Bio-inspired titania-based laccase biocatalyst for removal of EDCs
(2013)
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Agathos, Spiros N. 
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- The removal of micropollutants from wastewater, especially endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), is one of the recent challenges in environmental protection. EDCs can alter the normal function of the endocrine system of human and wildlife organisms causing adverse health effects in the organism or its progeny even at very low concentrations. Potential EDCs are used as additives or found as contaminants in common goods, in food, personal care products, cosmetics, plastics, textiles and construction materials. They are usually difficult to degrade due to their complex chemical structure and remain intact after chemical and biological processing in wastewater treatment plants. They have been detected in concentrations on the range of ng/L in rivers and secondary effluents all over the world. The MINOTAURUS project addresses these issues by the development of technologies based on immobilized enzymes and microorganisms able to degrade these recalcitrant micropollutants in wastewater, ground water and soil. The approach of our research group at the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) is the use of immobilized laccases for the removal of EDCs in wastewater at environmentally relevant concentrations.
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Ardao Palacios, I., Demarche, P., & Agathos, S. N. (2013). Bio-inspired titania-based laccase biocatalyst for removal of EDCs. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/214833