Biological removal of 17α-ethinylestradi
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Ilse Forrez; Marta Carballa; Nico Boon; Willy Verstraete
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Article
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2009
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Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
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English
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## Abstract **BACKGROUND:** Conventional wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) tend to partially remove recalcitrant chemicals, such as pharmaceuticals. Among these, the synthetic estrogen 17α‐ethinylestradiol (EE2) is of great environmental concern. In this work a continuously aerated submerged fixe