About the Authors

Nancy L. Martin

nancy.martin@queensu.ca (NLM); steven.liss@queensu.ca (SNL)

Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Paul Bass

Affiliation School of Environmental Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Steven N. Liss

nancy.martin@queensu.ca (NLM); steven.liss@queensu.ca (SNL)

Affiliations School of Environmental Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Department of Chemical Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

This study was funded in part by SanEcoTec, who supplied the new generation peroxide. The authors confirm that there are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NML SNL. Performed the experiments: PB. Analyzed the data: NLM SNL PB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NLM SNL. Wrote the paper: NLM PB SNL.