[HTML][HTML] Impact of heavy metals on the environment and human health: Novel therapeutic insights to counter the toxicity

S Mitra, AJ Chakraborty, AM Tareq, TB Emran… - Journal of King Saud …, 2022 - Elsevier
Heavy metals are well-known environmental pollutants owing to their toxicity, longevity in
the atmosphere, and ability to accumulate in the human body via bioaccumulation. The …

The uptake and bioaccumulation of heavy metals by food plants, their effects on plants nutrients, and associated health risk: a review

A Khan, S Khan, MA Khan, Z Qamar… - Environmental science and …, 2015 - Springer
Heavy metal contamination is a globally recognized environmental issue, threatening
human life very seriously. Increasing population and high demand for food resulted in …

Biochar particle size, shape, and porosity act together to influence soil water properties

Z Liu, B Dugan, CA Masiello, HM Gonnermann - Plos one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Many studies report that, under some circumstances, amending soil with biochar can
improve field capacity and plant-available water. However, little is known about the …

A sustainable paradigm of sewage sludge biochar: valorization, opportunities, challenges and future prospects

S Singh, V Kumar, DS Dhanjal, S Datta, D Bhatia… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
The generation of sludge during wastewater treatment has drawn the attention of various
scientists on its toxicity and safety in lieu of its disposal in the environment. Source of sludge …

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 from biosolids pyrolysis: a review

J Paz-Ferreiro, A Nieto, A Méndez… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Ever increasing volumes of biosolids (treated sewage sludge) are being produced by
municipal wastewater facilities. This is a consequence of the continued expansion of urban …

The influence of various biochars on the bioaccessibility and bioaccumulation of PAHs and potentially toxic elements to turnips (Brassica rapa L.)

S Khan, M Waqas, F Ding, I Shamshad… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2015 - Elsevier
The influence of amending a contaminated soil with different dry-pyrolyzed biochars on the
bioaccessibility and biouptake of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and potentially …

Enrichment of primary macronutrients in biochar for sustainable agriculture: a review

AA Karim, M Kumar, E Singh, A Kumar… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Macronutrient-enriched biochars have potential for nutrient recycling from waste, enhance
soil fertility, reduce consumption of fertilizers, and thereby promoting sustainable agriculture …

Low uptake affinity cultivars with biochar to tackle Cd-tainted rice—a field study over four rice seasons in Hunan, China

D Chen, H Guo, R Li, L Li, G Pan, A Chang… - Science of the total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Biochar is becoming an environmentally friendly material for remediation of heavy metal
contaminated soils and improving food safety. A field trial over four rice seasons was …

Advances in research on the use of biochar in soil for remediation: a review

EF Zama, BJ Reid, HPH Arp, GX Sun, HY Yuan… - Journal of Soils and …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Soil contamination mainly from human activities remains a major environmental
problem in the contemporary world. Significant work has been undertaken to position …