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Dehalogenation - Microbial Processes and Environmental Applications (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004)
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Dehalogenation - Microbial Processes and Environmental Applications (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004)
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Halogenated organic compounds constitute one of the largest groups
of environmental chemicals. The industrial production of new
halogenated organic compounds has increased throughout the last
century peaking in the 1960s, and continuing in widespread use
today. Organohalides are integral to a variety of industrial
applications, including use as solvents, degreasing agents,
biocides, pharmaceuticals, plasticizers, hydraulic and heat
transfer fluids, and intermediates for chemical synthesis, to name
a few. It is important to recognize the beneficial aspects of
halogenated organic compounds, as well as their potentially
deleterious impact on the environment and health. Recognition ofthe
adverse environmental effects ofmanytypes oforganohalide compounds
has led to efforts to reduce or eliminate the most problematic
ones. Although organohalide compounds are typically considered to
be anthropogenic industrial compounds, they have their counterpart
in several thousands of natural biogenic and geogenic
organohalides, representing most classes of organic chemicals.
Natural sources account for a significant portion of the global
organohalogen budget. This volume authored by recognized experts in
the field provides a current perspective on how both natural and
synthetic organohalides are formed and degraded, and how these
processes are incorporated into a global halogen cycle. The focus
is on microbial processes, since these play a major role both in
the production and degradation, i. e. , cycling of halogenated
organic compounds inthe environment. This book is organized into
five parts. Part I, Introduction, provides a global perspective on
the issues of organohalides and their fate in the environment.
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