Phthalates in the environment: characteristics, fate and transport, and advanced wastewater treatment technologies.
Bioresour Technol
; 344(Pt B): 126249, 2022 Jan.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34732372
ABSTRACT
Phthalates are well-known emerging contaminants that harm human health and the environment. Therefore, this review aims to discuss about the occurrence, fate, and phthalates concentration in the various environmental matrices (e.g., aquatic, sediment, soil, and sewage sludge). Hence, it is necessary to treat sources containing phthalates before discharging them to aqueous environment. Various advanced wastewater treatments including adsorption process (e.g., biochar, activated carbon), advanced oxidation processes (e.g., photo-fenton, ozonation, photocatalysis), and biological treatment (membrane bioreactor) have been successfully to address this issue with high removal efficiencies (70-95%). Also, the degradation mechanism was discussed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the phthalate removal for the reader. Additionally, key factors that influenced the phthalates removal efficiency of these technologies were identified and summarized with a view towards pilot-scale and industrial applications.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Health context:
2_ODS3
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Water Pollutants, Chemical
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Water Purification
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Bioresour Technol
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article