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Watering Your Plants with Chlorinated Water Will Harm Them

Chlorine damages plants cells by releasing free oxygen which combines with cell proteins OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAcausing them to become denatured because hypochlorite ions form when compounds such as sodium hypochlorite contact the organic materials which make up the cell membrane. It is also likely that the lipoprotein structure is disrupted, causing cytoplasm leakage in killing the cell. Continue reading

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