Hazardous heavy metals contamination of vegetables and food chain: Role of sustainable remediation approaches-A review

S Kumar, S Prasad, KK Yadav, M Shrivastava… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
This review emphasizes the role of toxic metal remediation approaches due to their broad
sustainability and applicability. The rapid developmental processes can incorporate a large …

Removal of heavy metal ions from aqueous system by ion-exchange and biosorption methods

A Bashir, LA Malik, S Ahad, T Manzoor, MA Bhat… - Environmental …, 2019 - Springer
Pollution due to heavy metals is currently a serious problems affecting water bodies. The
removal of heavy metals is of great concern due to their toxicity at trace levels and …

A systematic review on adsorptive removal of hexavalent chromium from aqueous solutions: Recent advances

AU Rajapaksha, R Selvasembian, A Ashiq… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The contamination of natural resources by hexavalent chromium (Cr (VI)) originating from
natural and anthropogenic activities is a serious environmental concern. Although many …

A review on the adsorption of heavy metals by clay minerals, with special focus on the past decade

MK Uddin - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
Adsorption has been proved to be the best process of water treatment because of its
significant advantages. Clays and their minerals are abundant and cheap material …

Biomass-derived biosorbents for metal ions sequestration: Adsorbent modification and activation methods and adsorbent regeneration

RK Gautam, A Mudhoo, G Lofrano… - Journal of environmental …, 2014 - Elsevier
Heavy metals released from industrial activities pose a significant threat to the environment
and public health due to their reported toxicity even at trace levels. Although there are …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive review on zeolite-based nanocomposites for treatment of effluents from wastewater

V Sodha, S Shahabuddin, R Gaur, I Ahmad… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
All humans and animals need access to clean water in their daily lives. Unfortunately, we
are facing water scarcity in several places around the world, and, intentionally or …

Review on preparation and adsorption properties of chitosan and chitosan composites

X Liu, X Zhao, Y Liu, T Zhang - Polymer Bulletin, 2022 - Springer
Compared with traditional polymers, biopolymers are more environmentally friendly due to
their sustainable sources, easy decomposition and naturally recycled by biological …

Kinetics of adsorption of metal ions on inorganic materials: a review

SS Gupta, KG Bhattacharyya - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2011 - Elsevier
It is necessary to establish the rate law of adsorbate–adsorbent interactions to understand
the mechanism by which the solute accumulates on the surface of a solid and gets adsorbed …

Application of layered double hydroxides for removal of oxyanions: a review

KH Goh, TT Lim, Z Dong - Water research, 2008 - Elsevier
Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are lamellar mixed hydroxides containing positively
charged main layers and undergoing anion exchange chemistry. In recent years, many …

Adsorption of a few heavy metals on natural and modified kaolinite and montmorillonite: a review

KG Bhattacharyya, SS Gupta - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2008 - Elsevier
The feasibility of using two important and common clay minerals, kaolinite and
montmorillonite, as adsorbents for removal of toxic heavy metals has been reviewed. A good …