Question

Why should drinking water be chlorinated? Are there any harmful effects of using
chlorinated water?

This is a science question of 5th grade, Pls give a suitable and simple answer

Answer 1

Answer:

• Chlorine is used to keep our water clean by disinfecting it and killing germs. And it does a marvelous job at eliminating most pathogens from the water we drink.
• Using or drinking water with small amounts of chlorine does not cause harmful health effects and provides protection against waterborne disease outbreaks.
• Chlorinated water, as long as it contains low amounts of the ion, is perfectly safe to drink.

I hope you got your answer as you wanted, I kept it really simple for a middle school student.  Glad to help!

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