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The Chlorine Revolution: Water Disinfection and the Fight to Save Lives

The Chlorine Revolution: Water Disinfection and the Fight to Save Lives

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ChemistryEnvironmental StudiesGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1583219137
ISBN13: 9781583219133
Publisher: American Water Works Association
Published: Jan 1 2014
Pages: 350
Weight: 1.12
Height: 0.78 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Perhaps no other advancement of public health has been as significant. Yet, few know the intriguing story of a simple idea--disinfecting public water systems with chlorine--that in just 100 years has saved more lives than any other single health development in human history._x000d_
At the turn of the 20th century, most scientists and doctors called the addition of chloride of lime, a poisonous chemical, to public water supplies not only a preposterous idea but also an illegal act--until a courageous physician, Dr. John L. Leal, working with George W. Fuller, the era's greatest sanitary engineer, proved it could be done safely and effectively on a large scale._x000d_

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