disinfection

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Tiger Kingdom Chiang Mai has been temporarily closed for two weeks as officials carry out disinfection work.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

Previous research has shown that MPs DOM can produce reactive oxygen species, influence the formation of disinfection byproducts, and alter how pollutants attach to particles in water.

From Science Daily • Dec. 31, 2025

They also replaced all hotpot equipment and said they had conducted cleaning and disinfection works.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025

The result: excess exposure to toxic lead, bacteria and a disinfection byproduct in Flint’s drinking water.

From Salon • May 8, 2024

Such treatment should include disinfection, as no method of disposal yet devised has succeeded in reducing materially the pathogenic germs usually to be found in sewage and tank effluents.

From ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. by Conway, George Robert Graham