Degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls in aqueous solutions after UV-peroxide treatment: Focus on toxicity of effluent to primary producers

• Main Authors: Yu, Dennis N., Macawile, Maria Cristina A., Abella, Leonila C., Gallardo, Susan M.
• 格式: text
• 出版: Animo Repository 2011
• 主題: Hydrogen peroxide; Whole effluent toxicity testing; Water—Pollution; Chemical Engineering
• 在線閱讀: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/530; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/1529/type/native/viewcontent
• 機構: De La Salle University

The combination of UV irradiation and hydrogen peroxide (UV-H2O2) was shown to be effective in treating water spiked with 2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobipheny (PCB 153), reducing its concentration by as much as 98%. To test the toxicity of the effluent, bioassays involving three species o...