Definition of "bromate" []

• A salt of bromic acid. (noun)
• An ion of bromic acid, BrO3. (noun)
• To treat (a substance) chemically with a bromate. (verb-transitive)

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• "Most bromate breaks down into a harmless form, however, small amounts can create a risk for people."
• "In this proposal — the product of a collaboration in 2005 between Ken McCown, Andy Wilcox and Kevin Hinders, with research and production assistance from their students — the fenced-off Silver Lake is turned into a public open space hosting one giant bioremediating ecological machine, one that could theoretical render inert the cancer-causing bromate and other pollutants."
• "An Associated Press article published by The New York Times a couple of months ago told us that the Elysian and Silver Lake, “two reservoirs that supply drinking water” to sections of Los Angeles, were found to contain “high levels of the carcinogen bromate.”"