Methiocarb Degradation by Electro-Fenton: Ecotoxicological Evaluation.

This paper studies the degradation of methiocarb, a highly hazardous pesticide found in waters and wastewaters, through an electro-Fenton process, using a boron-doped diamond anode and a carbon felt cathode; and evaluates its potential to reduce toxicity towards the model organism . The influence of applied current density and type and concentration of added iron source, Fe(SO)·5HO or FeCl·6HO, is assessed in the degradation experiments of methiocarb aqueous solutions. The experimental results show that electro-Fenton can be successfully used to degrade methiocarb and to reduce its high toxicity towards .