Adsorption of Diclofenac and PFBS on a Hair Keratin Dimer.

ABSTRACT: Environmental pollution by man-made toxic and persistent organic compounds, found throughout the world in surface and groundwater, has various negative effects on aquatic life systems and even humans. Therefore, it is important to develop and improve water treatment technologies capable of removing such substances from wastewater and purifying drinking water. The two substances investigated are the widely used painkiller diclofenac and a member of the class of "forever chemicals", perfluorobutanesulfonate. Both are known to have serious negative effects on living organisms, especially under long-term exposure, and are detectable in human hair, suggesting adsorption to a part of the hair fiber complex. In this study, a human hair keratin dimer is investigated for its ability to absorb diclo

SUBMITTER: Hafner R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10788924 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature