The production and consumption of pesticides has grown significantly in accordance with the development of society. For this reason, in recent decades, pesticide residues have become an environmental problem because they ...

The growth of industries and urban centers entails a large discharge of effluents of the most diverse characteristics. The search for an effective treatment method for residues steps into Advanced Oxidative Processes (AOPs) ...

The heterogeneous photocatalysis, one of the Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP), has been pointed out as an efficient way to degrade organic components present in industrial and domestic effluents. In face of the increasingly ...

Triclosan is a substance that fits the criteria of micropollutants and it is commonly found in hygiene articles such as soaps, dental creams and washers. It represents a high risk for its influence in environmental matrices ...

In this work two different materials were prepared through polymeric precursors synthesis, titanium dioxide and titanium dioxide doped with zirconium. In addition to the synthesis and characterization of these materials, ...

The presence of emerging contaminants such as bisphenol A (BPA), in water bodies designated for public supply, may be harmful for human health. This fact has encouraged the search for alternative removal processes of these ...

The textile industry is a sector that has been growing over the years and the search for processes with less emission of pollutants has been a challenge. Several treatments are being studied with the aim of transforming ...

Contamination of water by inorganic arsenic and its compounds is a serious environmental problem in different regions of Brazil and the world. The main sources of contamination can come from both natural forms, from the ...