N. Klamerth

TL;DR: Toxicity tests with Vibrio fisheri showed that degradation of the compounds in real effluent wastewater led to toxicity increase, but is relatively independent of pH, the type of acid used for release of hydroxyl radicals scavengers and the initial H(2)O( 2) concentration used.

TL;DR: The most promising process was photo-Fenton modified with Ethylenediamine-N,N'-disuccinic acid (EDDS), as the pH remained in the neutral range, but has the disadvantage that the water must be previously acidified.

TL;DR: Although the most degradation took place during the Fenton process, photo-Fenton was necessary to degrade all ECs below their limit of detection (LOD), and ECs were easily degraded by (*)OH without substantial competition with the organic content of the RE.

TL;DR: The rapid degradation of contaminants within the first minutes of illumination and the low detrimental impact on degradation of bicarbonates present in the water suggested that radical species other than HO(•) are responsible for the efficiency of such photo-Fenton process.

TL;DR: In this paper, the efficiencies of different solar oxidation processes on the degradation of bisphenol A in water were studied and the influence of pH and the presence of hematite (α-Fe2O3) on their efficiency, as well as the nature of intermediate formed and development of toxicity were evaluated.