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Degradation Studies of Selected Bisphenols in the Presence of β-Cyclodextrin and/or Duckweed Water Plant
Summary
The degradation of selected bisphenol compounds in the presence of oxidative agents was studied, evaluating how these plasticizer-related chemicals break down in environmental and treatment conditions. The findings are relevant to understanding the fate of plastic-associated endocrine-disrupting chemicals once released from plastic particles into water.
It is hoped that this may be used for the efficient removal of low-molecular-mass micropollutants using classical technological wastewater treatment processes modified by biomass and macrocyclic additives. This process needs to be optimized, but the results presented have revealed that such green chemistry technology, if successful, may be an interesting alternative for the selective removal of the micropollutants investigated from wastewater using classical adsorbents (e.g., carbons and carbon-related nanomaterials), particularly in terms of the worldwide problem with microplastic pollutants in the environment and food products.