Table 5: Application of Fenton-like processes for the degradation of EDCs in aqueous media.

AOP	Operating Conditions	Target EDCs	Work Highlights	Reference
Dark/Photo-Fenton	H2O2: 50 mg/L, Fe2+ 5 mg/L and absence of light; H2O2: 10-50 mg/L, Fe2+ 0-5 mg/L UV-C/solar light.	Mix of 25 pharmaceuticals, 2 corrosion inhibitors and 5 pesticides at real concentration in wastewaters (COD: 0-150 mg/L)	DOM presence enhanced Fe(III) photo-Fenton yields; UV-C degradation efficiency higher than sunlight one.	[76]
Photo-Fenton	9 W UV lamp Ferrous sulfate and H2O2 at appropriate concentrations	Perfluorooctanoic acid (20 mmol/L)	Rapid degradation within 1 h (87.9% removal); Afterwards, H2O2 was consumed and reactions mainly occurred due to Fe3+ ions.	[80]
Fenton	H2O2/ Fe (III): 10; pH. 3; Various Fe concentrations	17²-estradiol, 17α -ethinylestradiol	Removal efficiencies of 95% and 98% at ferric concentration of 58.6 mg/L were obtained.	[81]
Fenton	H2O2/Fe(II) molar ratio:7; Fe(II):0.05 (ph=2) - 0.06 (pH=3.0) mol/L	Phthalic acid esters and bisphenol A (0.08-1.5 mg/L)	Removal efficiencies up to 88%- increased performances for higher EDC concentrations.	[82]
Photo-Fenton	H2O2: 20-50 mg/L; Fe3+: 0-4 mg/L UV-C (70 W/m2)	Mix of 22 EDCs, including pharmaceuticals, corrosion inhibitors and pesticides	When Fe (III) was added, almost no dissolved fraction could be measured, so homogeneous photo-Fenton was probably not occurring.	[83]
Fenton	Different molar ratio H2O2/Fe(II) pH: 3	PPCPs (each present as 1 mg/L)	20 mg/L Fe(II) allowed complete removal of all PCPPs, except atrazine and iopromide.	[84]
Photo-Fenton	Different Fe and H2O2 concentrations; UV-C: 254 nm, UV-A: 350 nm, vis: 420 nm.	BPA (50 mg/L)	Complete degradation after 2-3 min treatment, despite irradiation source. Toxicity disappearance along with BPA removal.	[85]
Fenton	Fe2+/H2O2 molar ratio: 0.012 to 0.100; pH: 3	BPA (13- 300 mg/L)	Complete BPA degradation and significant DOC and TOC conversion.	[86]
Photo-Fenton	H2O2: 5 mg/L; Fe(II): 50 mg/L; Solar light	Mix of 15 EDCs, including pharmaceuticals, corrosion inhibitors and pesticides (100 mg/L)	Significant degradation within 4-5 hours.	[4]
Photo-Fenton	H2O2: 5 mg/L; Fe(II): 50 mg/L; pH: 3, 7.6-8.3	Mix of 62 EDC present in real wastewater (3 ng/L to 66.379 ng/L)	Complexing agents have to be used to keep the iron in solution. EDDS is a suitable agent.	[87]
US/Photo-Fenton	US: 400 kHz, 0.3 W/mL; UV: 254 nm; Fe2+: 0.1 mM	Di-n-butyl phthalate (0.01 mM)	Complete degradation of the target compound in 75 min. More efficient use of Fe2+ in comparison to conventional Fenton	[88]