A review of green remediation strategies for heavy metal contaminated soil

L Wang, J Rinklebe, FMG Tack… - Soil Use and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Heavy metals and metalloids can accumulate in soil, with potentially toxic effects to human
health and ecosystems, threatening the sustainable use and management of soil resources …

Trace elements in the soil-plant interface: Phytoavailability, translocation, and phytoremediation–A review

V Antoniadis, E Levizou, SM Shaheen, YS Ok… - Earth-Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Trace elements (TEs) are deposited to soils mainly due to anthropogenic activities and pose
a significant threat to human health. In this review we aimed at (a) discussing the …

Remediation methods of heavy metal contaminated soils from environmental and geotechnical standpoints

Z ur Rehman, MF Junaid, N Ijaz, U Khalid… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metal contaminated soil (HMCS) threatens world health and sustainable growth,
owing to which numerous remediation methods have been devised. Meanwhile …

[HTML][HTML] A review on disposal and utilization of phytoremediation plants containing heavy metals

Z Liu, KQ Tran - Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 2021 - Elsevier
The reasonable disposal of plant biomass containing heavy metals (HMs) is a difficult
problem for the phytoremediation technology. This review summarizes current literature that …

Effect of biochar additions to soil on nitrogen leaching, microbial biomass and bacterial community structure

N Xu, G Tan, H Wang, X Gai - European journal of soil biology, 2016 - Elsevier
Previous studies already demonstrated that biochar addition reduces nitrogen (N) leaching
in soil, but little information is available about its effects on N leaching and bacterial …

Efficacy of chitosan-coated textile waste biochar applied to Cd-polluted soil for reducing Cd mobility in soil and its distribution in moringa (Moringa oleifera L.)

M Zubair, PMA Ramzani, B Rasool, MA Khan… - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil pollution with Cd has promoted serious concerns for medicinal plant quality. Amending
Cd-polluted soils with textile waste biochar (TWB) coated with natural polymers can lower …

Chemical and biological immobilization mechanisms of potentially toxic elements in biochar-amended soils

T Bandara, A Franks, J Xu, N Bolan… - Critical Reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The application of biochars for the remediation of water and soils contaminated with
potentially toxic elements (PTEs) has seen a recent growing interest. The mechanisms of …

Mechanisms of biochar-mediated alleviation of toxicity of trace elements in plants: a critical review

M Rizwan, S Ali, MF Qayyum, M Ibrahim… - … Science and Pollution …, 2016 - Springer
Trace elements (TEs) contamination is one of the main abiotic stresses which limit plant
growth and deteriorate the food quality by their entry into food chain. In recent, biochar (BC) …

Biochar application to a contaminated soil reduces the availability and plant uptake of zinc, lead and cadmium

AP Puga, CA Abreu, LCA Melo, L Beesley - Journal of environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
Heavy metals in soil are naturally occurring but may be enhanced by anthropogenic
activities such as mining. Bio-accumulation of heavy metals in the food chain, following their …

Factors affecting phytoextraction: a review

V Sheoran, AS Sheoran, P Poonia - Pedosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
Hyperaccumulators concentrate trace metals and heavy metals in their shoots when grown
in metal-contaminated soils and these trace metal-loaded plants may be removed by …