Toxic Interactions of Perfluorinated Compounds (PFCs) with Heavy Metals Using Vibrio fischeri

EXPOSURE TO THE PERSISTENT PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS PFCs IN GREECE

EXTENDED ABSTRACT Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) represent a large group of chemicals used in numerous industrial and consumer applications including adhesives, cosmetics, cleaners, coatings, and electronics. Owing to their persistence in the environment and their bioaccumulative potential, several PFCs have been detected worldwide in environmental samples. Biomonitoring studies have shown ext...

Toxic Heavy Metals

Long-Chain Perfluorinated Chemicals (PFCs) Action Plan

Long-chain perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) are found world-wide in the environment, wildlife, and humans. They are bioaccumulative in wildlife and humans, and are persistent in the environment. To date, significant adverse effects have not been found in the general human population; however, significant adverse effects have been identified in laboratory animals and wildlife. Given the long half...

Long-Chain Perfluorinated Chemicals (PFCs) Action Plan

Long-chain perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) are found world-wide in the environment, wildlife, and humans. They are bioaccumulative in wildlife and humans, and are persistent in the environment. To date, significant adverse effects have not been found in the general human population; however, significant adverse effects have been identified in laboratory animals and wildlife. Given the long half...

Bioremediation of toxic heavy metals using acidothermophilic autotrophes.

Investigations were carried out to isolate microbial strains from soil, mud and water samples from metallurgically polluted environment for bioremediation of toxic heavy metals. As a result of primary and secondary screening various 72 acidothermophilic autotrophic microbes were isolated and adapted for metal tolerance and biosorption potentiality. The multi-metal tolerance was developed with h...