Sustainable remediation and redevelopment of brownfield sites

D Hou, A Al-Tabbaa, D O'Connor, Q Hu… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Widespread pollution from industrial activities has driven land degradation with detrimental
human health effects, especially in urban areas. Remediation and redevelopment of the …

Remediation of soil and water contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbon: A review

IC Ossai, A Ahmed, A Hassan, FS Hamid - Environmental Technology & …, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

Pharmaceuticals of emerging concern in aquatic systems: chemistry, occurrence, effects, and removal methods

M Patel, R Kumar, K Kishor, T Mlsna… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
In the last few decades, pharmaceuticals, credited with saving millions of lives, have
emerged as a new class of environmental contaminant. These compounds can have both …

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 …

New opportunities in plant microbiome engineering for increasing agricultural sustainability under stressful conditions

MS Afridi, MA Javed, S Ali, FHV De Medeiros… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Plant microbiome (or phytomicrobiome) engineering (PME) is an anticipated untapped
alternative strategy that could be exploited for plant growth, health and productivity under …

Application of floating aquatic plants in phytoremediation of heavy metals polluted water: A review

S Ali, Z Abbas, M Rizwan, IE Zaheer, İ Yavaş, A Ünay… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Heavy-metal (HM) pollution is considered a leading source of environmental contamination.
Heavy-metal pollution in ground water poses a serious threat to human health and the …

Phytoremediation as a green biotechnology tool for emerging environmental pollution: a step forward towards sustainable rehabilitation of the environment

MB Kurade, YH Ha, JQ Xiong, SP Govindwar… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
The industrial revolution in the production of pharmaceuticals and personal care products
(PPCPs) has significantly improved public health in recent years. However, this …

Phytoremediation of heavy metals: mechanisms, methods and enhancements

S Muthusaravanan, N Sivarajasekar, JS Vivek… - Environmental chemistry …, 2018 - Springer
Polluted soil and water impact the quality of food and nutrients of human and animal biota.
Soil and water are mainly polluted by effluent discharges from industries, which are broadly …

An overview of soil and soilless cultivation techniques—chances, challenges and the neglected question of sustainability

A Fussy, J Papenbrock - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Resources such as fertile soil and clean water are already limited in many parts of the world.
Additionally, the conventional use of arable land is becoming increasingly difficult, which is …

Heavy metal transporters: Functional mechanisms, regulation, and application in phytoremediation

Z Yang, F Yang, JL Liu, HT Wu, H Yang, Y Shi… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Heavy metal pollution in soil is a global problem with serious impacts on human health and
ecological security. Phytoextraction in phytoremediation, in which plants uptake and …