Fluoride-containing water: A global perspective and a pursuit to sustainable water defluoridation management-An overview

CFZ Lacson, MC Lu, YH Huang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
High levels of fluoride, though, naturally occurring (which can reach as high as 2,800 mg
F−/L) in the environment can be toxic to various living organisms. Moreover, it can be …

The contribution of ornamental plants to urban ecosystem services

A Francini, D Romano, S Toscano, A Ferrante - Earth, 2022 - mdpi.com
Urban areas can be differently anthropized; often, high-density populations lead to higher
amounts of pollution. Nowadays, ornamental plants can represent important living …

Phytoremediation of polluted soils and waters by native Qatari plants: Future perspectives

RF Al-Thani, BT Yasseen - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
Because pollution is predicted to worsen and sources of quality water for agriculture and
other human activities are limited, many countries have been motivated to seek novel water …

Current progress on fluoride occurrence in the soil environment: Sources, transformation, regulations and remediation

M Wang, H Wang, G Lei, B Yang, T Hu, Y Ye, W Li… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Fluorine is a halogen element widely distributed in nature, but due to excessive emissions
from industrial manufacturing and agricultural production, etc., the soil is over-enriched with …

Biological approaches of fluoride remediation: potential for environmental clean-up

P Katiyar, N Pandey, KK Sahu - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
Fluoride (F), anion of fluorine which is naturally present in soil and water, behaves as toxic
inorganic pollutant even at lower concentration and needs immediate attention. Its …

Bioaccumulation of fluoride in plants and its microbially assisted remediation: a review of biological processes and technological performance

R Kumar, R Sinha, PK Sharma, N Ivy, P Kumar, N Kant… - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Fluoride is widely found in soil–water systems due to anthropogenic and geogenic activities
that affect millions worldwide. Fluoride ingestion results in chronic and acute toxicity …

Recent developments in understanding fluoride accumulation, toxicity, and tolerance mechanisms in plants: An overview

BR Gadi, R Kumar, B Goswami, R Rankawat… - Journal of Soil Science …, 2021 - Springer
Excess fluoride (F−) inhibits the growth and metabolism of several crop plants, while some
have an innate ability for F− tolerance. The present study was undertaken to explain how …

Phytoremediation of fluoride from the environmental matrices: A review on its application strategies

M Weerasooriyagedara, A Ashiq… - Groundwater for …, 2020 - Elsevier
Fluoride contamination is a global environmental interrogation due to consideration of its
long-term persistence in air, soil, and water even at lower levels. Long-term exposure can …

Fluoride removal from aqueous medium using biochar produced from coffee ground

HVR dos Santos, PS Scalize, FJC Teran, RMF Cuba - Resources, 2023 - mdpi.com
Low concentrations of fluoride (F−) in drinking water are beneficial for oral health, but the
natural occurrence of high F− content has been reported in various groundwater sources …

Comprehensive and critical appraisal of plant-based defluoridation from environmental matrices

R Sharma, R Sharma, K Parveen, D Pant, P Malaviya - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Fluoride is recognized as one of the global environmental threats because of its non-
biodegradable nature and long-term persistence in the environment. This has created the …