Reductive Dechlorination Is Important in the Breakdown of Chlorinated Xenobiotics

question 41

Multiple Choice

Reductive dechlorination is important in the breakdown of chlorinated xenobiotics because

• A) anoxic conditions develop rapidly in polluted habitats and reductive dechlorination can take place in these conditions.
• B) reductive dechlorination breaks down all halogen compounds.
• C) aerobic breakdown of xenobiotics is not possible under any circumstances.
• D) these compounds do not leach into groundwater or sediment.

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