No chlorine to purify Iraqi water A senior Iraqi government official has said that water treatment plants are critically short of chlorine gas which they need to purify public water supplies. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says that supplies of the... ...full story at the register (uk)
from the register (uk) on Wed, Sep 26 2007
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