Emerging micropollutants in aquatic ecosystems and nanotechnology-based removal alternatives: a review

N Narwal, D Katyal, N Kataria, PK Rose, SG Warkar… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a significant concern about the accessibility of uncontaminated and safe drinking
water, a fundamental necessity for human beings. This concern is attributed to the toxic …

Occurrence, fate, and potential risk of pharmaceutical pollutants in agriculture: Challenges and environmentally friendly solutions

MK Nguyen, C Lin, HL Nguyen, NTQ Hung… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, pharmaceutical active compounds (PhACs) have attained global
prevalence. The behavior of PhACs in agricultural soils is complex and depends on several …

Microalgae-based removal of pollutants from wastewaters: Occurrence, toxicity and circular economy

P Bhatt, G Bhandari, K Bhatt, H Simsek - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The natural and anthropogenic sources of water bodies are contaminated with diverse
categories of pollutants such as antibiotics, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, heavy metals …

Removal and degradation of dyes from textile industry wastewater: Benchmarking recent advancements, toxicity assessment and cost analysis of treatment processes

A Sahu, JC Poler - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Clean and safe drinking water is vital. Tragically, this quality has been degraded due to the
anthropomorphic and continuous discharge of toxic and non-biodegradable organic …

Efficient removal of total arsenic (As3+/5+) from contaminated water by novel strategies mediated iron and plant extract activated waste flowers of marigold

SK Upadhyay, P Devi, V Kumar, HK Pathak, P Kumar… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
In this investigation, marigold flower-waste was activated with iron salts (MG-Fe),
subsequently marigold plant extract (MG-Fe-Ex) for the adsorptive elimination of As 3+ and …

The recent advances in adsorption and membrane separation and their hybrid technologies for micropollutants removal from wastewater

JF Nure, TTI Nkambule - Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
In modern society, the bulk production of new chemicals, huge consumption, and the
discharge of micropollutants into the environment are unavoidable events. Practically …

Nano-biochar: recent progress, challenges, and opportunities for sustainable environmental remediation

G Bhandari, S Gangola, A Dhasmana… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Biochar is a carbonaceous by-product of lignocellulosic biomass developed by various
thermochemical processes. Biochar can be transformed into “nano-biochar” by size …

Microalgal-induced remediation of wastewaters loaded with organic and inorganic pollutants: an overview

I Ghaffar, A Hussain, A Hasan, B Deepanraj - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The recent surge in industrialization has intensified the accumulation of various types of
organic and inorganic pollutants due to the illegal dumping of partially and/or untreated …

Current trends in environmental and energy photocatalysis and ISO standardization

H Ali, M Masar, M Yasir, M Machovsky… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this review, we report on the recent progress in photocatalysis, emerging trends, and ISO
standardization for various energy and environmental applications. Photocatalysis can …

Mechanistic insight into the spatial scale of nonuniform oxidation of micropollutants in reactive electrochemical membranes for water purification

K Yang, D Zu, Z Zhang, J Ma, Z Yang - ACS ES&T Engineering, 2023 - ACS Publications
A reactive electrochemical membrane (REM) has been identified as an excellent platform in
micropolluted water purification due to its rapid mass transfer capability. Unlike traditional …