**Author details**

John A. Glaser U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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*Biological Degradation of Polymers in the Environment DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.85124* 
