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culture isolated from sewage sludge. J Agric Food Chem 58(22):11852–11856
Kurt-Karakus PB, Alegria H, Jantunen L, Birgul A, Topcu A, Jones KC, Turgut C (2017)
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and alternative flame retardants (NFRs) in indoor
and outdoor air and indoor dust from Istanbul-Turkey: levels and an assessment of human
exposure. Atmos Pollut Res 8(5):801–815
Kuwahara Y, Tamagawa S, Fujitani T, Yamashita H (2013) A novel conversion process for waste
slag: synthesis of calcium silicate hydrate from blast furnace slag and its application as a
versatile adsorbent for water purification. J Mater Chem A 1(24):7199–7210
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and chlorinated pesticides in sediments from Masan Bay, Korea. Mar Pollut Bull 46(2):244–253
Hopf NB, Ruder AM, Succop P (2009) Background levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in the US
population. Sci Total Environ 407(24):6109–6119
Hou X, Huang X, Ai Z, Zhao J, Zhang L (2016) Ascorbic acid/Fe@ Fe2O3: a highly efficient
combined Fenton reagent to remove organic contaminants. J Hazard Mater 310:170–178
Hsing HJ, Chiang PC, Chang EE, Chen MY (2007) The decolorization and mineralization of Acid
Orange 6 azo dye in aqueous solution by advanced oxidation processes: a comparative study. J
Hazard Mater 141(1):8–16
Idan G, Chatterjee SG (2015) Application of a surface-renewal model to permeate-flux data for
constant pressure cross-flow microfiltration with dean vortices. Braz J Chem Eng 32
(2):609–627
Ikehata K, El-Din MG (2004) Degradation of recalcitrant surfactants in wastewater by ozonation
and advanced oxidation processes: a review. Ozone Sci Eng 26(4):327–343
International Agency for Research on Cancer (2010) Some non-heterocyclic polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons and some related exposures, vol 92. IARC Press, International Agency for
Research on Cancer
Jalani NF, Aziz AA, Wahab NA, Hassan WHW, Zainal NH (2016) Application of palm kernel shell
activated carbon for the removal of pollutant and color in palm oil mill effluent treatment. J
Earth Environ Health Sci 2(1):15
Jones-Otazo HA, Clarke JP, Diamond ML, Archbold JA, Ferguson G, Harner T et al (2005) Is
house dust the missing exposure pathway for PBDEs? An analysis of the urban fate and human
exposure to PBDEs. Environ Sci Technol 39(14):5121–5130
Jørgensen KS (2007) In situ bioremediation. Adv Appl Microbiol 61:285–305
Katayon S, Noor MMM, Tat WK, Halim GA, Thamer AM, Badronisa Y (2007) Effect of natural
coagulant application on microfiltration performance in treatment of secondary oxidation pond
effluent. Desalination 204(1–3):204–212
Kelly BC, Ikonomou MG, Blair JD, Morin AE, Gobas FA (2007) Food web–specific
biomagnification of persistent organic pollutants. Science 317(5835):236–239
Kim KH, Jahan SA, Kabir E, Brown RJ (2013) A review of airborne polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their human health effects. Environ Int 60:71–80
Kong L, Zhu S, Zhu L, Xie H, Su K, Yan T et al (2013) Biodegradation of organochlorine pesticide
endosulfan by bacterial strain Alcaligenes faecalis JBW4. J Environ Sci 25(11):2257–2264
Kong L, Zhu S, Zhu L, Xie H, Wei K, Yan T et al (2014) Colonization of Alcaligenes faecalis strain
JBW4 in natural soils and its detoxification of endosulfan. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 98
(3):1407–1416
Koros WJ, Ma YH, Shimidzu T (1996) Terminology for membranes and membrane processes
(IUPAC recommendations 1996). Pure Appl Chem 68(7):1479–1489
Kouras A, Zouboulis A, Samara C, Kouimtzis T (1998) Removal of pesticides from aqueous
solutions by combined physicochemical processes – the behaviour of lindane. Environ Pollut
103(2–3):193–202
Krüger R, Vial D, Arifin D, Weber M, Heijnen M (2016) Novel ultrafiltration membranes from
low-fouling copolymers for RO pretreatment applications. Desalin Water Treat 57
(48–49):23185–23195
Kulshrestha G, Kumari A (2010) Simultaneous degradation of mixed insecticides by mixed fungal
culture isolated from sewage sludge. J Agric Food Chem 58(22):11852–11856
Kurt-Karakus PB, Alegria H, Jantunen L, Birgul A, Topcu A, Jones KC, Turgut C (2017)
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and alternative flame retardants (NFRs) in indoor
and outdoor air and indoor dust from Istanbul-Turkey: levels and an assessment of human
exposure. Atmos Pollut Res 8(5):801–815
Kuwahara Y, Tamagawa S, Fujitani T, Yamashita H (2013) A novel conversion process for waste
slag: synthesis of calcium silicate hydrate from blast furnace slag and its application as a
versatile adsorbent for water purification. J Mater Chem A 1(24):7199–7210
240
A. B. T. Akhtar et al.