Environmental pollution brought on by xenobiotics and other related recalcitrant compounds
have recently been identified as a major risk to both human health and the natural …

Phytoremediation is a cost-effective and sustainable technology used to clean up pollutants
from soils and waters through the use of plant species. Indeed, plants are naturally capable …

The global use of petroleum hydrocarbons for energy and raw materials in various
applications has increased with extensive release of a wide variety of contaminants into the …

Rapid industrialization, mine tailings runoff, and agricultural activities are often detrimental to
soil health and can distribute hazardous metal (loid) s into the soil environment, with harmful …

In the more than 100 years since the invention of plastics, various plastic polymers have
been developed that exhibit different characteristics and have been widely used in …

Soil contamination with cadmium (Cd) is a severe concern for the developing world due to
its non-biodegradability and significant potential to damage the ecosystem and associated …

Background. Rapid industrialization and anthropogenic activities such as the unmanaged
use of agro-chemicals, fossil fuel burning and dumping of sewage sludge have caused soils …

Pollution of heavy metals is one of the risky contaminations that should be managed for all
intents and purposes of general well-being concerns. The bioaccumulation of these heavy …

Among many soil problems, heavy metal accumulation is one of the major agronomic
challenges that has seriously threatened food safety. Due to these problems, soil …

Heavy metals bring long-term hazardous consequences and pose a serious threat to all life
forms. Being non-biodegradable, they can remain in the food webs for a long period of time …