EDCs, estrogenicity and genotoxicity reduction in a mixed (domestic+textile) secondary effluent by means of ozonation: A full-scale experience

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 458-460, Issue , 2013, Pages 160-168

  Bertanza, G ^a   Papa, M ^a   Pedrazzani, R ^a   Repice, C ^a   Mazzoleni, G ^a   Steimberg, N ^a   Feretti, D ^a   Ceretti, E ^a   Zerbini, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting compounds; Estrogenic activity; Genotoxic activity; Tertiary ozonation; Textile wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN REMOVAL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUND; ESTROGENIC ACTIVITIES; GENOTOXIC ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL COMPONENTS; INTEGRATED MONITORING; TEXTILE WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; EFFLUENTS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; TEXTILES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; NONYLPHENOL;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EFFLUENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; GENOTOXICITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFLUENT; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GENOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OZONATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW;

COMET ASSAY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; ESTROGENS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; ITALY; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENS; OZONE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84877343776     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.108     Document Type: Article

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