Recent advances in heavy metal removal by chitosan based adsorbents

U Upadhyay, I Sreedhar, SA Singh, CM Patel… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chitosan, a low cost polymer, has been used in many studies for adsorption of heavy metal
ions. This review covers the performance of all those adsorbents which were derived from …

Biosorption and removal of toxic heavy metals by metal tolerating bacteria for bioremediation of metal contamination: A comprehensive review

M Priyadarshanee, S Das - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metal pollution caused due to the industrialization has been considered as a
significant public health hazard, and these heavy metals exhibit various types of …

The utilization of algae and seaweed biomass for bioremediation of heavy metal-contaminated wastewater

H Znad, MR Awual, S Martini - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The presence of heavy metals in water bodies is linked to the increasing number of
industries and populations. This has serious consequences for the quality of human health …

Conventional and non-conventional adsorbents for wastewater treatment

G Crini, E Lichtfouse, LD Wilson… - Environmental Chemistry …, 2019 - Springer
The removal of contaminants from wastewaters is a major challenge in the field of water
pollution. Among numerous techniques available for contaminant removal, adsorption using …

Biological approaches to tackle heavy metal pollution: a survey of literature

JM Jacob, C Karthik, RG Saratale, SS Kumar… - Journal of environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pollution by heavy metals has been identified as a global threat since the inception of
industrial revolution. Heavy metal contamination induces serious health and environmental …

Sources, behaviour, and environmental and human health risks of high-technology rare earth elements as emerging contaminants

W Gwenzi, L Mangori, C Danha, N Chaukura… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Recent studies show that high-technology rare earth elements (REEs) of anthropogenic
origin occur in the environment including in aquatic systems, suggesting REEs are …

Current and emerging adsorbent technologies for wastewater treatment: trends, limitations, and environmental implications

F Younas, A Mustafa, ZUR Farooqi, X Wang, S Younas… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Wastewater generation and treatment is an ever-increasing concern in the current century
due to increased urbanization and industrialization. To tackle the situation of increasing …

[HTML][HTML] A review on biosorptive removal of dyes and heavy metals from wastewater using watermelon rind as biosorbent

C Bhattacharjee, S Dutta, VK Saxena - Environmental Advances, 2020 - Elsevier
Sustainable wastewater treatment is one of the foremost challenges of twenty first century.
With the ever increasing levels of industrial toxic sludge disposal to water bodies, finding …

Biosorption: an interplay between marine algae and potentially toxic elements—a review

M Bilal, T Rasheed, JE Sosa-Hernández, A Raza… - Marine drugs, 2018 - mdpi.com
In recent decades, environmental pollution has emerged as a core issue, around the globe,
rendering it of fundamental concern to eco-toxicologists, environmental biologists, eco …

Algae in wastewater treatment, mechanism, and application of biomass for production of value-added product

P Bhatt, G Bhandari, RF Turco, Z Aminikhoei… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The pollutants can enter water bodies at various point and non-point sources, and
wastewater discharge remains a major pathway. Wastewater treatment effectively reduces …