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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2024-11-21 19:48:43+00:00.

Original Title: “Phantom chemical” identified in US drinking water, over 40 years after it was first discovered. Water treated with inorganic chloramines has a by-product, chloronitramide anion, a compound previously unknown to science. Humans have been consuming it for decades, and its toxicity remains unknown.