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Water Implications of Biofuels Production in the United States
ethanol is completely soluble in water and rapidly biodegraded under most conditions, the presence of high ethanol concentrations enhances dissolution of more toxic gasoline compounds. In addition, rapid biodegradation of ethanol may inhibit the biodegradation of these compounds, which might then migrate farther off-site (Rice and Depue, 2001).
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