Research Article

Relevance of Toxicity Assessment in Wastewater Treatments: Case Study—Four Fenton Processes Applied to the Mineralization of C.I. Acid Red 14

Table 1

Results for the mineralization and toxicity tests.

SampleTOCEC50TII50 (Equitox/m3)Blank TII50

Fe3+/H2O273 ± 7%Nontoxic
Fe2+/H2O291 ± 4%6 ± 3%20 ± 11 28
Fe(III)-zeolite Y/H2O286 ± 1%2.3 ± 0.3%45 ± 648
Fe(II)-zeolite Y/H2O284 ± 6% 24 ± 8%4 ± 17