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Bioavailability of Organohalides

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From the brief overview and analysis provided in this chapter, it is clear that bioavailability is an extremely important criterion when considering the environmental fate and persistence of HOCs. Because of the hydrophobic nature of many of the compounds in this class, their sorption onto, and sequestration into, natural organic matter matrices will more often than not govern and limit the potential intrinsic biodegradation of many of these compounds. Moreover, these same sorption and sequestration processes that affect biodegradation by microorganisms can also affect the bioavailability of these compounds to multicellular organisms. This, in turn, can have a profound impact on assessment of apparent toxicity, as well as the impact of long-term exposure to contaminated environmental matrices.

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Nam, K., Kukor, J.J. (2004). Bioavailability of Organohalides. In: Häggblom, M.M., Bossert, I.D. (eds) Dehalogenation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48011-5_10

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