Potential of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) as Nitrosamine Precursors during Drinking Water Disinfection

N-nitrosamines are considered as a group of emerging disinfection byproducts (DBPs) with potential carcinogenicity at ng/L level. The presence of nitrosamines in drinking water is most commonly associated with chloramination of amine-based precursors. This research investigates the potential of amin...

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Main Author: Shen, Ruqiao
Other Authors: Andrews, Susan
Language:en_ca
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/35995