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Spatial distribution and biological effects of trace metals (Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd) and organic micropollutants (PCBs, PAHs) in mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis along the Algerian west coast

Dominique Grandjean, Luiz Felippe De Alencastro

Native mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis are used as bioindicator organisms to assess the concentration levels and toxic effects of persistent chemicals, polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and heavy metals using biomarker ...

Elsevier2017

MEMBRO3X, a Novel Combination of a Membrane Contactor with Advanced Oxidation (O-3/H2O2) for Simultaneous Micropollutant Abatement and Bromate Minimization

Urs von Gunten

Ozonation is a water treatment process for disinfection and/or micropollutant abatement. However, ozonation of bromide-containing water leads to bromate (BrO3-) formation, a potential human carcinogen. A solution for mitigating BrO3- formation during abate ...

Amer Chemical Soc2017

Effect of operational and water quality parameters on conventional ozonation and the advanced oxidation process O-3/H2O2: Kinetics of micropollutant abatement, transformation product and bromate formation in a surface water

Urs von Gunten, Juliane Hollender

The efficiency of ozone-based processes under various conditions was studied for the treatment of a surface water (Lake Zurich water, Switzerland) spiked with 19 micropollutants (pharmaceuticals, pesticides, industrial chemical, X-ray contrast medium, swee ...

Elsevier2017

Micropollutant-induced tolerance of in situ periphyton: Establishing causality in wastewater-impacted streams

Juliane Hollender, Ahmed Tlili, Renata Behra

The overarching aim of this field study was to examine causal links between in-situ exposure to complex mixtures of micropollutants from wastewater treatment plants and effects on freshwater microbial communities in the receiving streams. To reach this goa ...

Elsevier2017

Assessing The Bioaccumulation Potential Of Ionizable Organic Compounds: Current Knowledge And Research Priorities

Kristin Schirmer

The objective of the present study was to review the current knowledge regarding the bioaccumulation potential of ionizable organic compounds (IOCs), with a focus on the availability of empirical data for fish. Aspects of the bioaccumulation potential of I ...

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Press2017

Photocatalytic performance of TiO2 impregnated polyester for the degradation of Reactive Green 12: Implications of the surface pretreatment and the microstructure

Sami Rtimi

In the present work, we investigate the degradation of recalcitrant industrial textile dye (Reactive green 12) in aqueous solution by TiO2 impregnated polyester at room temperature. The TiO2 loading on polyester was optimized using different polyester pret ...

Elsevier2017

Passive sampling for monitoring organic contaminants in aquatic systems

Dominique Grandjean, Sylvain Coudret, Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Nicolas Estoppey, Adrien Schopfer

Passive sampling has been shown to be a good alternative to grab sampling. Because of the in-situ accumulation in samplers, limits of quantitation are low enough to measure organic pollutants in water. In addition, integrative passive samplers enable to se ...

2017

Solar photo-Fenton and UV/H2O2 processes against the antidepressant Venlafaxine in urban wastewaters and human urine. Intermediates formation and biodegradability assessment

Hubert Girault, César Pulgarin, Dominique Grandjean, Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Stefanos Giannakis, Milica Jovic, Idriss Hendaoui

In this work, the use of Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) against the degradation of an emerging contaminant has been subjected under systematic investigation. The optimization of treatment of the anti- depressant drug Venlafaxine (VFA) was performed, u ...

Elsevier Science Sa2017

VUV/UV light inducing accelerated phenol degradation with a low electric input

Juan Kiwi, Mengkai Li

This study presents the first evidence for the accelerated degradation of phenol by Fenton's reagent in a minifluidic VUV/UV photoreaction system (MVPS). A low-pressure mercury lamp used in the MVPS led to a complete degradation of phenol within 4-6 min. T ...

RSC Publishing2017

Selecting the best AOP for isoxazolyl penicillins degradation as a function of water characteristics: Effects of pH, chemical nature of additives and pollutant concentration

César Pulgarin, Paola Villegas Guzman

To provide new insights toward the selection of the most suitable AOP for isoxazolyl penicillins elimination, the degradation of dicloxacillin, a isoxazolyl penicillin model, was studied using different advanced oxidation processes (AOPs): ultrasound (US), ...

Elsevier2017

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