Sustainable and efficient technologies for removal and recovery of toxic and valuable metals from wastewater: Recent progress, challenges, and future perspectives

A Abidli, Y Huang, ZB Rejeb, A Zaoui, CB Park - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to their numerous effects on human health and the natural environment, water
contamination with heavy metals and metalloids, caused by their extensive use in various …

A comprehensive review on sources, analysis and toxicity of environmental pollutants and its removal methods from water environment

A Saravanan, PS Kumar, RV Hemavathy… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Natural and human anthropogenic activities increase the concentration of the toxic pollutant
in the water environment; they could cause harmful effects even in their lower concentration …

Biosorption: A review of the latest advances

E Torres - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Biosorption is a variant of sorption techniques in which the sorbent is a material of biological
origin. This technique is considered to be low cost and environmentally friendly, and it can …

Removal of heavy-metal pollutants by white rot fungi: Mechanisms, achievements, and perspectives

L Chen, X Zhang, M Zhang, Y Zhu, R Zhuo - Journal of cleaner production, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract White-rot fungi (WRF), a resource with potential environmental applications, are
well known for their extensive organic compound degradation abilities. The unique oxidative …

Adsorption of heavy metals: mechanisms, kinetics, and applications of various adsorbents in wastewater remediation—a review

Z Raji, A Karim, A Karam, S Khalloufi - Waste, 2023 - mdpi.com
Heavy metal contamination in wastewater is a significant concern for human health and the
environment, prompting increased efforts to develop efficient and sustainable removal …

Myco-remediation: A mechanistic understanding of contaminants alleviation from natural environment and future prospect

A Kumar, AN Yadav, R Mondal, D Kour… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Industrialization and modernization of agricultural systems contaminated lithosphere,
hydrosphere, and biosphere of the Earth. Sustainable remediation of contamination is …

Heavy metal-contained wastewater in China: Discharge, management and treatment

Q Li, G Liu, L Qi, H Wang, Z Ye, Q Zhao - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
A large amount of heavy metal-contained wastewater (HMW) was discharged during
Chinese industry development, which has caused many environmental problems. This study …

Biosorption effect of Aspergillus niger and Penicillium chrysosporium for Cd- and Pb-contaminated soil and their physiological effects on Vicia faba L.

OM El-Mahdy, HI Mohamed, AM Mogazy - Environmental Science and …, 2021 - Springer
Phytoremediation is an important solution to soil pollution management. The goal of this
study is to determine the biosorption ability of the two selected fungi (Aspergillus niger and …

Mycoremediation as a potentially promising technology: current status and prospects—a review

SO Akpasi, IMS Anekwe, EK Tetteh, UO Amune… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Global environmental pollutants are becoming intense because of the increasing human
population, urbanisation, and industrialisation. Human health and the ecosystem are …

A review of the dynamic mathematical modeling of heavy metal removal with the biosorption process

A Basu, SS Ali, SKS Hossain, M Asif - Processes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Biosorption has great potential in removing toxic effluents from wastewater, especially heavy
metal ions such as cobalt, lead, copper, mercury, cadmium, nickel and other ions …