TOX

Japanese: TOX
TOX

...(2) is based on the discovery (1974) of the phenomenon in severely polluted river water in Europe and the United States that disinfectants added to tap water to keep it bacteriologically safe react with the stable organic components mentioned above to produce harmful substances and odorous substances. Chlorine reacts with hydrocarbons in the water to produce various organohalogen compounds (TOX). Trihalomethanes (methane with three hydrogen atoms replaced by halogens such as chlorine, such as chloroform) are a representative group of these. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "TOX" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…(2)は水道水の細菌学的安全を保つために加える殺菌剤が,前記した安定有機成分と反応して有害物や発臭物質を生成する現象が,汚染の著しい欧米の河川水で発見(1974)されたことに基づく。塩素は水中の炭化水素と塩素化反応を起こして種々の有機ハロゲン化合物(TOX)を生成する。トリハロメタン(水素原子3個が塩素などハロゲンと置換したメタンで,クロロホルムなど)はその代表群である。…

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