Published 2009 | Version v1
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Detoxification and biodegradability enhancement of aqueous solutions of four commercial pesticides along a Photo-Fenton treatment

Description

Photo-Fenton treatment has proven to be efficient to remove recalcitrant pollutants as commercial pesticides commonly employed in citric cultivars in the Mediterranean coast of Spain as Laition, Sevnol, Ultracid and Metasystox. However, the photon-Fenton treatment resulted to be less efficient to remove organic matter; nevertheless it could be employed as a pre-treatment to couple with biological processes, widely used in wastewater treatment. (Author)

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Graficas Terrasa
Imprint Place
Islas Baleares (Spain)
ISBN
978-84-692-4948-2
Imprint Title
The Third International Meeting on Environmental Biotechnology and Engineering. 21-25 September 2008. Palma de Mallorca. Spain
Imprint Pagination
350 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 172

Conference

Title
3. International Meeting on Environmental Biotechnology and Engineering
Dates
21-25 Sep 2008
Place
Palma de Mallorca (Spain)