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WE report the formation of bis(p-chlorophenyl)acetonitrile, (p, p′ - DDCN) together with 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane (p, p′-TDE) and other products from 1,1,1-tri-chloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane (p, p′-DDT) in the presence of biologically-active anaerobic sewage sludge. 
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ALBONE, E., EGLINTON, G., EVANS, N. et al. Formation of bis(p-Chlorophenyl)-acetonitrile (p, p′-DDCN) from p, p′-DDT in Anaerobic Sewage Sludge. Nature 240, 420–421 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/240420a0
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