Current research trends on emerging contaminants pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs): A comprehensive review

M Kumar, S Sridharan, AD Sawarkar, A Shakeel… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutical and personnel care products (PPCPs) from wastewater are a potential
hazard to the human health and wildlife, and their occurrence in wastewater has caught the …

Waste to catalyst: role of agricultural waste in water and wastewater treatment

M Kumar, S Ambika, A Hassani, PV Nidheesh - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Presently, owing to the rapid development of industrialization and urbanization activities, a
huge quantity of wastewater is generated that contain toxic chemical and heavy metals …

Biochar application for greenhouse gas mitigation, contaminants immobilization and soil fertility enhancement: A state-of-the-art review

K Abhishek, A Shrivastava, V Vimal, AK Gupta… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rising global temperature, pollution load, and energy crises are serious problems, recently
facing the world. Scientists around the world are ambitious to find eco-friendly and cost …

[HTML][HTML] Contaminant containment for sustainable remediation of persistent contaminants in soil and groundwater

LP Padhye, P Srivastava, T Jasemizad, S Bolan… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Contaminant containment measures are often necessary to prevent or minimize offsite
movement of contaminated materials for disposal or other purposes when they can be …

Surfactant-enhanced mobilization of persistent organic pollutants: potential for soil and sediment remediation and unintended consequences

S Bolan, LP Padhye, CN Mulligan, ER Alonso… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
This review aims to provide an overview of the sources and reactions of persistent organic
pollutants (POPs) and surfactants in soil and sediments, the surfactant-enhanced …

Organic amendments for in situ immobilization of heavy metals in soil: A review

J Gao, H Han, C Gao, Y Wang, B Dong, Z Xu - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a growing need for soil remediation due to the increase in heavy metals (HMs)
migrating into the soil environment, especially those from man-made sources dominated by …

[HTML][HTML] Pros and cons of biochar to soil potentially toxic element mobilization and phytoavailability: Environmental implications

SM Shaheen, A Mosa, Natasha… - Earth systems and …, 2023 - Springer
While the potential of biochar (BC) to immobilize potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in
contaminated soils has been studied and reviewed, no review has focused on the potential …

[HTML][HTML] Co-transport and deposition of fluoride using rice husk-derived biochar in saturated porous media: Effect of solution chemistry and surface properties

R Kumar, P Sharma, PK Rose, PK Sahoo… - … Technology & Innovation, 2023 - Elsevier
Fluoride (F−) contamination in water is a global health concern, threatening the well-being of
millions. This study investigated the role of ZnCl 2/FeCl 3-rice husk-modified biochar (Zn-BC …

[HTML][HTML] Contemporary drift in emerging micro (nano) plastics removal and upcycling technologies from municipal wastewater sludge: strategic innovations and …

Vinay, D Surana, P Ghosh, M Kumar, S Varjani… - Current Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Annually, huge amounts of microplastics (MPs) are added to
farmlands through sewage sludge (SS)/biosolid applications as a fertilizer. Most research …

[HTML][HTML] A review on the bioleaching of toxic metal (loid) s from contaminated soil: Insight into the mechanism of action and the role of influencing factors

EK Sarkodie, L Jiang, K Li, J Yang, Z Guo… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The anthropogenic activities in agriculture, industrialization, mining, and metallurgy
combined with the natural weathering of rocks, have led to severe contamination of soils by …