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SUBMITTER: Nastuneac V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6801688 | biostudies-other | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Năstuneac Violeta V Panainte-Lehăduș Mirela M Moșneguțu Emilian Florin EF Gavrilaș Simona S Cioca Gabriela G Munteanu Florentina-Daniela FD
International journal of environmental research and public health 20190929 19
Alpha-cypermethrin is a synthetic pyrethroid that was extensively used for insect control, since the early 1980s. However, it is known that its presence in the environment has toxic effects on humans and aquatic life forms. For this reason, it is commendable for it to be removed completely from the contaminated environment. In this study, we evaluated the adsorption capacity of a marine alga for the removal of cypermethrin from water. The adsorption experiments were performed based on the batch ...[more]