Removal potential of anti-estrogenic activity in secondary effluents by coagulation

Chemosphere

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2562-2567

  Tang, Xin ^a   Wu, Qian Yuan ^a   Huang, Huang ^a   Hu, Hong Ying ^a   Li, Qing ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anti estrogenic activity; Coagulation; Dissolved organic matter; Fractionation; Secondary effluent; Size exclusion chromatography

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAGULATION; DISSOLUTION; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENTS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; FRACTIONATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC CARBON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTI-ESTROGENIC; COAGULANT CONCENTRATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; EQUIVALENT CONCENTRATIONS; LOW REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SECONDARY EFFLUENT;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC CARBON; RESIN; TAMOXIFEN; ANTIESTROGEN; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHROMATOGRAPHY; COAGULATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EFFLUENT; FRACTIONATION; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; COAGULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; FRACTIONATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE ACTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84886946158     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.09.073     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Abdessemed D., Nezzal G., Ben A.R. Coagulation-adsorption-ultrafiltration for wastewater treatment and reuse. Desalination 2000, 131:307-314.
2. Arnaldos M., Pagilla K. Effluent dissolved organic nitrogen and dissolved phosphorus removal by enhanced coagulation and microfiltration. Water Res. 2010, 44:5306-5315.
3. Baek S.O., Chang I.S. Pretreatments to control membrane fouling in membrane filtration of secondary effluents. Desalination 2009, 244:153-163.
4. Bratby J. Coagulation and flocculation in water and wastewater treatment 2006, IWA Publishing, Alliance House, London, UK. second ed.
5. Colborn T., Vom Saal F.S., Soto A.M. Developmental effects of endocrinedisrupting chemicals in wildlife and humans. Environ. Health Persp. 1993, 101:378-384.
6. Collins B.M., McLachlan J.A., Arnold S.F. The estrogenic and anti-estrogenic activities of phytochemicals with the human estrogen receptor expressed in yeast. Steroids 1997, 62:365-372.
7. Conroy O., Quanrud D.M., Ela W.P., Wicke D., Lansey K.E., Arnold R.G. Fate of wastewater effluent hER-agonists and hER-antagonists during soil aquifer treatment. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2005, 39:2287-2293.
8. Conroy O., Sáez A.E., Quanrud D., Ela W., Arnold R.G. Changes in estrogen/anti-estrogen activities in ponded secondary effluent. Sci. Total Environ. 2007, 382:311-323.
9. Haberkamp J., Ruhl A.S., Ernst M., Jekel M. Impact of coagulation and adsorption on DOC fractions of secondary effluent and resulting fouling behavior in ultrafiltration. Water Res. 2007, 41:3794-3802.
10. A Text Book of Modern Toxicology 2004, John Wiley and Sons, New York. third ed. E. Hodgson (Ed.).
11. Janosek J., Bittner M., Hilscherova K., Blaha L., Giesy J.P., Holoubek I. AhR-mediated and antiestrogenic activity of humic substances. Chemosphere 2007, 67:1096-1101.
12. Jung J., Ishida K., Nishihara T. Anti-estrogenic activity of fifty chemicals evaluated by in vitro assays. Life Sci. 2004, 74:3065-3074.
13. Leenheer J.A. Comprehensive approach to preparative isolation and fractionation of dissolved organic carbon from natural waters and wastewaters. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1981, 15:578-587.
14. Nishikawa J., Saito K., Goto J., Dakeyama F., Matsuo M., Nishihara T. New screening methods for chemicals with hormonal activities using interaction of nuclear hormone receptor with coactivator. Toxicol. Appl. Pharm. 1999, 154:76-83.
15. Okubo T., Suzuki T., Yokoyama Y., Kano K., Kano I. Estimation of estrogenic and anti-estrogenic activities of some phthalate diesters and monoesters by MCF-7 cell proliferation assay in vitro. Biol. Pharm. Bull. 2003, 26:1219-1224.
16. Orrego R., Guchardi J., Krause R., Holdway D. Estrogenic and anti-estrogenic effects of wood extractives present in pulp and paper mill effluents on rainbow trout. Aquat. Toxicol. 2010, 99:160-167.
17. Shiraishi F., Shiraishi H., Nishikawa J., Soya Y., Sano Y., Kaya K., Nishihara T., Morita M. Development of the antagonist assay system for estrogen receptor using yeast and its application to organotin compounds. J. Environ. Chem. 2001, 11:65-73.
18. Shon H.K., Vigneswaran S., Snyder S.A. Effluent Organic Matter (EfOM) in wastewater: constituent, effects, and treatment. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006, 36:327-374.
19. Simpson A.J., Kingery W.L., Hayes M.H.B., Spraul M., Humpfer E., Dvortsak P., Kerssebaum R., Godejohann M., Hofmann M. Molecular structures and associations of humic substances in the terrestrial environment. Naturwissenschaften 2002, 89:84-88.
20. Stalter D., Magdeburg A., Wagner M., Oehlmann J. Ozonation and activated carbon treatment of sewage effluents: removal of endocrine activity and cytotoxicity. Water Res. 2011, 45:1015-1024.
21. Stephenson R.J., Duff S.J.B. Coagulation and precipitation of a mechanical pulping effluent-I. Removal of carbon, colour and turbidity. Water Res. 1996, 30:781-792.
22. Tran D.Q., Ide C.F., McLachlan J.A. The anti-estrogenic activity of selected polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in yeast expressing human estrogen receptor. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Co. 1996, 229:101-108.
23. USEPA, 1997. Special Report on Environmental Endocrine Disruption: An Effects Assessment and Analysis. EPA, Washington, DC.
24. Vega-López A., Ramón-Gallegos E., Galar-Martínez M., Jiménez-Orozco F.A., García-Latorre E., Domínguez-López M.L. Estrogenic, anti-estrogenic and cytotoxic effects elicited by water from the type localities of the endangered goodeid fish Girardinichthys viviparus. Comp. Biochem. Phys. C 2007, 145:394-403.
25. Wert E.C., Gonzales S., Dong M.M., Rosario-Ortiz F.L. Evaluation of enhanced coagulation pretreatment to improve ozone oxidation efficiency in wastewater. Water Res. 2011, 45:5191-5199.
26. Westerhoff P., Yoon Y., Snyder S., Wert E. Fate of endocrine-disruptor, pharmaceutical, and personal care product chemicals during simulated drinking water treatment processes. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2005, 39:6649-6663.
27. Wu Q.Y., Hu H.Y., Zhao X., Sun Y.X. Effect of chlorination on the estrogenic/antiestrogenic activities of biologically treated wastewater. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43:4940-4945.
28. Wu Q.Y., Hu H.Y., Zhao X., Li Y. Effects of chlorination on the properties of dissolved organic matter and its genotoxicity in secondary sewage effluent under two different ammonium concentrations. Chemosphere 2010, 80:941-946.
29. Wu Q.Y., Hu H.Y., Zhao X., Li Y., Liu Y. Characterization and identification of antiestrogenic products of phenylalanine chlorination. Water Res. 2010, 44:3625-3634.
30. Yan M.Q., Wang D.S., You S.J., Qu J.H., Tang H.X. Enhanced coagulation in a typical North-China water treatment plant. Water Res. 2006, 40:3621-3627.
31. Zhang H., Qu J.H., Liu H.J., Zhao X. Characterization of isolated fractions of dissolved organic matter from sewage treatment plant and the related disinfection by-products formation potential. J. Hazard. Mater. 2009, 164:1433-1438.