Occurrences of Glucocorticoids in Aquatic Environment and Their Removal during Wastewater Treatment

作     者：吴清晨 吴世闵 张茵茵 ANDERE Clement Miruka 朱大海 张艾 刘亚男 薛罡 WU Qingchen;WU Shimin;ZHANG Yinyin;ANDERE Clement Miruka;ZHU Dahai;ZHANG Ai;LIU Yanan;XUE Gang

作者机构：College of Environmental Science and EngineeringDonghua UniversityShanghai 201620China Department of Chemical and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of ArizonaArizona AZ 85721-0011United States 

出 版 物：《Journal of Donghua University(English Edition)》 (东华大学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2023年第40卷第3期

页      面：293-318页

学科分类：08[工学] 0815[工学-水利工程] 

基　　金：National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52270062) Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai,China (No. 22ZR1402800) Shanghai Rising-Star Program,China (No. 23QC1400800) Shenzhen Science and Technology Program,China (No. JSGG20220606141402005) 

主　　题：glucocorticoid(GC) endocrine disrupting compound(EDC) wastewater treatment plant(WWTP) advanced wastewater treatment 

摘      要：Glucocorticoids(GCs) are a group of endocrine-disrupting compounds(EDCs) frequently prescribed against various medical ***,GCs have been shown to be effective in managing septic shock in patients infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus(COVID-19).Due to colossal consumption and potential risks to aquatic organisms,GCs have immensely attracted the focus of the scientific research community as a water ***,the aim of this paper is to review the current knowledge on the occurrence of various GCs in the aquatic environment and their removal during wastewater treatment.A variety of GCs are ubiquitous in surface water,hospital wastewater,and sewage water *** the minimum concentration in volume is below 0.01 ng/L,and the maximum one is 10 000 ng/L,and enter the environment through hospital and urban wastewater *** with natural GCs,higher risks to aquatic environments could be induced by synthetic *** current activated sludge processes used in wastewater treatment plants(WWTPs) are not fully effective in eliminating GCs,some of which may further increase the risk of GC in the *** comparison with the aerobic process in WWTPs,the anaerobic and anoxic processes were found to be more efficient for GC *** the studied GCs,fluticasone propionate,clobetasol propionate,fluocinolone acetonide,and triamcinolone acetonide need more attention due to their low removal efficiencies and strong *** the advanced treatment processes,reverse osmosis,ultraviolet irradiation,CaO_(2),and plasma could achieve significant GC activity removal while micro/ultra-filtration,chlorination,and ozonation were less efficient.