Trihalomethane

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-028773",
  "term": "Trihalomethane",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definitions": [
    "1. One of a family of organic compounds named as derivatives of methane. THMs are generally the by-products from chlorination of drinking water that contains organic material. The resulting compounds (THMs) are suspected of causing cancer.\n\n2. One of a family of organic compounds named as derivative of methane. THMs are generally by-products of chlorination of drinking water that contains organic material.",
    "1. Methanes substituted with three halogen atoms, which may be the same or different.\n\n2. Family of organic compounds, named as derivatives of methane, wherein three of the four hydrogen atoms in methane are each substituted by a halogen atom in the molecular structure."
  ],
  "abbreviation": "THM",
  "subject": [
    "Water",
    "Chemical substances"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "NLM Medical Subject Headiangs (MeSH)",
    "Adapted from 40 CFR 141.2 (CFR 2018)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/trihalomethane/"
}