Degradation of terbuthylazine can be achieved by BDD anode and solid polymer electrolyte, with negligible conversion in minor metabolites. No chemicals are needed, no sludge is produced.
Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphorus insecticide, acaricide and miticide used worldwide for the control of soil-borne insect pests. It must be considered as a substance of growing concern, given its use, toxicity, environmental occurrence, and potential for regional to long-range atmospheric transport. Considering the incomplete removal attained...
Terbuthylazine has been introduced to replace atrazine in most of the EU countries; nowadays, this herbicide is one of the most frequently detected in environmental waters. The persistence and the endocrine disruptor activity of this chemical of emerging concern have been established. Conventional treatments applied in drinking water plants do...
Ciprofloxacin (CIP) is a broad-spectrum antibiotic of the fluoroquinolone group. The low biodegradability of this compound enhances its accumulation in the environment, with associated interference on non-target pathogens, photosynthesis of plants, alterations in the structure of algae and increasing risk of resistant bacteria development....