ...

Lacey, Washington, a town halfway between Olympia and Tacoma, has lost its distinction of being the state’s largest town without a chlorinated municipal water system. Lacey’s 32,000 people, and an ...

Diving into a public pool this summer? You might be plunging into a petri dish. While chlorine is the go-to germ killer, it doesn’t work instantly. Some nasty germs can survive in treated water for ...

Tap water treated with chlorine can double the risk of serious heart and brain abnormalities in unborn babies, say scientists. Researchers who studied almost 400,000 infants born in Taiwan found that ...

Scientists find chlorinated water supplies in Bangladesh have little effect on the abundance and diversity of bacteria in children's guts. This set of bacteria, or gut microbiome, plays an important ...