Remediation approaches for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) contaminated soils: Technological constraints, emerging trends and future directions

S Kuppusamy, P Thavamani, K Venkateswarlu, YB Lee… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
For more than a decade, the primary focus of environmental experts has been to adopt risk-
based management approaches to cleanup PAH polluted sites that pose potentially …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: a critical review of environmental occurrence and bioremediation

OO Alegbeleye, BO Opeolu, VA Jackson - Environmental management, 2017 - Springer
The degree of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination of environmental matrices has
increased over the last several years due to increase in industrial activities. Interest has …

[HTML][HTML] Levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the water and sediment of Buffalo River Estuary, South Africa and their health risk assessment

AO Adeniji, OO Okoh, AI Okoh - Archives of environmental contamination …, 2019 - Springer
The incidence and spatial distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the
Buffalo River Estuary in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa were assessed in this …

A comprehensive review of metabolic and genomic aspects of PAH-degradation

Sakshi, AK Haritash - Archives of Microbiology, 2020 - Springer
Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are considered as hazardous organic priority pollutants.
PAHs have immense public concern and critical environmental challenge around the globe …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs) geographical distribution in China and their source, risk assessment analysis

J Han, Y Liang, B Zhao, Y Wang, F Xing, L Qin - Environmental Pollution, 2019 - Elsevier
In China, the huge amounts of energy consumption caused severe carcinogenic polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs) concentration in the soil and ambient air. This paper …

Biodegradation aspects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs): a review

AK Haritash, CP Kaushik - Journal of hazardous materials, 2009 - Elsevier
PAHs are aromatic hydrocarbons with two or more fused benzene rings with natural as well
as anthropogenic sources. They are widely distributed environmental contaminants that …

Quantifying the total and bioavailable polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and dioxins in biochars

SE Hale, J Lehmann, D Rutherford… - … science & technology, 2012 - ACS Publications
Biochar soil amendment is advocated to mitigate climate change and improve soil fertility. A
concern though, is that during biochar preparation PAHs and dioxins are likely formed …

Atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: source attribution, emission factors and regulation

K Ravindra, R Sokhi, R Van Grieken - Atmospheric environment, 2008 - Elsevier
There is an increasing concern about the occurrence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs) in the environment as they are ubiquitous in ambient air and some of them are …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons contamination in surface soil of China: A review

P Zhang, Y Chen - Science of the total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the concentration, distribution, source, and potential risk of polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface soils of China through analysis of data from> 6000 …

Remediation of soils contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

S Gan, EV Lau, HK Ng - Journal of hazardous materials, 2009 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are carcinogenic micropollutants which are
resistant to environmental degradation due to their highly hydrophobic nature. Concerns …