A comparison of various rural wastewater treatment processes for the removal of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs)

Qiang, Zhimin; Dong, Huiyu; Zhu, Bing; Qu, Jiuhui; Nie, Yafeng

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.03.019

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“…As a result, BPA is widely detected in rivers, seas and soils as a ubiquitous contaminant in the environment. The presence of BPA in the environment is influenced by the inconsistency of BPA removal in wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), by manufacturing release, and by landfill leachate (Cousins et al, 2002;Qiang et al, 2013). Although biodegradation is an advanced technique to remove BPA from the environment (Zhang et al, 2013), an efficient method for BPA removal has yet to be established.…”

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Biodegradation of bisphenol A by bacterial consortia

Eio¹,

Kawai²,

Tsuchiya³

et al. 2014

International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation

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Biodegradation of bisphenol A by bacterial consortia

Eio¹,

Kawai²,

Tsuchiya³

et al. 2014

International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation

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“…Since conventional wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are not designed to treat this type of contaminants, many of these compounds occur at different concentrations in natural water bodies [2], where they may exert ecotoxicological effects at relatively low concentrations [3,4]. Of the better studied cases, galaxolide has been found to inhibit the cellular multixenobiotic defense systems of marine mussels [5], tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate has been shown to be carcinogenic, reproductive and neural toxic in animal cell cultures [6], and 4-octylphenol has high potential estrogenic effects on amphibian Xenopus laevis [7]. As consequence, known environmental effects of the occurrence of emerging contaminants in surface waters are the reduction of macroinvertebrate diversity in rivers [3] and behavioural changes in mosquito fish [4].…”

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Assessment of the mechanisms involved in the removal of emerging contaminants by microalgae from wastewater: a laboratory scale study

Matamoros

Uggetti

Bayona

2016

Journal of Hazardous Materials

268

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Henry's law constant higher than 3 10 -1 Pa m 3 mol -1 (i.e. 4-octylphenol, galaxolide, and tributyl phosphate) were removed by volatilization due to the effect of air stripping. Whereas biodegradation was relevant for removing ibuprofen and caffeine, carbamazepine and tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate behaved as recalcitrant. The use of microalgae was proved to be relevant for increasing the biodegradation removal efficiency of ibuprofen by 40% and reducing the lag phase of caffeine by 3 days. Moreover, the enantioselective biodegradation of S-ibuprofen suggested a biotic predominant removal process, which was supported by the identification of carboxy-ibuprofen and hydroxy-ibuprofen. The results from microalgae reactors fed with nutrients showed no clear evidences of microalgae uptake of any of the studied microcontaminants.

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“…Aerobic zones occur around roots and rhizomes that leak oxygen into the substrate but the filtration bed is mostly anoxic or even anaerobic (Brix, 1987). Constructed wetlands have been used to treat municipal sewage, industrial and agricultural wastewaters or landfill leachate for more than four decades (Vymazal, 2011a(Vymazal, , 2014Vymazal & Březinová, 2015) but only few studies have been devoted to estrogens or other hormones (e.g., Gray & Sedlak, 2005;Shappell et al, 2007;Qiang et al, 2013;Chen et al, 2014).…”

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