Recent progress in removal of heavy metals from wastewater: A comprehensive review

Y Fei, YH Hu - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The heavy metal pollution constitutes a critical environmental issue. This has stimulated
intensive efforts to develop treatment techniques for their removal from wastewater …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Human health risk assessment of lead (Pb) through the environmental-food pathway

R Nag, E Cummins - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Drinking water and farm-to-fork pathways have been identified as the predominant
environmental pathways associated with human exposure (HE) to Pb. This study integrates …

A comprehensive review on water pollution, South Asia Region: Pakistan

R Noor, A Maqsood, A Baig, CB Pande, SM Zahra… - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Pakistan is one of the most water-polluted country in the South Asia Region. Drinking water
is contaminated with microbial and toxic metals throughout Pakistan. The values of different …

Influence of biochar on trace element uptake, toxicity and detoxification in plants and associated health risks: A critical review

N Natasha, M Shahid, S Khalid, I Bibi… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Environmental contamination by toxic trace elements is a global issue faced by soil-plant-
human systems. Biochar has gained substantial attention as a soil amendment to reduce …

Fe toxicity in plants: Impacts and remediation

N Zahra, MB Hafeez, K Shaukat, A Wahid… - Physiologia …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fe is the fourth abundant element in the earth crust. Fe toxicity is not often discussed in plant
science though it causes severe morphological and physiological disorders, including …

[PDF][PDF] Untreated wastewater reasons and causes: a review of most affected areas and cities

A Tariq, A Mushtaq - Int. J. Chem. Biochem. Sci, 2023 - iscientific.org
Wastewater is one of the serious environmental concerns because water quality criterion of
surface water and groundwater set by WHO are frequently violated. Approximately, 380 …

Nanotechnology for agricultural applications: Facts, issues, knowledge gaps, and challenges in environmental risk assessment

D Singh, BR Gurjar - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology has many potentials, uses, and benefits in the field of agriculture. By
producing greater quantities of food at lower costs, nanotechnology has significantly …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges of wastewater generation and management in sub-Saharan Africa: A Review

MA Onu, OO Ayeleru, B Oboirien… - Environmental Challenges, 2023 - Elsevier
The continuous growth in population and industrial development has prompted wastewater
(WW) generation in enormous volume with resultant effects on the quality of water in sub …

A critical analysis of wastewater use in agriculture and associated health risks in Pakistan

Natasha, M Shahid, S Khalid, B Murtaza… - … geochemistry and health, 2020 - Springer
Freshwater shortage and its contamination with various types of pollutants are becoming the
most alarming issues worldwide due to impacts on socioeconomic values. Considering an …