An effective approach for the degradation of phenolic waste: phenols and cresols

The presence of toxic organic compounds in water because of the continuous practice of industrial effluents has led to the global need for generation of new, improved, advanced, and sound technologies to address the challenges of water quality. Effluents released from petrochemical refineries generate various wastes that cause water pollution and exert adverse effects because of their harmful properties such as carcinogenicity and mutagenicity. Phenols and their derivatives are common potential water pollutants and comprise a wide range of organic chemicals exhibiting poisonous characteristics. In this series, cresols are one of the types of phenols that are also considered as highly toxic pollutant because of carcinogen effect on environmental surroundings and human health issues. Therefore, it is imperative that the levels of phenols in wastewater must be reduced before discharge into the environment. Henceforth, the current chapter based on effective biodegradation and photodegradation method as well as related technologies for the remediation of organic pollutants from wastewater.

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