More chloramine complications

Taurine Chloramine Inhibits Inducible Nitric

Chloramine mutagenesis in Bacillus subtilis.

Chloramine (which occurs widely as a by-product of sanitary chlorination of water supplies) is shown to be a weak mutagen, when reversion of trpC to trpC in Bacillus subtilis is used as an assay. Some DNA-repair mutants appear to be more sensitive to chloramine, suggesting the involvement of DNA targets in bactericide. The influence of plating media on survival of cells treated with chloramine ...

Determination of chloramine T in dairy products.

A method has been developed for the quantitative determination of traces of chloramine T (Activin, Halamid) in dairy products. Proteins are removed and the hydrolysis product toluene-4-sulphonamide is extracted with ether. After evaporation of the solvent, the residue is oxidized with an alkaline potassium permanganate solution. The oxidized product is isolated by ether extraction and the resid...

Unintended Consequences of Chloramine Hit Home

The known drawbacks of chloramination include nitrification, elastomer decay, and required pretreatment steps for fish culture and dialysis patients. To date, there has been no explicit consideration of adverse consequences of chloramination on property and water quality in buildings. Specifically, the effect of chloramine on re-growth of bacteria during stagnation, plumbing failures and lead l...

Cases Illustrating the More Unusual Complications of Pneumonia