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Chloramine in tap water

evaporation

Stability
"Unstable. Solvent-free material decomposes violently. Light, air and heat sensitive. Reacts with oxidizing agents." Moonshadow if it does not evaporate what does this mean? REG
 
Hi REG. To be honest I don't know exactly what that means, but it sounds like its very reactive. But then again pure sodium will explode when exposed to air and we add sodium chloride to our food on a daily basis. And being highly reactive is different from having a low boiling point. The only reason I am sure that chloramine does not evaporate is because when the city of San Francisco started adding chloramine instead of chlorine to our tap water they sent out tons of flyers with a special warning to all fish, amphibian and reptile keepers saying that we would have to treat our water because chloramine does not evaporate like chlorine does. Anyway, I would have liked them to provide a little more info than that but at least they warned us before they switched.
 
instable doesn't mean it evaporates. It can break down into different compounds. But these are stil present then. here are some links to chlormaine treated water:

http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_chlorine.htm

this one is contradictory and to be read with care:

http://sfwater.org/main.cfm/MC_ID/7/MSC_ID/67

http://www.wqa.org/sitelogic.cfm?ID=348

http://pubgis.co.pinellas.fl.us/pcuweb_live/chloramines02.cfm

I've posted this one before:

http://physchem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/CH/chloramine.html

Watch out for the toxicology
CAN ACT AS MUTAGEN!!!

I don't know but the way the councils present the stuff there has never been anythingbetter and safer. Me as a chemist i'm supicious.

Acradon
 
Crossed eyes

Hey guys, Because of all the info everybody supplied I will be more careful in my water usage. I do have to say, reading some of those links, was like reading an attorneys contract. Half the time I did not know what I was reading. Hence the crossed eye's. Thanks REG
 
I'm scaird!

Oh My Gosh!!!! I never even though about all of that chemical stuff! I can't believe iI could be drinking ammonia. I also read that it can be used for emergancy water disinfectant. So then why are they using it as the primary sorce?

Also I wonder what they have in the water I drink from my water company. (the tower kind that sits in my kitchen) or even just bottled water. I watched a show on Showtime with (i think) penn and teller. Its called Bulls**t. And they did a show on the Bottled water companies showing they get there water from the tap. I am sure they ran it through a perifier or something but can you ever really get out the chemicals in the water? If you can im going to have to make sure that i only use bottled water for everything.
I just can't stop thinking about what my water could be doing to my kids! They dont drink it but I cook with it.

All these chemicals in our food and water are making me want to move to a farm and grow my own stuff!

jaimee
 
As I wrote before, my triple osmosis unit under the sink cleans out 99% of the contaminants in the water. I had it tested. I had some bottled water tested, and it came out to 100ppm. The only water that tastes really pure to me is Sparkletts, and Dasani. It's amazing how bad water from the tap tastes when you're used to pure stuff. I only give purified water to my snake, my dogs/cat, and myself.
 
Yeah the difference in taste is amazing.

I think that tyretosmom had a valid point why use the amine as a primary source?

Anyhow: my snakes wouldn't get that stuff. But I'm lucky. The only stuf thats in my water is limescale. Our Area doen't treat the water at all. *relief*

Acradon
 
I thought it was so funny when Dasani turned out to be Sidcup tapwater put through a little extra filtration! Truth is, the general public dont seem to be too bothered on the whole by whats added to their mains water. If either of the words "Pure" and "Safe" are used (which can be used in misleading contexts), people dont seem to care.
 
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