Biowarfare
Chlorine inactivation of bacterial bioterrorism agents reported
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, April 3rd, 2005
"Seven species of bacterial select agents were tested for susceptibility to free available chlorine (FAC). Under test conditions, the FAC routinely maintained in potable water would be sufficient to reduce six species by two orders of magnitude within 10 minutes," investigators in the United States report.
"Water contaminated with spores of Bacillus anthracis spores would require further treatment," wrote Laura J. Rose and colleagues at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Rose and her coauthors published their study in Applied and Environmental...
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