“…Commercially dyes are widely used in many industries, such as textiles, paper, plastics, printing, tannery and paints. 1,2 When those synthetic dyes are released into natural water bodies, they seriously affect aquatic life, as well as the food chain, and pose harmful effects to human health, including teratogenetic, carcinogenic and mutagenic effects. [3][4][5] Many treatment methods for removing dyes from wastewater have been employed, including photochemical oxidation, membrane separation, biodegradation and adsorption.…”