title: Occurrence, fate and effects of Di (2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate in wastewater treatment plants: a review.
abstract: Phthalates, such as Di (2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate (DEHP) are compounds extensively used as plasticizer for long time around the world. Due to the extensive usage, DEHP is found in many surface waters (0.013-18.5 μg/L), wastewaters (0.716-122 μg/L), landfill leachate (88-460 μg/L), sludge (12-1250 mg/kg), soil (2-10 mg/kg). DEHP is persistent in the environment and the toxicity of the byproducts resulting from the degradation of DEHP sometime exacerbates the parent compound toxicity. Water/Wastewater treatment processes might play a key role in delivering safe, reliable supplies of water to households, industry and in safeguarding the quality of water in rivers, lakes and aquifers. This review addresses state of knowledge concerning the worldwide production, occurrence, fate and effects of DEHP in the environment. Moreover, the fate and behavior of DEHP in various treatment processes, including biological, physicochemical and advanced processes are reviewed and comparison (qualitative and quantitative) has been done between the processes. The trends and perspectives for treatment of wastewaters contaminated by DEHP are also analyzed in this review.
authors.affiliation: Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS-Eau, Terre et Environnement), Université du Québec, 490 rue de la Couronne, Québec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zolfaghari
authors.affiliation: Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS-Eau, Terre et Environnement), Université du Québec, 490 rue de la Couronne, Québec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada. Electronic address: patrick.drogui@ete.inrs.ca.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Drogui
authors.affiliation: Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS-Eau, Terre et Environnement), Université du Québec, 490 rue de la Couronne, Québec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Seyhi
authors.affiliation: Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS-Eau, Terre et Environnement), Université du Québec, 490 rue de la Couronne, Québec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Brar
authors.affiliation: Industrial Research Center of Quebec, 333 rue Franquet, Québec, QC G1P 4C7, Canada.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Buelna
authors.affiliation: Industrial Research Center of Quebec, 333 rue Franquet, Québec, QC G1P 4C7, Canada.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dubé
mesh_terms: D004051:Diethylhexyl Phthalate / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D010968:Plasticizers / Q000032:analysis; D045483:Rivers / Q000737:chemistry; D012722:Sewage / Q000737:chemistry; D064091:Waste Disposal Facilities; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid; D062065:Wastewater / Q000737:chemistry*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D004051:Diethylhexyl Phthalate; D010968:Plasticizers; D012722:Sewage; D062065:Wastewater; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
keywords: Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate; Toxicity; Wastewater treatment process