Recent strategies for bioremediation of emerging pollutants: a review for a green and sustainable environment

S Bala, D Garg, BV Thirumalesh, M Sharma, K Sridhar… - Toxics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Environmental pollution brought on by xenobiotics and other related recalcitrant compounds
have recently been identified as a major risk to both human health and the natural …

Phytoremediation: Environmentally sustainable way for reclamation of heavy metal polluted soils

S Ashraf, Q Ali, ZA Zahir, S Ashraf… - … and environmental safety, 2019 - Elsevier
Soil contamination with toxic metals is a widespread environmental issue resulting from
global industrialization within the past few years. Therefore, decontamination of heavy metal …

Energy transition, natural resource consumption and environmental degradation: the role of geopolitical risk in sustainable development

MF Bashir, M Shahbaz, MN Malik, B Ma, J Wang - Resources Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Global economic policymakers are under pressure from various environmental stakeholders
to focus on sustainable development by adopting energy transition and lower fossil fuel …

Biological machinery for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons degradation: A review

A Imam, SK Suman, PK Kanaujia, A Ray - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are hazardous environmental pollutants with
widespread and well-recognized health concerns. Amidst more than a hundred known …

Plants—Microorganisms-based bioremediation for heavy metal cleanup: Recent developments, phytoremediation techniques, regulation mechanisms, and molecular …

A Raklami, A Meddich, K Oufdou, M Baslam - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Rapid industrialization, mine tailings runoff, and agricultural activities are often detrimental to
soil health and can distribute hazardous metal (loid) s into the soil environment, with harmful …

The role of green financing, agriculture development, geopolitical risk, and natural resource on environmental pollution in China

Y Du, W Wang - Resources Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to climatic uncertainties, the biosphere experienced tremendous growth of
anthropogenic activities, which eradicates the sustainable environment for living beings …

Research progress on heavy metals pollution in the soil of smelting sites in China

M Adnan, B Xiao, P Xiao, P Zhao, R Li, S Bibi - Toxics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Contamination by heavy metals is a significant issue worldwide. In recent decades, soil
heavy metals pollutants in China had adverse impacts on soil quality and threatened food …

Bacterial biofilm and extracellular polymeric substances in the moving bed biofilm reactor for wastewater treatment: A review

KU Mahto, S Das - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Among the several biofilm-based bioreactors, moving bed biofilm reactors (MBBR) have
been extensively used for wastewater treatment due to low operational costs, technical …

Nanotechnology in the restoration of polluted soil

VD Rajput, T Minkina, SK Upadhyay, A Kumari… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
The advancements in nanoparticles (NPs) may be lighting the sustainable and eco-friendly
path to accelerate the removal of toxic compounds from contaminated soils. Many efforts …

Mitigation of heavy metal stress in the soil through optimized interaction between plants and microbes

M Narayanan, Y Ma - Journal of Environmental Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Agricultural as well as industrial processes, such as mining and textile activities, are just a
few examples of anthropogenic activities that have a long-term negative impact on the …