Toxicity and bioremediation of heavy metals contaminated ecosystem from tannery wastewater: a review

BE Igiri, SIR Okoduwa, GO Idoko… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The discharge of untreated tannery wastewater containing biotoxic substances of heavy
metals in the ecosystem is one of the most important environmental and health challenges in …

Bioremediation of heavy metals from industrial effluents by endophytes and their metabolic activity: Recent advances

P Sharma, S Kumar - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Worldwide, heavy metals pollution is mostly caused by rapid population growth and
industrial development which is accumulated in food webs causing a serious public health …

A comprehensive review of water quality monitoring and assessment in Nigeria

JO Ighalo, AG Adeniyi - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Nigeria is the most populated black nation in the world with about 199 million people. About
66.3 million Nigerians do not have access to safe drinking water. In this study, research …

Tannery wastewater treatment: conventional and promising processes, an updated 20-year review

J Zhao, Q Wu, Y Tang, J Zhou, H Guo - Journal of Leather Science and …, 2022 - Springer
Mismanagement of various wastes especially waste water produced by tanning processes
has caused serious environmental problems and ultimately impaired human health …

Critical review on microbial community during in-situ bioremediation of heavy metals from industrial wastewater

P Sharma, AK Pandey, SH Kim, SP Singh… - … Technology & Innovation, 2021 - Elsevier
This review aims to summarise recent studies on in-situ microbial remediation of heavy
metals from industrial wastewater. The major environmental issue of heavy metal (s) …

Bioaccumulation and bioremediation of heavy metals in fishes—A review

F Jamil Emon, MF Rohani, N Sumaiya, MF Tuj Jannat… - Toxics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Heavy metals, the most potent contaminants of the environment, are discharged into the
aquatic ecosystems through the effluents of several industries, resulting in serious aquatic …

A systematic literature analysis of the nature and regional distribution of water pollution sources in Nigeria

JO Ighalo, AG Adeniyi, JA Adeniran… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Water quality monitoring and assessment helps to determine the purity of water and how
safe it is for use. This also guides environmental engineers in identifying the pollution …

Remediation of heavy metals (Cr, Zn) using physical, chemical and biological methods: a novel approach

FZ Akhtar, KM Archana, VG Krishnaswamy… - SN Applied …, 2020 - Springer
Heavy metal pollution has become one of the most significant environmental problems
globally leading to ecological imbalance. There are many physicochemical and biological …

Toxicity and bioremediation of the lead: a critical review

K Kumar, D Singh - International Journal of Environmental Health …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Lead is a naturally occurring, bluish-gray metal that is found in small quantities in the earth's
crust. The existing literature demonstrates that non-biodegradable character and continuous …

Green synthesis of CuO nanocomposite from watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) rind for the treatment of aquaculture effluent

AM Aibinu, TA Folorunso, AA Saka… - Regional Studies in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Aquaculture can generate toxic effluent that have a deleterious effect on the aqueous
environment. The aim of this study was to synthesise a nano-composite of copper oxide …