Sustainable and efficient technologies for removal and recovery of toxic and valuable metals from wastewater: Recent progress, challenges, and future perspectives

A Abidli, Y Huang, ZB Rejeb, A Zaoui, CB Park - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to their numerous effects on human health and the natural environment, water
contamination with heavy metals and metalloids, caused by their extensive use in various …

Microbial degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons

SJ Varjani - Bioresource technology, 2017 - Elsevier
Petroleum hydrocarbon pollutants are recalcitrant compounds and are classified as priority
pollutants. Cleaning up of these pollutants from environment is a real world problem …

Effects of cadmium exposure on the immune system and immunoregulation

Z Wang, Y Sun, W Yao, Q Ba, H Wang - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cadmium (Cd), a biologically non-essential heavy metal, is widespread in the environment,
including the air, water, and soil, and is widely present in foods and quantum dot …

Modulators of mercury risk to wildlife and humans in the context of rapid global change

CA Eagles-Smith, EK Silbergeld, N Basu… - Ambio, 2018 - Springer
Environmental mercury (Hg) contamination is an urgent global health threat. The complexity
of Hg in the environment can hinder accurate determination of ecological and human health …

Current global risks to marine mammals: taking stock of the threats

IC Avila, K Kaschner, CF Dormann - Biological Conservation, 2018 - Elsevier
Marine mammals are impacted by many anthropogenic activities and mitigating these
impacts requires knowledge about the geographic occurrence of threats. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Current state of knowledge on biological effects from contaminants on arctic wildlife and fish

R Dietz, RJ Letcher, JP Desforges, I Eulaers… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Since the last Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) effort to
review biological effects of the exposure to organohalogen compounds (OHCs) in Arctic …

Comprehensive review on toxicity of persistent organic pollutants from petroleum refinery waste and their degradation by microorganisms

SJ Varjani, E Gnansounou, A Pandey - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Control and prevention of environmental pollution has become a worldwide issue of
concern. Aromatic hydrocarbons including benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, xylene (BTEX) …

Zero-valent iron-based technologies for removal of heavy metal (loid) s and organic pollutants from the aquatic environment: Recent advances and perspectives

Y Wu, CY Guan, N Griswold, L Hou, X Fang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Heavy metal (loid) s and organic pollutants have garnered global concern due to their
potential for bioaccumulation and carcinogenic effects. The aquatic environment is one of …

Bioremediation by oil degrading marine bacteria: An overview of supplements and pathways in key processes

M Ganesan, R Mani, S Sai, G Kasivelu, MK Awasthi… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Oil spillage is one of the most common pollutants which brings greater economic loss and
damage to the environment. The intensity and amount of the damage may vary depending …

Influence of abiotic factors, natural attenuation, bioaugmentation and nutrient supplementation on bioremediation of petroleum crude contaminated agricultural soil

S Varjani, VN Upasani - Journal of environmental management, 2019 - Elsevier
Contamination of agricultural land (s) is a major problem worldwide which is associated with
activities of petroleum industry. Due to these exploration activities remedial techniques for …