The Chlorine Revolution
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Author | : Michael J. McGuire |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781583219201 |
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. 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. This is the first book to tell the incredible true story of the first use of chlorine to disinfect a city water supply, in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1908. This important book also corrects misinformation long-held in the historical record about who was responsible for this momentous event, giving overdue recognition to the true hero of the story-an unflagging champion of public health, Dr. John L. Leal.
Author | : Jeff Mapua |
Publisher | : Enslow Publishing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2018-12-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1978505388 |
Chlorine's story includes food, war, and so much more. This book covers the mysterious discovery of chlorine and a case of mistaken identity. Readers explore how it is used to both keep people safe from disease and bacteria, while at the same time used as a weapon of mass destruction. Readers also get a peek inside the inner workings of the atom. A helpful periodic table of elements is included, as well as links to helpful websites and other books for further reading on chlorine.
Author | : Seth M. Siegel |
Publisher | : Thomas Dunne Books |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2019-10-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 125013255X |
New York Times bestselling author Seth M. Siegel shows how our drinking water got contaminated, what it may be doing to us, and what we must do to make it safe. If you thought America’s drinking water problems started and ended in Flint, Michigan, think again. From big cities and suburbs to the rural heartland, chemicals linked to cancer, heart disease, obesity, birth defects, and lowered IQ routinely spill from our taps. Many are to blame: the EPA, Congress, a bipartisan coalition of powerful governors and mayors, chemical companies, and drinking water utilities—even NASA and the Pentagon. Meanwhile, the bottled water industry has been fanning our fears about tap water, but bottled water is often no safer. The tragedy is that existing technologies could launch a new age of clean, healthy, and safe tap water for only a few dollars a week per person. Scrupulously researched, Troubled Water is full of shocking stories about contaminated water found throughout the country and about the everyday heroes who have successfully forced changes in the quality and safety of our drinking water. And it concludes with what America must do to reverse decades of neglect and play-it-safe inaction by government at all levels in order to keep our most precious resource safe.
Author | : Pietro Tundo |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 614 |
Release | : 2016-09-17 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3319300733 |
Since the industrial revolution, chlorine remains an iconic molecule even though its production by the electrolysis of sodium chloride is extremely energy intensive. The rationale behind this book is to present useful and industrially relevant examples for alternatives to chlorine in synthesis. This multi-authored volume presents numerous contributions from an international spectrum of authors that demonstrate how to facilitate the development of industrially relevant and implementable breakthrough technologies. This volume will interest individuals working in organic synthesis in industry and academia who are working in Green Chemistry and Sustainable Technologies.
Author | : Rainer Pöttgen |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 526 |
Release | : 2022-12-05 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3110733471 |
This work provides the broad range of applications of inorganic compounds. Due to their well defined properties they play an important role in many fields either on a large scale in our daily life or as niche products. Experts from industry and academia present the vast amount of distinguished materials focusing on their synthesis and function. Volume 2 covers e.g. electronic, magnetic, biomedical, carbon- and sulfur-based materials and ceramics.
Author | : Gerald F. Connell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
Designed to help the wastewater professional apply the science of disinfection using the most up-to-date practices to ensure safety and control odors.
Author | : Steven Johnson |
Publisher | : Riverhead Books |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2015-09-22 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1594633932 |
This book is a celebration of ideas: how they happen and their sometimes unintended results. Johnson shows how simple scientific breakthroughs have driven other discoveries through the network of ideas and innovations that made each finding possible. He traces important inventions through ancient and contemporary history, unlocking tales of unsung heroes and radical revolutions that changed the world and the way we live in it
Author | : David Sedlak |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2014-01-28 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 030017649X |
The little-known story of the systems that bring us our drinking water, how they were developed, the problems they are facing, and how they will be reinvented in the near future
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Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 1974 |
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Author | : Donald J. Gates |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Science |
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