DECOMPOSITION OF FEMALE HORMONE IN TREATED WASTEWATER BY ULTRAVIOLET RAYS

Abstract

The female hormone exhausted from the human body has from about 1, 000 to 10, 000 times stranger estrogens activity than a typical chemical to which the endocrine disrupter's action is suggested.
We researched the effective reduction of the female hormone with an experimental apparatus of the batch formula using only ultraviolet rays because usage of ultraviolet rays together with other technologies complicates the operation management in a sewage plant. We put sample water with E1 and E2 or treated wastewater in an experimental container made of stainless steel, enclosed it in an apparatus radiating ultra violet rays and measured reduction effect of E1 and E2 while changing the length of radiation period. It has been understood to be able to reduce the female hormone by ultraviolet rays as a result of the experiment.