haloacetic acids

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003035",
  "term": "haloacetic acids",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) are a group of chemicals that are formed along with other disinfection byproducts when chlorine or other disinfectants used to control microbial contaminants in drinking water react with naturally occurring organic and inorganic matter in water.",
  "synonyms": [
    "HAA5"
  ],
  "subject": "Research, Technology, Methods",
  "see_also": [
    "acetic acids",
    "drinking water",
    "chlorination",
    "water treatment",
    "disinfection",
    "carcinogens",
    "water pollution",
    "monochloroacetic acid",
    "monobromoacetic acid",
    "dibromoacetic acid",
    "dichloroacetic acid",
    "trichloroacetic acid"
  ],
  "references": [
    "US Environmental Protection Agency",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "ácidos haloacéticos"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/haloacetic-acids/"
}