Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Water Disinfection

September marks the 100th anniversary of chlorine disinfection. Boonton Reservoir in Jersey City, NJ was the first to add chlorine to drinking water to protect us from waterborne diseases such as cholera and typhoid.
Please visit this website and take the quiz (the answer is D): http://www.americanchemistry.com/100years/. You'll help people in West Africa receive free chlorine to disinfect their water.

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