Journal Article

A review on bisphenol A occurrences, health effects and treatment process via membrane technology for drinking water

Salim, Mohd Razman, Lau, Woei Jye, Muhamad, Mimi Suliza, Yusop, Zulkifli

2016

Overview

Massive utilization of bisphenol A (BPA) in the industrial production of polycarbonate plastics has led to the occurrence of this compound (at μg/L to ng/L level) in the water treatment plant. Nowadays, the presence of BPA in drinking water sources is a major concern among society because BPA is one of the endocrine disruption compounds (EDCs) that can cause hazard to human health even at extremely low concentration level. Parallel to these issues, membrane technology has emerged as the most feasible treatment process to eliminate this recalcitrant contaminant via physical separation mechanism. This paper reviews the occurrences and effects of BPA toward living organisms as well as the application of membrane technology for their removal in water treatment plant. The potential applications of using polymeric membranes for BPA removal are also discussed. Literature revealed that modifying membrane surface using blending approach is the simple yet effective method to improve membrane properties with respect to BPA removal without compromising water permeability. The regeneration process helps in maintaining the performances of membrane at desired level. The application of large-scale membrane process in treatment plant shows the feasibility of the technology for removing BPA and possible future prospect in water treatment process.

• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Animals / Aquatic Pollution / Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution / Benzhydryl Compounds - analysis / Benzhydryl Compounds - toxicity / Bisphenol A / Civil engineering / Contaminants / Drinking water / Drinking Water - analysis / Earth and Environmental Science / Ecotoxicology / Endocrine disruptors / Environment / Environmental Chemistry / Environmental Health / Environmental science / Epoxy resins / Gene expression / Health hazards / human health / Humans / Industrial production / Manufacturing / Medical equipment / Membrane permeability / Membrane processes / Membrane separation / Membranes / Membranes, Artificial / mixing / permeability / Phenols - analysis / Phenols - toxicity / plastics / Polycarbonate / Review Article / Studies / Waste Water Technology / Water Management / Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis / Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity / Water Pollution Control / Water Purification - methods / Water treatment / Water treatment plants