ABSTRACT
Polychlorinated dibenzofuran (PCDF) isomers, which are usually produced thermal processes, have been classified as the mutagens and carcinogens (Coutinho et al. 2015; Squadrone et al. 2015). Incinerators and boilers have been considered as the major causes of PCDFs production after waste burnings (Wittsiepe et al. 2015; Pongpiachan et al. 2016). Production of PCDFs cause the ecosystem and environmental media contamination (Klees et al. 2015; Kruse et al. 2014; Shin et al. 2016). PCDFs have strong environmental persistent characteristics and they are also subjected to biomagnification as well as bioaccumulation effects in many living organisms (Hanano et al. 2014; Wu et al. 2014; Yang et al. 2015). Different furan isomers including octachlorinated dibenzofuran (OCDF, a highly chlorinated furan), have been observed in different environmental media (e.g., sediments, soils) in many industrialized areas (Govindan and Moon 2015; Urban et al. 2014).
