A comprehensive review on sources, analysis and toxicity of environmental pollutants and its removal methods from water environment

A Saravanan, PS Kumar, RV Hemavathy… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Natural and human anthropogenic activities increase the concentration of the toxic pollutant
in the water environment; they could cause harmful effects even in their lower concentration …

Is biosorption suitable for decontamination of metal-bearing wastewaters? A critical review on the state-of-the-art of biosorption processes and future directions

K Vijayaraghavan, R Balasubramanian - Journal of environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
For the past few decades, biosorption has been widely investigated for the removal of
different contaminants in aqueous media. A number of biomasses of different genre have …

Biological-based methods for the removal of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and heavy metals

M Meena, P Sonigra, G Yadav - Environmental science and pollution …, 2021 - Springer
The current scenario of increased population and industrial advancement leads to the
spoliation of freshwater and tapper of the quality of water. These results decrease in …

Bioremediation: An eco-friendly sustainable technology for environmental management

CC Azubuike, CB Chikere, GC Okpokwasili - Bioremediation of Industrial …, 2020 - Springer
Evironmental pollution is a major public health concern due to the detrimental effects of
pollutants to humans and to other living organisms. Chemical and physical methods of …

Bioremediation of toxic heavy metals (THMs) contaminated sites: concepts, applications and challenges

Z Rahman, VP Singh - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020 - Springer
Heavy metal contamination is a global issue, where the prevalent contaminants are arsenic
(As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr)(VI), mercury (Hg), and lead (Pb). More often, they are …

Understanding the sorption and biotransformation of organic micropollutants in innovative biological wastewater treatment technologies

T Alvarino, S Suarez, J Lema, F Omil - Science of the Total Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
New technologies for wastewater treatment have been developed in the last years based on
the combination of biological reactors operating under different redox conditions. Their …

Sustainability of treatment technologies for industrial biowastes effluents

M Kamali, ME Costa, TM Aminabhavi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite the huge efforts to develop efficient technologies for the treatment of recalcitrant
biowastes and other emerging pollutants, selecting the most sustainable method among the …

Biological oxidation methods for the removal of organic and inorganic contaminants from wastewater: A comprehensive review

SA Mohammadi, H Najafi, S Zolgharnian… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Enzyme-based bioremediation is a simple, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly
method for isolating and removing a wide range of environmental pollutants. This study is a …

Recent advances in the bio-remediation of persistent organic pollutants and its effect on environment

N Gaur, K Narasimhulu, Y PydiSetty - Journal of cleaner production, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents a comprehensive review of the current state of research activities on the
application of biodegradation/bioremediation for removing persistent organic pollutants …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial biosorbent for remediation of dyes and heavy metals pollution: a green strategy for sustainable environment

M Tripathi, P Singh, R Singh, S Bala, N Pathak… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Toxic wastes like heavy metals and dyes are released into the environment as a direct result
of industrialization and technological progress. The biosorption of contaminants utilizes a …