Bioremediation of toxic heavy metals (THMs) contaminated sites: concepts, applications and challenges

Z Rahman, VP Singh - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020 - Springer
Heavy metal contamination is a global issue, where the prevalent contaminants are arsenic
(As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr)(VI), mercury (Hg), and lead (Pb). More often, they are …

A review of reactive media within permeable reactive barriers for the removal of heavy metal (loid) s in groundwater: Current status and future prospects

J Song, G Huang, D Han, Q Hou, L Gan… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Groundwater contamination with heavy metal (loid) s occurs worldwide. Permeable reactive
barriers (PRBs) have been widely accepted as an alternative to traditional ex-situ removal …

Active and passive biosorption of Pb (II) using live and dead biomass of marine bacterium Bacillus xiamenensis PbRPSD202: Kinetics and isotherm studies

RK Mohapatra, PK Parhi, S Pandey… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
A highly lead (II) resistant (up to 2200 mg/l) bacterium PbRPSD202 was selected among
210 lead resistant bacteria isolated from marine environment of Paradeep Port, Odisha for …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the arsenic removal potential of various biosorbents from water

MB Shakoor, NK Niazi, I Bibi, M Shahid, ZA Saqib… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
Globally, contamination of groundwater with toxic arsenic (As) is an environmental and
public health issue given to its carcinogenic properties, thereby threatening millions of …

Effect of pretreatments on bioremoval of metals and subsequent exposure to simulated gastrointestinal conditions

A Zoghi, M Salimi, RS Mirmahdi, R Massoud… - Quality Assurance and …, 2022 - qascf.com
Water contamination with heavy metals is increased due to environmental contaminants.
Arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead are well-known toxic heavy metals for humans …

[HTML][HTML] Adsorption-reduction performance of tea waste and rice husk biochars for Cr (VI) elimination from wastewater

U Khalil, MB Shakoor, S Ali, M Rizwan… - Journal of Saudi …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the current study tea waste and rice husk biochars were used for the elimination of Cr (VI)
from wastewater with the objectives to study the effect of pH (3–10), shaking time (0.016–24 …

Arsenic removal by natural and chemically modified water melon rind in aqueous solutions and groundwater

MB Shakoor, NK Niazi, I Bibi, M Shahid, F Sharif… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Contamination of groundwater with toxic arsenic (As) has become an emerging health and
environmental problem around the world, which has seen significant attention amongst the …

High sorption efficiency for As (III) and As (V) from aqueous solutions using novel almond shell biochar

S Ali, M Rizwan, MB Shakoor, A Jilani, R Anjum - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Arsenic (As) presence in surface reservoirs and groundwater is considered as an extremely
alarming issue around the globe. The objectives of the present study were to evaluate the …

Synthesis of green nano iron particles (GnIP) and their application in adsorptive removal of As (III) and As (V) from aqueous solution

KS Prasad, P Gandhi, K Selvaraj - Applied Surface Science, 2014 - Elsevier
The present study reports a new approach to synthesise nano iron particles using leaf
extract of Mint (Mentha spicata L.) plant. The synthesised GnIPs were subjected to detailed …

Bioremoval of heavy metals by bacterial biomass

M Aryal, M Liakopoulou-Kyriakides - Environmental monitoring and …, 2015 - Springer
Heavy metals are among the most common pollutants found in the environment. Health
problems due to the heavy metal pollution become a major concern throughout the world …