Biosurfactant is a powerful tool for the bioremediation of heavy metals from contaminated soils

S Mishra, Z Lin, S Pang, Y Zhang, P Bhatt… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metal toxicity has become a pressing ecological problem that affects the ecosystems
through bioaccumulation, representing a serious public health hazard. Many conventional …

An insight review of lignocellulosic materials as activated carbon precursor for textile wastewater treatment

NA Bakar, N Othman, ZM Yunus, WAH Altowayti… - … Technology & Innovation, 2021 - Elsevier
The huge quantities of textile industry effluents with high concentrations of heavy metals are
associated with the water pollution. Among the conventional technologies currently in use …

N-methylene phosphonic chitosan aerogels for efficient capture of Cu2+ and Pb2+ from aqueous environment

T Liu, S Gou, Y He, S Fang, L Zhou, G Gou, L Liu - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, N-methylene phosphonic acid chitosan (NPCS-PEI) was synthesized from
chitosan, phosphorous acid, formaldehyde and hyperbranched polyethyleneimine (PEI) …

Synergistic protective effect of Betavulgaris with meso-2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid against lead-induced neurotoxicity in male rats

NZ Shaban, SE Abd El-Kader, FAK Mogahed… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Lead (Pb) toxicity is one of the most prevalent causes of human neurotoxicity. The available
chelator drugs used now have many adverse effects. So, in this study, the protective role of …

An electrochemical sensor based on polyvinyl alcohol/chitosan-thermally reduced graphene composite modified glassy carbon electrode for sensitive voltammetric …

LD Nguyen, TCD Doan, TM Huynh… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel polyvinyl alcohol/chitosan-thermally reduced graphene modified glassy carbon
electrode (PVA/chitosan-TRG/GCE) has been studied for determination of lead (Pb) in …

Lead (Pb) induced oxidative stress as a mechanism to cause neurotoxicity in Drosophila melanogaster

O Shilpa, KP Anupama, A Antony, HP Gurushankara - Toxicology, 2021 - Elsevier
The widespread use of lead (Pb) has caused global contamination, inevitable human
exposure, and public health problems. Pb neurotoxicity has been linked to various human …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanistic investigation of the mass transfer stages involved during the adsorption of aqueous lead onto Scopulariopsis brevicompactum fungal biomass

LA Mohamed, CO Aniagor, GM Taha… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The Scopulariopsis brevicompactum fungal biomass (SFB) was applied as an adsorbent for
the uptake of aqueous lead species via the dynamic sorption process. The adsorption …

[HTML][HTML] Endocrine disruptors also function as nervous disruptors and can be renamed endocrine and nervous disruptors (ENDs)

GE Seralini, G Jungers - Toxicology reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Endocrine disruption (ED) and endocrine disruptors (EDs) emerged as scientific concepts in
1995, after numerous chemical pollutants were found to be responsible for reproductive …

Zingerone prevents lead‐induced toxicity in liver and kidney tissues by regulating the oxidative damage in Wistar rats

I Amin, I Hussain, MU Rehman, BA Mir… - Journal of food …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Among the heavy metal poisonings, lead is considered as a major toxic metal causing
hematological, neurological, immunological, hepatic, and renal dysfunctions. Lead causes …

E-waste recycling practices: a review on environmental concerns, remediation and technological developments with a focus on printed circuit boards

SP Tembhare, BA Bhanvase, DP Barai… - Environment …, 2021 - Springer
Decrease in life span of electronic devices and consumer's urge to use advanced
technology leads to obsolescence of such devices, resulting in electronic waste generation …