Detoxification and/or increase of the biodegradability of aqueous solutions of dimethoate by means of solar photocatalysis

Different methods have been used to measure changes in biodegradability/toxicity of aqueous solutions of the pesticide Laition (a commercial formula of methidathion) when it is treated by means of TiO 2 photocatalysis: short time biological oxygen demand (BOD st) was used to determine the instantane...

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Published in:Journal of hazardous materials 2007-07, Vol.146 (3), p.447-452
Main Authors: Arques, A., Amat, A.M., García-Ripoll, A., Vicente, R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aliivibrio fischeri - drug effects
Aliivibrio fischeri - metabolism
Applied sciences
Biodegradability
Biodegradation, Environmental
Catalysis
Catalytic reactions
Chemical engineering
Chemistry
Dimethoate
Dimethoate - chemistry
Dimethoate - metabolism
Dimethoate - radiation effects
Dimethoate - toxicity
Exact sciences and technology
General and physical chemistry
General purification processes
Insecticides - chemistry
Insecticides - metabolism
Insecticides - radiation effects
Insecticides - toxicity
Luminescence
Oxygen - metabolism
Pollution
Reactors
Respirometry
Sewage - microbiology
Solar photocatalysis
Solutions
Theory of reactions, general kinetics. Catalysis. Nomenclature, chemical documentation, computer chemistry
Titanium
Toxicity
Ultraviolet Rays
Waste Disposal, Fluid - methods
Wastewaters
Water Pollutants, Chemical - chemistry
Water Pollutants, Chemical - metabolism
Water Pollutants, Chemical - radiation effects
Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity
Water treatment and pollution
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Summary:Different methods have been used to measure changes in biodegradability/toxicity of aqueous solutions of the pesticide Laition (a commercial formula of methidathion) when it is treated by means of TiO 2 photocatalysis: short time biological oxygen demand (BOD st) was used to determine the instantaneous biodegradability of the sample; BOD 5 was also chosen to determine biodegradability, employing in this case the manometric method; the BOD 5/COD ratio was also calculated. Finally, the Zahn–Wellens test was employed to evaluate the long-term biodegradation of the effluents. The inhibition of the respiration of activated sludge in the presence of toxic pollutants was used to test the toxicity of the treated sample. An alternative method based on the decrease of BOD 5 of a very biodegradable mixture (glucose + glutamic acid) upon addition of the toxic solution was also employed. Similar trends were obtained with all methods and allowed us to distinguish between two periods: At the beginning of the reaction, there is a decrease in the concentration of dimethoate to reach complete abatement of this pesticide; this produces a nearly complete detoxification of the solution and a very significant increase of biodegradability (BOD 5/COD ratio reached values close to 0.5 and important increase of BOD 5 and BOD st were observed). Beyond this point, slow mineralization is detected, but further improvement of the biodegradability cannot be achieved.
ISSN:0304-3894
1873-3336
DOI:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.04.046