Analysis, occurrence, and toxicity of haloacetaldehydes in drinking waters: Iodoacetaldehyde as an emerging disinfection by-product

Cristina Postigo, Clara H. Jeong, Susan D. Richardson, Elizabeth D. Wagner, Michael J. Plewa, Jane Ellen Simmons, Damia Barcelo

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Abstract

Chlorinated and brominated haloacetaldehydes (HALs) are considered the 3rd largest class of disinfection by-products (DBPs) by weight. The iodinated HAL, iodoacetaldehyde, has been recently reported as an emerging DBP in finished drinking waters. Overall, iodinated DBPs, e.g., iodoacetic acids, iodoacetamides, and iodonitriles, are among the most genotoxic of all DBPs identified. In this context, this chapter reviews the analytical methods available to date to determine HALs in water, and the concentrations at which they are present in finished drinking waters. Since systematic toxicological effects have been only investigated for selected chloro- and bromo- HALs, a comparative study of the genotoxicity and cytotoxicity of this DBP class to mammalian cells is also presented.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationRecent Advances in Disinfection By-Products
EditorsYuefeng Xie, Bill Mitch, Tanju Karanfil, Paul Westerhoff
PublisherAmerican Chemical Society
Pages25-43
Number of pages19
ISBN (Electronic)9780841230767
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015

Publication series

NameACS Symposium Series
Volume1190
ISSN (Print)0097-6156
ISSN (Electronic)1947-5918

Keywords

  • Chloral hydrate
  • Cytotoxicity
  • Disinfection by-products
  • Drinking waters
  • Genotoxicity
  • Halogenated aldehydes
  • Mammalian cells
  • Occurrence

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering

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