Phytoremediation: Environmentally sustainable way for reclamation of heavy metal polluted soils

S Ashraf, Q Ali, ZA Zahir, S Ashraf… - … and environmental safety, 2019 - Elsevier
Soil contamination with toxic metals is a widespread environmental issue resulting from
global industrialization within the past few years. Therefore, decontamination of heavy metal …

Mobilization of contaminants: Potential for soil remediation and unintended consequences

M Kumar, N Bolan, T Jasemizad, LP Padhye… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Land treatment has become an essential waste management practice. Therefore, soil
becomes a major source of contaminants including organic chemicals and potentially toxic …

Remediation of heavy metal (loid) s contaminated soils–to mobilize or to immobilize?

N Bolan, A Kunhikrishnan, R Thangarajan… - Journal of hazardous …, 2014 - Elsevier
Unlike organic contaminants, metal (loid) s do not undergo microbial or chemical
degradation and persist for a long time after their introduction. Bioavailability of metal (loid) s …

A state-of-the-art review on cadmium uptake, toxicity, and tolerance in rice: From physiological response to remediation process

PGPS Kulsum, R Khanam, S Das, AK Nayak… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd), a major contaminant of concern, has been extensively reviewed and
debated for its anthropogenic global shifts. Cadmium levels in rice grains raise wide food …

Factors affecting phytoextraction: a review

V Sheoran, AS Sheoran, P Poonia - Pedosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
Hyperaccumulators concentrate trace metals and heavy metals in their shoots when grown
in metal-contaminated soils and these trace metal-loaded plants may be removed by …

A review of approaches and techniques used in aquatic contaminated sediments: metal removal and stabilization by chemical and biotechnological processes

A Akcil, C Erust, S Ozdemiroglu, V Fonti… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2015 - Elsevier
The contamination of aquatic sediments with metals is a widespread environmental
problem. Coastal aquatic ecosystems with low hydrodynamics need to be periodically …

Role of organic amendments on enhanced bioremediation of heavy metal (loid) contaminated soils

JH Park, D Lamb, P Paneerselvam, G Choppala… - Journal of hazardous …, 2011 - Elsevier
As land application becomes one of the important waste utilization and disposal practices,
soil is increasingly being seen as a major source of metal (loid) s reaching food chain …

Contamination of heavy metals in aquatic media: transport, toxicity and technologies for remediation

RK Gautam, SK Sharma, S Mahiya… - 2014 - books.rsc.org
The term ''heavy metal''refers to any metal and metalloid element that has a relatively high
density ranging from 3.5 to 7 g cmÀ3 and is toxic or poisonous at low concentrations, and …

Protocatechuic Acid Promoted Alachlor Degradation in Fe(III)/H2O2 Fenton System

Y Qin, F Song, Z Ai, P Zhang… - Environmental Science & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
In this study, we demonstrate that protocatechuic acid (PCA) can significantly promote the
alachlor degradation in the Fe (III)/H2O2 Fenton oxidation system. It was found that the …

Review of Pb availability and toxicity to plants in relation with metal speciation; role of synthetic and natural organic ligands

M Shahid, E Pinelli, C Dumat - Journal of hazardous materials, 2012 - Elsevier
Biogeochemical behavior of lead (Pb), a persistent hazardous pollutant of environmental
concern, strongly depends on its chemical speciation. Therefore, in this review, link between …