Daniel Giammar, the Walter E. Browne Professor of Environmental Engineering (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

Daniel Giammar, the Walter E. Browne Professor of Environmental Engineering

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Researchers in the lab of Daniel Giammar at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis found that adding orthophosphate to a water supply before switching to chloramine from free chlorine can prevent lead contamination in some situation

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Washington University in St. Louis

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