Interaction of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) with anaerobic mixed bacterial cultures isolated from river sediment

Yen, Jui-Hung; Liao, Wei-Zhi; Chen, W.C.; Wang, Y.S.

doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.10.007

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“…This emphasises the importance of understanding loads for longer term impacts on the quality of sediments (Yen et al, 2009) and groundwater (Musoleff et al, 2010). Reliance on existing available tertiary treatment to meet EQS and reduce loads to the environment is also not necessarily advisable as these data indicate a wide range of effluent quality for advanced or tertiary wastewater treatment processes.…”

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The significance of hazardous chemicals in wastewater treatment works effluents

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Scrimshaw

et al. 2012

Science of The Total Environment

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The advent of increasingly stringent and wider ranging European Union legislation relating to water and the environment has required regulators to assess compliance risk and to respond by formulating appropriate pollution control measures. To support this process the UK Water Industry has completed a national Chemicals Investigation Programme (CIP), to monitor over 160 wastewater treatment works (WwTWs) for 70 determinands. Final effluent concentrations of zinc, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (fluoranthene, benzo(a)pyrene, benzo(b)fluoranthene, benzo(k)fluoranthene, benzo(g,h,i)perylene and indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene), "penta" congeners (BDEs) 47 and 99, tributyltin, triclosan, erythromycin, oxytetracycline, ibuprofen, propranolol, fluoxetine, diclofenac, 17β-estradiol and 17α-ethinyl estradiol exceeded existing or proposed Environmental Quality Standards (EQSs) in over 50% of WwTWs. Dilution by receiving water might ensure compliance with EQSs for these chemicals, apart from the BDEs. However, in some cases there will be insufficient dilution to ensure compliance and additional management options may be required.

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Section: Correlation Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

The significance of hazardous chemicals in wastewater treatment works effluents

Gardner

Comber

Scrimshaw

et al. 2012

Science of The Total Environment

126

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“…Therefore, it could be concluded that the main aerobic biotransformation mechanism of PBDE-209 by P. aeruginosa was debromination. Some studies on PBDEs biodegradation have shown that PBDEs are anaerobically transformed to lower brominated congeners by a variety of bacteria in sediment, digester sludge or other environmental samples (Gerecke et al, 2006;Yen et al, 2009;Lee and He, 2010). But very few works about aerobic degradation of PBDEs, especially PBDE-209, were reported to date.…”

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Aerobic biotransformation of decabromodiphenyl ether (PBDE-209) by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Shi

Yin

et al. 2013

Chemosphere

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“…Biological treatments have attracted more attention due to their low cost, and environmentally benign nature. Recent work on biotransformation has demonstrated that PBDEs were debrominated to lower-brominated congeners by a variety of anaerobic bacteria [13][14][15][16]. However, the information on aerobic biotransformation of PBDEs is limited at present, especially biodegradation of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209).…”

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