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Textile wastewater treatment generates alarmingly high levels of toxic compounds, study reveals
- June 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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Textile wastewater treatment practices inadvertently produce toxic byproducts—including chloroform and bromoform—at alarming levels that pose a clear occupational health hazard and lead to unknown environmental effects downstream, University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have found. The study is published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials.
Originally published at Phys.org