Simultaneous Removal of Estrogens and Antibiotics from Livestock Manure Using Fenton Oxidation Technique

Jian Wang,Michael Gatheru Waigi,Wanting Ling,Fredrick Owino Gudda,Xian Zhou,Pengfei Cheng

doi:10.3390/catal9080644

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Abstract

The presence of estrogens and antibiotics in animal manure has raised considerable attention regarding their potential risks in both the soil system and human health. This study investigated the removal of estrogens (estriol (E3), bisphenol A (BPA), estradiol (17β-E2), ethinyl estradiol (EE2)), and antibiotic (sulfadimethoxine (SDM)) in livestock manure using the Fenton oxidation process. Based on the removal efficiency of estrogens and antibiotics, the optimal conditions of the Fenton oxidation process were as follows: an H2O2 dosage of 10.5 mmol/g slurry, an Fe2+/H2O2 molar ratio of 0.067 mol/mol, a stirring rate of 100 rpm, the feeding of an identical amount of H2O2 in two steps (at 0 and 15 min), a manure/reactor ratio of 1:25, and a reaction time of 100 min. Under these conditions, the removal efficiencies of E3, BPA, 17β-E2, EE2, and SDM in cow manure were 72.1%, 88.2%, 89.4%, 73.3%, and 99.7%, respectively. In the above-mentioned optimal conditions, the simultaneous removal of estrogens and antibiotic in different manure conditions led to the removal of above 70% of targeted contaminants, except for E3 in swine and chicken manure in all the manure. The findings demonstrate the useful application of the Fenton oxidation process in the concomitant removal of antibiotics and estrogens from animal manure, which reduces the associated risks to human health and environmental safety.

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Estrogens and antibiotics are extensively used for animal growth promotion, therapeutics, and prophylactics applications [1]
The findings demonstrate the useful application of the Fenton oxidation process in the concomitant removal of antibiotics and estrogens from animal manure, which reduces the associated risks to human health and environmental safety
The it isremoval necessary to test the effects of stirring speed on estrogens and antibiotic removal reaction process, which is controlled by the simultaneous chemical reaction and mass transfer [25]

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Estrogens and antibiotics are extensively used for animal growth promotion, therapeutics, and prophylactics applications [1]. A study of the Austrian territory manure revealed that the concentration of chlortetracycline and sulfadiazine were 46 mg/kg and 91 mg/kg from swine manure, respectively [8] These contaminants may enter soils via direct manure application as organic fertilizers, before their subsequent phyto-uptake by crops [9]. It may increase the chances of transferring antibiotic-resistant bacteria into humans as a result of the consumption of crops contaminated with antibiotics and estrogen [10,11]

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