are certain that a number of synthetic chemicals act like hormones (e.g. estrogen) and interact with the human hormone system. Scientists also agree that the magnitude of the problem (including human exposure) is uncertain. Therefore, the analysis of phenols in natural wastewater and soils is of prime importance to environmental organizations due to their frequent occurrence in a wide range of ...

Organofluorine compounds have become important building blocks for a broad range of advanced materials, polymers, agrochemicals, and increasingly for pharmaceuticals. Despite tremendous progress within the area of fluorination chemistry, methods for the direct introduction of fluoroalkyl-groups into organic molecules without prefunctionalization are still highly desired. Here we present a conce...

At first, laboratory-scale work under aerobic conditions was undertaken on bacteria imported from the USA. The system was optimised for variables including pH, temperature, nutrient type (e.g. glucose, molasses) and nutrient addition rate. As the effluent could contain phenols, tolerance to phenols at different concentrations was also investigated, including the possibility of utilising phenol ...