Results
Anaerobic degradation of PBDEs in the sediment
The remaining percentage of BDE-28 and BDE-209 were
19.3% and 8.3% without zero-valent iron and 5.1% and 0.2%
with zero-valent iron after 60-day incubation (Fig. 1). The
rate of anaerobic degradation was higher for BDE-209 than
BDE-28, and the addition of zero-valent iron increased the
anaerobic degradation rate of BDE-28 and BDE-209 in
sediment.