Chemical and toxicological evaluation along with unprecedented transformation products during photolysis and heterogeneous photocatalysis of chloramphenicol in different aqueous matrices

Autor: Gizele D. Silva, Raquel W. Becker, Alam G. Trovó, Solidônio Carvalho, Raquel M. F. Sousa, Cleiseano E.S. Paniagua, Nayara M. Costa-Serge, Eduardo O. Marson, Maria Clara V.M. Starling, Carla Sirtori
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28:23582-23594
ISSN: 1614-7499
0944-1344
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-09756-3
Popis: As the presence of antibiotics in environmental waters enhances antimicrobial resistance, photolysis and heterogeneous photocatalysis of chloramphenicol (CAP) were evaluated in deionized water (DW) and in sewage treatment plant (STP) effluent under black light and solar irradiation. Processes were compared in terms of CAP degradation, reaction kinetics, and electrical energy per order, as well as regarding theoretical toxicity, biodegradability, carcinogenicity, and mutagenicity of transformation products (TPs). Rate constants obtained under photolysis (0.008 min−1) and heterogeneous photocatalysis (0.18 min−1) only differed in DW. This is due to the generation of photo-active reactive oxygen species (HO· and HO2·−/O2·−) under photolysis in STP effluent, as verified by experiments in the presence of 2-propanol and chloroform. Natural organic matter and HCO3− were the main responsible for reducing CAP degradation in STP effluent. Fifteen TPs were identified during both processes in DW, 13 of which are unprecedented. TPs were formed mainly via HO· preferential attack on the aromatic ring and on the α-carbon, and some of them were classified as persistent and toxic, genotoxic, or carcinogenic by Toxtree software. Results confirm that solar photocatalysis is less costly than to photocatalysis under black light for wastewater treatment.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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