In 1972, zerovalent metals were found to be effective in breaking down pesticides and other chlorinated organic compounds in aqueous solution.

TCF bleaching, by removing chlorine from the process, reduces chlorinated organic compounds to background levels in pulp mill effluent.

ECF bleaching can substantially reduce but not fully eliminate chlorinated organic compounds, including dioxins, from effluent.

Chloroacetamide (2-chloroacetamide) is a chlorinated organic compound with the molecular formula CHClNO used as a herbicide and preservative.

Other uses include treating textiles and stabilizing chlorinated organic compounds.

Now a new line of research is taking shape in the US to combat these and other toxic chemicals that are known collectively as chlorinated aromatic compounds.

Wood-decay fungi are particularly effective in breaking down aromatic pollutants (toxic components of petroleum), as well as chlorinated compounds (certain persistent pesticides; Battelle, 2000).

As chlorinated organic compounds are often important (and difficult to degrade) environmental polutants, reductive dechlorination is an important process in bioremediation.

Conventional bleaching using elemental chlorine produces and releases into the environment large amounts of chlorinated organic compounds, including chlorinated dioxins.

Cornell scientists had reported tentatively that the grasshopper Romales microptera was able to secrete a froth that contained a chlorinated compound.