Lead (Pb) is a ubiquitous pollutant which poses serious threats to plants, animals and
humans once entered into the food chain via contaminated industrial effluents on their
discharge into the surface of water bodies and/or geological materials. This study aimed to
examine and compare the biosorption potential of natural sugarcane bagasse (NB),
pyrolysed sugarcane bagasse (PB) and acid assisted pyrolysed sugarcane bagasse (APB)
for the removal of Pb from contaminated water. To explore this objective, a series of batch …