Journal
WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 63, Issue 10, Pages 2131-2137Publisher
IWA PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.339
Keywords
E2 (17 beta-estradiol); EE2 (17 alpha-ethinylestradiol); Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs); Fenton's Oxidation; ozonation; YES assay
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This study compares efficiency of Fenton's oxidation and ozonation of 17 beta-estradiol (E2) and 17 alpha-ethinylestradiol (EE2) as two possible processes for removal of estrogens from aqueous solutions. The effectiveness of Fenton's oxidative removal was studied at different ratios of reagents Fe(2+) :H(2)O(2) (1:0.5; 1:10; 1:20; 1:33), where with some molar ratios up to 100% removal of E2 and EE2 was achieved in the first few minutes of reaction. The best molar ratio for E2 (17 beta-estradiol) removal was 1:33, while in the case of EE2 the most efficient one was 1:20 ratio. Ozonation was much faster, because complete removal of estrogens was achieved in 30 seconds (pH approximate to 6), but the time of ozonation was extended up to 60 minutes trying to decompose formed by-products, expressing estrogenic activity, detected by YES (Yeast Estrogen Screening) assay. The obtained results showed that the removal efficiency of estrogens from waters should be assessed by a combination of chemical analyses and bioassay.
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