Public lecture: The health risks created by clean water
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A public lecture examining the unintended health risks associated with water disinfection is being hosted by Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é.
The talk, by eminent environmental scientist Dr Susan D Richardson, takes place on Monday 24 June. Based at the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Dr Richardson’s area of expertise is in identifying new disinfection by-products (DBPs) in drinking water.
Water disinfection was a public health triumph of the 20th century, with millions of people worldwide now receiving quality drinking water every day from public water systems. However, chemical disinfection has also produced an unintended health hazard: the potential for cancer, miscarriage, and birth defects that are associated with chemical DBPs. Swimming pools are also chemically disinfected for public health protection leading to the formation of DBPs, some of which are suspected to be the cause for increased asthma in elite swimmers.
In this lecture, entitled ‘Drinking Water Chemicals: Discoveries and Challenges’, Dr Richardson will explore the efforts being made to tackle this issue and examine new innovations being developed by the chemical engineering community to try and provide solutions.
It is being held at the University’s Burleigh Court Hotel and Conference Centre, with a welcome reception at 4pm followed by the lecture at 5pm. The event is free to attend and to book a place please call Janey Briers on 01509 222502 or email H.J.Briers@lboro.ac.uk
The annual Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Davis-Swindin Chemical Engineering Series is organised by the Department of Chemical Engineering. It is an endowed legacy gift from Norman Swindin, a pioneer of Chemical Engineering and an honorary reader at Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é, to honour George Edward Davis, the founding father of Chemical Engineering.
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