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Until recently the humic substances were considered to have no negative impact on human health. Therefore elimination of these substances from potable water was only performed due to aesthetic reasons. In the recent years, however, it was found out that humic substances may cause unacceptable smell of water or cumulate toxic substances by complexing metal ions and adsorption of persistent organic pollutants such as pesticides, PCB or phthalanes.
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Obarska-Pempkowiak, H., Gajewska, M., Wojciechowska, E., Pempkowiak, J. (2015). The Quality of the Outflow from Conventional WWTPs and Treatment Wetlands. In: Treatment Wetlands for Environmental Pollution Control. GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13794-0_5
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