The routine use of chlorine as a disinfectant in public drinking water across the Finger Lakes generates toxic chemical byproducts well above levels that recently triggered alarms in Europe over their links to bladder cancer. Four of the most troubling byproducts are known as trihalomethanes. The federal maximum contaminant limit for a combination of the … Continue reading Chlorine byproduct that contaminates local tap water linked to thousands of bladder cancers in Europe