References
   -  T. Colnot, S. Kacew, W. Dekant, Mammalian toxicology and
    human exposures to the flame retardant 
    2,2’,6,6’-tetrabromo-4,4’-isopropylidenediphenol (TBBPA): implications for risk
    assessment, Arch. Toxicol., 88 (2014) 553–573.  
  -  A. Liu, Z. Zhao, G. Qu, Z. Shen, J. Shi, G. Jiang, Transformation/degradation of tetrabromobisphenol A and its derivatives: a
    review of the metabolism and metabolites, Environ. Pollut.,
    243 (2018) 1141–1153. 
 
  -  P.H. Howard, D.C.G. Muir, Identifying new persistent and
    bioaccumulative organics among chemicals in commerce,
    Environ. Sci. Technol., 44 (2010) 2277–2285. 
 
  -  A. Covaci, S. Voorspoels, M.A.-E. Abdallah, T. Geens,
    S. Harrad, R.J. Law, Analytical and environmental aspects of
    the flame retardant tetrabromobisphenol-A and its derivatives,
    J. Chromatogr. A, 1216 (2009) 346–363. 
 
  -  Z.-C. Zhu, S.-J. Chen, J. Zheng, M. Tian, A.-H. Feng, X.-J. Luo,
    B.-X. Mai, Occurrence of brominated flame retardants (BFRs),
    organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), and polychlorinated
    biphenyls (PCBs) in agricultural soils in a BFR-manufacturing
    region of North China, Sci. Total Environ., 481 (2014) 47–54. 
 
  -  H. Matsukami, N.M. Tue, G. Suzuki, M. Someya, L.H. Tuyen,
    P.H. Viet, S. Takahashi, S. Tanabe, H. Takigami, Flame retardant
    emission from e-waste recycling operation in northern Vietnam:
    environmental occurrence of emerging organophosphorus
    esters used as alternatives for PBDEs, Sci. Total Environ.,
    514 (2015) 492–499. 
 
  -  S. Arnon, Z. Ronen, A. Yakirevich, Evaluation of soil flushing
    potential for clean-up of desert soil contaminated by industrial
    wastewater, Chemosphere, 62 (2006) 17–25. 
 
  -  S. Morris, C.R. Allchin, B.N. Zegers, J.J.H. Haftaka, J.P. Boon,
    C. Belpaire, P.E.G. Leonards, S.P.J. van Leeuwen, 
    J. de Boer,
    Distribution and fate of HBCD and TBBPA brominated flame
    retardants in North Sea estuaries and aquatic food webs,
    Environ. Sci. Technol., 38 (2004) 5497–5504.  
  -  I.S. Lee, H.H. Kang, U.J. Kim, J.E. Oh, Brominated flame
    retardants in Korean river sediments, including changes in
    polybrominated diphenyl ether concentrations between 2006
    and 2009, Chemosphere, 126 (2015) 18–24. 
 
  -  S.C. Quade, M. Alaee, C. Marvin, R. Hale, K.R. Solomon,
    N.J. Bunce, A.T. Fisk, Determination of tetrabromobisphenol-A
    in Detroit River sediment and sewage sludge, Organohalogen
    Compd., 62 (2003) 327–330. 
 
  -  S. Song, M. Song, L. Zeng, T. Wang, R. Liu, T. Ruan, G.Jiang,
    Occurrence and profiles of bisphenol analogues in municipal
    sewage sludge in China, Environ. Pollut., 186 (2014) 14–19. 
 
  -  M. Gorga, E. Martínez, A. Ginebreda, E. Eljarrat, D. Barceló,
    Determination of PBDEs, HBB, PBEB, DBDPE, HBCD, TBBPA
    and related compounds in sewage sludge from Catalonia
    (Spain), Sci. Total Environ., 444 (2013) 51–59. 
 
  -  industryarc.com/Research/Tetrabromobisphenol-A-Market-Research-501611 (assessed 17.08.2021). 
 
  -  F. Barontini, V. Cozzani, K. Marsanich, V. Raffa, L. Petarca,
    An experimental investigation of tetrabromobisphenol A
    decomposition pathways, J. Anal. Appl. Pyrolysis, 72 (2004)
    41–53. 
 
  -  G. Söderström, S. Marklund, PBCDD and PBCDF form
    incineration of waste containing brominated flame retardants,
    Environ. Sci. Technol., 36 (2002) 1959–1964. 
 
  -  S.K. Han, P. Bilski, B. Karriker, R.H. Sik, C.F. Chignell, Oxidation
    of flame retardant tetrabromobisphenol A by singlet oxygen,
    Environ. Sci. Technol., 42 (2008) 166–172. 
 
  -  A. Kossay, Z. Fakhri, Effect of type of wastewater on the oxygen
    uptake rate in batch reactor, J. Duhok Univ., 15 (2012) 25–36. 
 
  -  EN ISO 8192 Water Quality – Test for Inhibition of Oxygen
    Consumption by Activated Sludge for Carbonaceous and
    Ammonium Oxidation (ISO 8192:2007). 
 
  -  R. Andreozzi, M. Raffaele, P. Nicklas, Pharmaceuticals in
    STP effluents and their solar photodegradation in aquatic
    environment, Chemosphere, 50 (2003) 1319–1330. 
 
  -  A. Katsoyiannis, C. Samara, Persistent organic pollutants
    (POPs) in the conventional activated sludge treatment process:
    fate and mass balance, Environ. Res., 97 (2005) 245–257. 
 
  -  I. Skoczko, J. Piekutin, Photo-Fenton method usage to organic
    compounds degradation, Desal. Water Treat., 52 (2014)
    3837–3842. 
 
  -  Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
    Wastewater, 20th ed., American Public Health Association,
    American Water Works Association, Water Environment
    Federation, Washington DC, USA, 2005. 
 
