dihaloacetonitriles

Nov 15, 2016 3 Replies
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Hi All,



According to Wikipedia, when you mix humic acid and drinking water chlorine, you get a toxic substance called "dihaloacetonitriles"



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"Humic and fulvic acids, when present in treated drinking water, can react with the chemicals used in the chlorination process to form disinfection byproducts such as dihaloacetonitriles, which are toxic to humans"



Hmmmm. I water my garden with chlorine containing tap water. This is issue or just something else to worry needlessly about?



Many thanks,



-T


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do plants take it up? does it degrade through time when exposed to the many factors in play in a garden (sunlight, bacteria, fungi, etc)?

from what i have read anti-oxidants in the diet are good helpers for this sort of thing, but i generally don't want to overdo it on anti-oxidants.

see if there are any liver or kidney studies that follow these compounds.

songbird

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As far as Chlorine in tap water is concerned if you let the tap water stand for a day the chlorine dissipates but apparently there may be other stuff that needs to be cleared out

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UV light seems to do the trick so I am going with enough sunshine will neutralize it.

Mike

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