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Title: Abatement of toxicity of effluents containing Cr(VI) by heterogeneous photocatalysis. Toxicity assessment by AMPHITOX assay
Authors: Hojman, Jonatan Y. 
Meichtry, Jorge Martin 
Litter, Marta Irene 
Perez Coll, Cristina Silvia 
Keywords: HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS;HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM;AMPHITOX TEST
Issue Date: Sep-2015
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Source: Hojman, J. Y. et al (sep 2015) Abatement of toxicity of effluents containing Cr(VI) by heterogeneous photocatalysis. Toxicity assessment by AMPHITOX assay. En: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety; Elsevier Science. 122, 545-550
Abstract: 
Toxicity of a Cr(VI) solution before and after treatment by TiO2 heterogeneous photocatalysis (HP) was performed with AMPHITOX bioassay. Changes in toxicity on Rhinella arenarum larvae for 10-d were monitored after exposure to an untreated Cr(VI) solution and to the same solution after HP treatment. The HP treatment of a 41.60 mg L−1 Cr(VI) solution reduced to 37.5% the concentration of the metal ion. A 10-fold reduction in toxicity at acute exposure (72 h) and 150-fold reduction in toxicity after 240 h was found. Further, the LOEC value increased from 0.001% for the untreated solution to 0.153% after HP treatment. Moreover, the safe concentration in untreated solution corresponded to 0.0001% sample, and it was 0.01% after the treatment, i.e., 100 times higher. A saving of water of about 100,000 L per L of effluent would be possible through dilution to allow safer concentrations for discharge; the saving would reach the highest value (1,000,000 L per L) at 240 h. Sub-lethal effects were completely absent in larvae exposed to the treated solution. The AMPHITOX test allowed to detect chronic effects at low Cr concentrations, i.e. at environmentally relevant levels.
URI: https://ri.unsam.edu.ar/handle/123456789/1005
ISSN: 0147-6513
Rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
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