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Decolorization and estrogenic activity of colored livestock wastewater after electrolysis treatment

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Livestock wastewater is treated by activated sludge treatment. Untreated livestock wastewater has high estrogen activity because animal excreta contains estrogen. When activated sludge treatment is applied, the estrogen activity declines or is lost. However, the color of treated livestock wastewater is deep brownish-red because of the decomposition of organic compounds or the synthesis of metabolites. Discharging colored wastewater to the environment could cause some problems, so it is necessary to decolorize colored wastewater before it is discharged. It has been suggested that electrolysis decolorization technology is suitable for treating colored wastewater; however, the process produces volatile organic compounds (VOCs). In fact, little research has been conducted with reference to estrogen activity in wastewater that has undergone electrolysis, especially on the contribution of the electrolysis decolorization process to estrogen activity, i.e., the possibility of resynthesis of some substance with estrogen activity due to resolved and metabolized colored components. In this study, the concentration of VOC was measured for various electrolysis conditions, and estrogen activity was examined using a yeast two-hybrid assay. From the results, decolorization of colored livestock wastewater by electrolysis was possible, and the VOC generation during electrolysis could be controlled depending on the electrolysis conditions. Estrogen activity in colored livestock wastewater disappeared on electrolysis decolorization.

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  1. School of Science and Technology, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyou-machi, Nagasaki, 852-8521, Japan

    Hotaka Kai & Takehiro Takemasa

  2. Faculty of Human Environment, Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan

    Yasuhiro Ishibashi

  3. Faculty of Environmental and Symbiotic Science, Prefectural University of Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan

    Taiki Mori & Koji Arizono

  4. Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan

    Hiroshi Ishibashi

  5. Osaka Carbon Steel Co. Ltd., Sasebo, Japan

    Isao Kawaguchi

  6. Industrial Technology Center of Nagasaki, Omura, Japan

    Hiroki Ohwaki

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Kai, H., Ishibashi, Y., Mori, T. et al. Decolorization and estrogenic activity of colored livestock wastewater after electrolysis treatment. J Mater Cycles Waste Manag 12, 128–135 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-009-0273-1

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