Carbon-18 adsorbents, marine organic

There ate many environmental applications of adsorption in practice and many others are being developed (Noble and Terry, 2004). Activated carbons and clays are frequently used for the removal of organic contaminants, such as phenol and aniline, both of which are prevalent in industry wastewaters and are known to have a significant negative impact on marine life and human health (IRIS, 1998 Dabrowski et al., 2005). Moreover, the adsorption on inexpensive and efficient solid supports has been considered a simple and economical viable method for the removal of dyes from water and wastewater (Forgacsa et al., 2004). Activated carbon, clays, coal, vermiculite, and other adsorbents have been used for this purpose. Specifically, adsorption can be employed in (Noble and Terry, 2004 Dabrowski, 2001) ... 

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), DDT is a potential endocrine disrupter even at ng-L-1 levels. It is forbidden as a kind of pesticides from 1980s. While DDT is found in a higher concentration from the lake, river and the atmosphere, water, sediment, soil. It has been detected in many aquatic systems, from the Arctic Antarctic marine mammals to the birds, in the people s milk for human consumption, fish and so on. This raises serious problems in aquatic organisms and animals. Due to their harmful effects on the environment and biological body and the difficulty to degradation by the common treatment methods, it s important to use a suitable adsorbent to remove it activated carbon fiber and nanofiber are good adsorbent to eliminate it [173]. 

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