Effect of Fenton treatment on the aquatic toxicity of bisphenol A in different water matrices.

Idil Arslan-Alaton, Ece Aytac, Kresten Ole Kusk

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    Abstract

    Battery tests serve as integral tools to decide whether a treatment process is ecotoxicologically safe or not. In the present study, a battery of toxicity tests was employed to elucidate the toxicity of the potential endocrine-disrupting pollutant bisphenol A (BPA) and its advanced oxidation products. For this purpose, BPA was subjected to Fenton treatment in the growth medium of the test organisms employed as well as in real lake water. Treatment results indicated that BPA removals were fast and complete within less than a minute, whereas total organic carbon (TOC) removals were rather incomplete, speaking for the accumulation of refractory degradation products. The presence of chloride and/or natural organic matter influenced H2O2 consumption rates and the treatment performance of the Fenton's reagent as well. The sensitivity of the selected test organisms for BPA and its Fenton treatment products in different water matrices was found in the following decreasing order: the freshwater microalgae (Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata) > the freshwater cladoceran (Daphnia magna) > marine photobacteria (Vibrio fischeri).
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalEnvironmental Science and Pollution Research
    Volume21
    Issue number21
    Pages (from-to)12122-12128
    Number of pages7
    ISSN0944-1344
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2014

    Keywords

    • Bisphenol A
    • Battery toxicity testing
    • V. fischeri
    • D. magna
    • P. subcapitata
    • Fenton treatment
    • Advanced oxidation

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