Abstract
CHLOROBIPHENYLS with one to four chlorine atoms per molecule are metabolised by certain animals, plants and microorganisms but the more highly chlorinated biphenyls are rather resistant to metabolic change1.
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HUTZINGER, O., JAMIESON, W., SAFE, S. et al. Identification of metabolic dechlorination of highly chlorinated biphenyl in rabbit. Nature 252, 698–699 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/252698a0
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