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Pesticides in the Great Lakes
Pesticides have been widely and heavily used in agriculture in the Great Lakes Basin (approximately 93000 tons were used in 1995 alone). Herbicides...
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Brominated Flame Retardants in the Great Lakes
Brominated flame retardants in the Great Lakes have not been as well studied as many of the polychlorinated pollutants, especially PCBs, but in the...
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Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the Great Lakes
This chapter reviews the scientific understanding of the concentrations, trends, and cycling of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the Great...
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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Great Lakes
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are produced during the incomplete combustion of organic material. They can also be produced through...
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Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Great Lakes: An Overview
This chapter presents background information on the Great Lakes and summarizes the content of each chapter of this book.
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Toxaphene in the Great Lakes
Toxaphene is a major persistent organic contaminant in air, water and fish in the Great Lakes. The story of toxaphene in the Great Lakes, like that...
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Polychlorinated Naphthalenes in the Great Lakes
This review examines the sources and occurrence of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in the Great Lakes environment and summarizes current...
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Perfluorinated Compounds in the Great Lakes
Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAs) are released to the environment via their manufacturing processes, their use in commercial products, or indirectly via...
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Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins and Dibenzofurans in the Great Lakes
The history of “dioxin”, PCDD/F, contamination in the Great Lakes is reviewed. Occurrence, geographical distribution, and temporal trends in air,...
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Delineating acetaminophen biodegradation kinetics and metabolomics using bacterial community
Acetaminophen [N-(4-hydroxyphenyl) acetamide, APAP] is an extensively and frequently consumed over-the-counter analgesic and antiphlogistic...
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Enterobacter cloacae-mediated polymer biodegradation: in-silico analysis predicts broad spectrum degradation potential by Alkane monooxygenase
Plastic pollution poses a significant environmental challenge. In this study, the strain Enterobacter cloacae O5-E, a bacterium displaying...
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Biodegradable plastics: mechanisms of degradation and generated bio microplastic impact on soil health
Conventional petroleum-derived polymers are valued for their versatility and are widely used, owing to their characteristics such as...
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Alternative green application areas for olive pomace catalytic pyrolysis biochar obtained via marble sludge catalyst
Evaluating industrial wastes in the system with minimum preprocessing and generation economically valuable products from them have critical...
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Enhancing biodegradation of aged hydrocarbon-contaminated soils through toluene addition: assessing effects on solid and slurry phase treatments
The main challenge in treating aged soils highly contaminated with total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) is to enhance their bioavailability for...
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Sustainable kitchen wastewater treatment with electricity generation using upflow biofilter-microbial fuel cell system
The microbial fuel cell (MFC) is considered a modern technology used for treating wastewater and recovering electrical energy. In this study, a new...
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A novel coupling process to replace the traditional multi-stage anammox process—sulfur autotrophic denitrification coupled anammox system
A novel coupling process to replace the traditional multi-stage anammox process—sulfur autotrophic denitrification (SAD) coupled anaerobic ammonium...
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Anthracene detoxification by Laccases from indigenous fungal strains Trichoderma lixii FLU1 and Talaromyces pinophilus FLU12
The persistence and ubiquity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the environment necessitate effective remediation strategies. Hence, this...
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Exploring the potential of biofiltration for mitigating harmful gaseous emissions from small or old landfills: a review
Landfills are widely employed as the primary means of solid waste disposal. However, this practice generates landfill gas (LFG) which contains...
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Study on microbial diversity of washing machines
Health and environmental protection are the development trend of household appliances, coupled with the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic in the past...
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Three strategy rules of filamentous fungi in hydrocarbon remediation: an overview
Remediation of hydrocarbon contaminations requires much attention nowadays since it causes detrimental effects on land and even worse impacts on...
