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Chapter 1–The Chlorine Revolution: Water Disinfection and the Fight to Save Lives
By Michael J. McGuire The Journey that Launched a Revolution “revolution . . . a: sudden, radical, or complete change . . . e: a changeover in use or preference especially in technology” Merriam-Webster, “Revolution” Dr. John L. Leal, a physician turned … Continue reading
A Look Back at Water Works Ownership from a Wisconsin Perspective
Publisher’s Note: Ed and I bumped into each other (electronically) on Linkedin. He posted a comment to a discussion that I started and noted that he had just completed a manuscript for a book entitled Water Rich: The History of … Continue reading
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Tagged drinking water, private water companies, public water ownership, typhoid fever, water, water history, Wisconsin
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John L. Leal—Hero of Public Health
by Michael J. McGuire Who? I’ve never heard of him. How could he be a hero of public health? He wasn’t like Jonas Salk was he? Did he invent a vaccine to cure one of the dreaded diseases that killed … Continue reading
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Tagged chemophobia, chlorine, Chlorine revolution, diarrheal diseases, drinking water, George W. Fuller, Jersey City, John L. Leal, New Jersey, trial, typhoid fever, water
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The Chlorine Revolution
by Michael J. McGuire My new book will be published in spring 2013: The Chlorine Revolution: Water Disinfection and the Fight to Save Lives. The book is about a courageous physician and his partnership with the greatest sanitary engineer of the time … Continue reading
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Tagged Boonton Reservoir, Chlorine revolution, cholera, disinfection, drinking water, history, Jersey City, John L. Leal, Journal AWWA, typhoid fever
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