Haloacetic acids
Haloacetic acids are carboxylic acids in which a halogen atom takes the place of a hydrogen atom in acetic acid. Thus, in a monohaloacetic acid, a single halogen would replace a hydrogen atom. For example, chloroacetic acid would have the structural formula CH2ClCO2H. In the same manner, in dichloroacetic acid two chlorine atoms would take the place of two hydrogen atoms (CHCl2CO2H). The inductive effect caused by the electronegative halogens often result in the higher acidity of these compounds by stabilising the negative charge of the conjugate base.
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[edit] Contaminants in drinking water
Haloacetic acids (HAAs) are a common undesirable by-product of drinking water chlorination. Exposure to such disinfection by-products in drinking water has been associated with a number of health outcomes by epidemiological studies, although the putative agent in such studies has not been identified.[citation needed] A study published in August 2006 found that total levels of HAAs in drinking water were not affected by storage or boiling, but that filtration was effective in decreasing levels[1].
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- ^ "Effects of indoor drinking water handling on trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids". 2006. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V73-4KJTNCB-2&_user=10&_coverDate=08%2F31%2F2006&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_origin=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1450025068&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=c5892a6d12b76cfe6e857e6178d74d99&searchtype=a. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
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[edit] External links
- Haloacetic Acids (For Private Water and Health Regulated Public Water Supplies)
- Environmental Protection Agency reference on disinfection byproducts
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