  -  PN-ISO 6060:2006 Water Quality – Determination of Chemical
    Oxygen Demand. 
 
  -  DIN EN 1899-1/EN 1899-2 Determination of Biochemical
    Oxygen Demand After n Days (BODn). 
 
  -  PN-EN 1484:1999 Water Quality – Guidelines for the
    Determination of Total Organic Carbon (TOC) and Dissolved
    Organic Carbon (DOC). 
 
  -  OECD, Test No. 209: Activated Sludge, Respiration Inhibition
    Test (Carbon and Ammonium Oxidation), OECD Guidelines
    for the Testing of Chemicals, Section 2, OECD Publishing,
    Paris 2010, https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264070080-en (assessed
    15.10.21). 
 
  -  J. Kisala, A. Tomaszewska, D. Pogocki, 4,4’-Isopropylidenebis
    (2,6-dibromophenol) photocatalytic debromination on nanoand
	  micro-particles Fe3O4 surface, J. photocatalysis, 1 (2020)
  61–66. 
 
  -  S. Kabekkodu, PDF-4+ 2015 (Database), International Centre for
    Diffraction Data, Newtown Square (PA), 2015. 
 
  -  A.E. Regazzoni, M.A. Blesa, A.J.G. Maroto, Interfacial
    properties of zirconium dioxide and magnetite in water,
    
    J. Colloid Interface Sci., 91 (1983) 560–570.  
  -  A.F. White, M.L. Peterson, M.F. Hochella Jr., Electrochemistry
    and dissolution kinetics of magnetite and ilmenite, Geochim.
    Cosmochim. Acta, 58 (1994) 1859–1875. 
 
  -  S. Imamura, H. Umena, N. Kawabata, M. Teramoto, Ozonation
    of organic compounds in alkaline aqueous media, Can. J. Chem.
    Eng., 60 (1982) 853–858. 
 
  -  pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (assessed 17.08.2021). 
 
  -  K. Barbusiński, Zaawansowane utlenianie w procesach
    oczyszczania wybranych ścieków przemysłowych, 
    (In English):
    Advanced Oxidation in the Treatment of Selected Industrial
    Wastewater, Silesian University of Technology, Monograph
    2013.  
  -  Q. Huang, W.J. Weber, Transformation and removal of
    bisphenol A from aqueous phase via 
    peroxidase-mediated
    oxidative coupling reactions: efficacy, products, and pathways,
    Environ. Sci. Technol., 39 (2005) 6029–6036.  
  -  K. Lin, W. Liu, J. Gan, Oxidative removal of bisphenol A by
    manganese dioxide: efficacy, products, and pathways, Environ.
    Sci. Technol., 43 (2009) 3860–3864. 
 
  -  C. Wang, L. Zhu, C. Song, G. Shan, P. Chen, Characterization
    of photocatalyst Bi3.84W0.16O6.24 and its photodegradation on
    bisphenol A under simulated solar light irradiation, Appl.
    Catal., B, 105 (2011) 229–236. 
 
  -  J. Eriksson, S. Rahm, N. Green, A. Bergman and E. Jakobsson,
    Photochemical transformations of tetrabromobisphenol A
    and related phenols in water, Chemosphere, 54 (2004) 177–126. 
 
  -  Y. Bao, J. Niu, Photochemical transformation of
    tetrabromobisphenol A under simulated sunlight irradiation:
    kinetics, mechanism and influencing factors, Chemosphere,
    134 (2015) 550–556. 
 
  -  T. Kowalski, Analiza chemicznych i biochemicznych
    właściwości zanieczyszczeń występujących w ściekach,
    
    (In English): Analysis of Chemical and Biochemical Properties
    of Pollutants Present in Wastewater, Ochrona środowiska,
    38 (1998) 13–16.  
  -  F. Garcia-Ochoa, E. Gomez, V.E. Santos, J.C. Merchuk, Oxygen
    uptake rate in microbial processes: an overview, Biochem.
    Eng. J., 49 (2010) 289–307. 
 
  -  F. Hussain, H.-W. Yu, K. Chon, Y.-G. Lee, H. Eom, K.-J. Chae,
    S.-E. Oh, Real-time biomonitoring of oxygen uptake rate and
    biochemical oxygen demand using a novel optical biogas
    respirometric system, J. Environ. Manage., 277 (2021) 111467,
    doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111467. 
 
  -  P. Piechna, M. Żubrowska-Sudoł, Respirometric activity of
    activated sludge and biofilm in ifas-MBBR system, 
    J. Ecol. Eng.,
    18 (2017) 145–151.  
  -  E. Strade, D. Kalnina, Cost effective method for toxicity
    screening of pharmaceutical wastewater containing inorganic
    salts and harmful organic compounds, Environ. Clim. Technol.,
    23 (2019) 52–63. 
 
  -  I. Oller, S. Malato, J.A. Sanchez-Perez, Combination of
    Advanced Oxidation Processes and biological treatments for
    wastewater decontamination – a review, Sci. Total Environ.,
    409 (2011) 4141–4166. 
 
  -  G. Ricco, M. Concetta Tomei, R. Ramadori, G. Laera, Toxicity
    assessment of common xenobiotic compounds on municipal
    activated sludge: comparison between Respirometry and
    Microtox, Water Res., 38 (2004) 2103–2110. 
 
  -  J. Ko, H. Woo, B.J. Copp, S. Kim, C. Kim, Evaluation of several
    respirometry-based activated sludge toxicity control strategies,
    Water Sci. Technol., 45 (2002) 143–150. 
 
  -  S. Le Bonté, O. Potier, M.-N. Pons, Toxic event detection by
    respirometry and adaptive principal components analysis,
    Environmetrics, 16 (2005) 589–601.