Helen Nguyen (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Helen Nguyen

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Civil and environmental engineering professor Helen Nguyen has found that water-softening additives may increase the risk of pathogen release into drinking water by weakening the grip that bacteria have on pipe interiors.

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