Fate of artificial sweeteners through wastewater treatment plants and water treatment processes.

Five full-scale wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in China using typical biodegradation processes (SBR, oxidation ditch, A2/O) were selected to assess the removal of four popular artificial sweeteners (ASs). All four ASs (acesulfame (ACE), sucralose (SUC), cyclamate (CYC) and saccharin (SAC)) were...

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Main Authors: Shaoli Li, Yuhang Ren, Yingying Fu, Xingsheng Gao, Cong Jiang, Gang Wu, Hongqiang Ren, Jinju Geng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5749728?pdf=render