Remediation approaches for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) contaminated soils: Technological constraints, emerging trends and future directions

S Kuppusamy, P Thavamani, K Venkateswarlu, YB Lee… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
For more than a decade, the primary focus of environmental experts has been to adopt risk-
based management approaches to cleanup PAH polluted sites that pose potentially …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. A review

AT Lawal - Cogent Environmental Science, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The recent literature describing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in air, water, soil
and sediment, waste sludge, biomonitoring, toxicity, are reviewed. Aspects of sampling …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastics in the urban atmosphere: Sources, occurrences, distribution, and potential health implications

A Jahandari - Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Urbanization itself is a major and furthermost imperative contributor to the release of
microplastics into the environments. As cities grow and develop, more plastic products are …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: a critical review of environmental occurrence and bioremediation

OO Alegbeleye, BO Opeolu, VA Jackson - Environmental management, 2017 - Springer
The degree of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination of environmental matrices has
increased over the last several years due to increase in industrial activities. Interest has …

A critical insight into occurrence and fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their green remediation approaches

A Kumari, V Upadhyay, S Kumar - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the last century, the tremendous growth in industrial activities particularly in the sectors
of pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals and the reckless application of fertilizers and …

Remediation of mercury contaminated sites–a review

J Wang, X Feng, CWN Anderson, Y **ng… - Journal of hazardous …, 2012 - Elsevier
Environmental contamination caused by mercury is a serious problem worldwide. Coal
combustion, mercury and gold mining activities and industrial activities have led to an …

Sources, toxicity, and remediation of mercury: an essence review

D Raj, SK Maiti - Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2019 - Springer
Mercury (Hg) is a pollutant that poses a global threat, and it was listed as one of the ten
leading 'chemicals of concern'by the World Health Organization in 2017. The review aims to …

Synthesis of magnetic biochar from bamboo biomass to activate persulfate for the removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in marine sediments

CD Dong, CW Chen, CM Hung - Bioresource technology, 2017 - Elsevier
This study developed a new and cost-effective method for the remediation of marine
sediments contaminated with PAHs. Fe 3 O 4 particles were synthesized as the active …

Advances in water treatment technologies for removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Existing concepts, emerging trends, and future prospects

AO Adeola, PBC Forbes - Water Environment Research, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the last two decades, environmental experts have focused on the development of several
biological, chemical, physical, and thermal methods/technologies for remediation of PAH …

A review on the microwave heating as a sustainable technique for environmental remediation/detoxification applications

PP Falciglia, P Roccaro, L Bonanno, G De Guidi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
This review highlights that microwave (MW) heating can be largely considered
advantageous for environmental applications. MW has been largely proposed for the …