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The pulp and paper industries have recently devoted considerable research, at some cost, to the application of biotechnology to solve environmental problems associated with paper production. These problems relate mainly to the formation of organochlorides produced by bleaching of wood pulp.
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Wainwright, M. (1999). Environmental Biotechnology in The Paper Industry. In: An Introduction to Environmental Biotechnology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5251-2_14
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