Critical review on hazardous pollutants in water environment: Occurrence, monitoring, fate, removal technologies and risk assessment

BS Rathi, PS Kumar, DVN Vo - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Water is required for the existence of all living things. Water pollution has grown significantly,
over the decades and now it has developed as a serious worldwide problem. The presence …

Starch, cellulose, pectin, gum, alginate, chitin and chitosan derived (nano) materials for sustainable water treatment: A review

M Nasrollahzadeh, M Sajjadi, S Iravani… - Carbohydrate polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Natural biopolymers, polymeric organic molecules produced by living organisms and/or
renewable resources, are considered greener, sustainable, and eco-friendly materials …

[HTML][HTML] Removal of pesticides from water and wastewater: Chemical, physical and biological treatment approaches

IA Saleh, N Zouari, MA Al-Ghouti - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2020 - Elsevier
The levels of pesticides in water have increased due to their excessive use in the modern
agricultural domain. Choosing a suitable water treatment method for pesticide removal …

A review on recent trends in the removal of emerging contaminants from aquatic environment using low-cost adsorbents

M Varsha, PS Kumar, BS Rathi - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Emerging contaminants (ECs), a class of contaminants with low concentrations but
significant harm, have received a lot of attention in recent times. ECs comprises of various …

Emerging organic contaminants in global community drinking water sources and supply: A review of occurrence, processes and remediation

A Mukhopadhyay, S Duttagupta, A Mukherjee - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Human-sourced organic compounds like pesticides, pharmaceuticals, surfactants, personal
care products, food, and industrial additives are used daily, across multiple sectors, globally …

Wastewater—sources, toxicity, and their consequences to human health

RR Karri, G Ravindran, MH Dehghani - Soft computing techniques in solid …, 2021 - Elsevier
Humans, for their development, utilize the natural wealth rapidly; among the resources they
consume, water is being used drastically due to uncontrolled and unsustainable …

Pesticides in aquatic environments and their removal by adsorption methods

A Mojiri, JL Zhou, B Robinson, A Ohashi, N Ozaki… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Although pesticides are widely used in agriculture, industry and households, they pose a
risk to human health and ecosystems. Based on target organisms, the main types of …

Magsorbents: Potential candidates in wastewater treatment technology–A review on the removal of methylene blue dye

F Mashkoor, A Nasar - Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, several industries release varying concentrations of dye-containing
wastewater directly into the ecosystem and become the foremost environmental concern …

Bioremediation of water containing pesticides by microalgae: Mechanisms, methods, and prospects for future research

J Nie, Y Sun, Y Zhou, M Kumar, M Usman, J Li… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The application of pesticides reduces the loss of crops while simultaneously increasing crop
productivity. However, the frequent use of pesticides can cause serious environmental …

Adsorptive and photocatalytic degradation potential of porous polymeric materials for removal of pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and dyes-based emerging contaminants …

A Intisar, A Ramzan, S Hafeez, N Hussain, M Irfan… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Life on earth is dependent on clean water, which is crucial for survival. Water supplies are
getting contaminated due to the growing human population and its associated …