Biochar and activated carbon act as promising amendments for promoting the microbial debromination of tetrabromobisphenol A.

ABSTRACT: The increasing occurrence of tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) in the environment is raising questions about its potential environmental health impacts as it has been shown to cause various deleterious effects in humans. The fact that the highest concentrations of TBBPA have been reported in wastewater sludge is concerning as effluent discharge and biosolids land application are likely a route by which TBBPA can be further disbursed to the environment. Our objectives in this study were to evaluate the effect of biochar (BC) and activated carbon (AC) in promoting the biodegradation of TBBPA, and characterize the response of anaerobic sludge microbial communities following amendments. Both carbonaceous amendments were found to promote the reductive debromination of TBBPA. Nearly complete transfo

SUBMITTER: Lefevre E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5796758 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature