Medical effects of iodine disinfection products in spacecraft waterVarious iodination products (IDPs), including iodinated and iodine-induced new compounds, will be present in the iodine-disinfected water that is expected to be used by crews on the NASA Space Station and on long duration missions. The metabolic intermediaries created by such a process may be more important to crew health than the parent IDPs, and reclamation and recycling may be expected to produce additional products. These medical effects may be expressed in crews as hypersensitivity, allergic, acute toxic, and chronic toxic reactions, as well as modifications of immune system response.
Document ID
19880033917
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Sauer, Richard L. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Janik, Daniel S. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX; National Research Council, Washington, DC; Utah, University, Salt Lake City, United States)
Thorstenson, Yvonne R. (NPI Salt Lake City, UT, United States)