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Degradation And Biological Assessment Of Aqueous Micropollutant Mixtures, Sura M.H. Ali
Degradation And Biological Assessment Of Aqueous Micropollutant Mixtures, Sura M.H. Ali
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Presence of micropollutants in water is a global concern because of their ability to potentially cause adverse effects in organisms at concentrations as low as a few ng/L, particularly when present as a component of complex mixture. Most of the endocrine disrupting compounds (EDC) and pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCP) are not removed well in traditional wastewater treatment processes and enter the environment and spread throughout the water ecosystem. Depending on the properties of the micropollutants and the biology of the receiving species, they may bioaccumulate, metabolize or cause adverse effects. These effects may translate into alterations on a …
Fate Of Estrogens In Anaerobic Digestion And Their Removal In Advanced Oxidation, Shubhajit Sarkar
Fate Of Estrogens In Anaerobic Digestion And Their Removal In Advanced Oxidation, Shubhajit Sarkar
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Estrogenic compounds are most significant endocrine disrupting compounds (EDC), which are of primary concern due to their widespread presence in the aqueous environment and also due to their adverse impact both on aquatic life and potential risk to human health. Conventional wastewater treatment plants are not designed to remove EDC, with biosorption on biosolids as the predominant removal mechanism. Anaerobic digestion is one of the most preferred processes employed for sludge stabilization in wastewater treatment plants. Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are seen as promising technologies for removal of estrogens from the environment. In this research, a controlled degradation study of …