Removal of endocrine disruptor chemical (EDC) from wastewater with aided enzyme catalysis

The occurrence of endocrine disruptor chemicals (EDCs) in water bodies have gain the worldwide attention nowadays. Bisphenol-A that have the significant use in the industry have been identified as one of the EDC that may inhibit the endocrine systems of the living things. In this project, the enzyme catalysis process was studied for its feasibility to remove BPA from the water and also the optimum pH for the process to take places was determined. The purified enzyme from T. versicolor was used in this study added to the water containing fixed concentration of BPA at different pH. The reaction was left to take places at different reaction time. High-performance liquid chromatography analysis showed that the highest removal is achieved in the reaction condition of pH 7 with removal of 86% was achieved. This study also reveals that the biodegradation of BPA by Laccase enzyme is feasible for the biotransformation of wastewater in comparison with the previous study.