It showed great toxicity both before and after
plasma treatment. The toxicity removal after plasma treatment
was unsatisfactory, especially the toxicity of the sample
treated with oxygen, which was very near that of the
untreated R. aconiti effluent. However, the toxicity became
very low when CAT was added to the samples treated with air
or oxygen. Their LIR values were almost near 0 and below 0; in
particular, the one treated with oxygen was below 0, much
lower than that of the R. aconiti effluent; their GL values were 2
and 1, respectively.