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Endocrine disruptors

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Efficacy And Mechanistic Insigh Endocrine Disruptor Degradation Using Atmospheric Air Plasma, Chaitanya Sarangapani, Martin Danaher, Brijesh Tiwari, Peng Lu, Paula Bourke, Patrick Cullen Oct 2017

Efficacy And Mechanistic Insigh Endocrine Disruptor Degradation Using Atmospheric Air Plasma, Chaitanya Sarangapani, Martin Danaher, Brijesh Tiwari, Peng Lu, Paula Bourke, Patrick Cullen

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Endocrine disruptors are a class of contaminants found in water and process effluents at low concentrations. They are of concern due to their high estrogenic potency. Their presence in the environment has led to the search for effective techniques for their removal in wastewater. For this purpose, an atmospheric air plasma reactor was employed for the study of the degradation of three endocrine disruptor chemicals (EDC) namely; bisphenol A (BPA), estrone (E1) and 17β- 27 estradiol (E2) within a model dairy effluent. Identification of the plasma induced active species both in the gas and liquid phases were performed. Also studied …