Toxic compounds in groundwater: Degrading vinyl chloride under anaerobic conditions
Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 15:31
in Earth & Climate
Vinyl chloride is a cancer-causing compound formed from solvents in groundwater systems under anaerobic conditions. These solvents are used in many industrial applications around the world and often belong to the most encountered groundwater pollutants in industrialized countries. A group of scientists has studied the degradation of the toxic compound in a laboratory setting mimicking a natural groundwater system.