date:Jun 07, 2012
ure-dependent, and very slow. After 52 days at 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) an ideal temperature for hormone degradation, Mr Zheng said less than 30 per cent of the hormones in the solution had broken down.
The fluctuating levels of estrone and estradiols may lead to detection errors, Mr Zheng said, giving the impression that the total estrogen load of wastewater is decreasing when it is not.
We need to develop a strategy to prevent these hormones from building up in the enviro