Efficient phytoremediation of organic contaminants in soils using plant–endophyte partnerships

NX Feng, J Yu, HM Zhao, YT Cheng, CH Mo… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Soil pollution with organic contaminants is one of the most intractable environmental
problems today, posing serious threats to humans and the environment. Innovative …

Environmental fate and transformation mechanisms of chlorinated organic pollutants from the petrochemical industry: Insights for pollution control and remediation

Y Gu, J Meng, J Duo, JS Khim, T Wang, G Su… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Chlorinated organic pollutants (Cl-OPs), highly toxic and environmentally
persistent, have become the spotlight, particularly from petrochemical industry. This study …

The health risk levels of different age groups of residents living in the vicinity of municipal solid waste incinerator posed by PCDD/Fs in atmosphere and soil

J Li, Y Zhang, T Sun, H Hao, H Wu, L Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
In our study, health risk levels of different age groups of residents living in the vicinity of a
municipal solid waste incinerator (MSWI) posed by polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and …

Photo-Catalytic Remediation of Pesticides in Wastewater Using UV/TiO2

MH El-Saeid, MO Alotaibi, M Alshabanat, K Alharbi… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
One of the most serious environmental concerns worldwide is the consequences of
industrial wastes and agricultural usage leading to pesticide residues in water. At present, a …

Alternative fuel implementation in a cement plant: Human health risks and economical valuation

J Rovira, M Nadal, M Schuhmacher… - Archives of environmental …, 2016 - Springer
In June 2010, the cement plant of Montcada i Reixac (MR)(Catalonia, Spain) began a
gradual implementation of alternative fuel to replace fossil fuel. Between December 2010 …

Phytoremediation

A Cristaldi, C Copat, GO Conti, P Zuccarello, A Grasso… - 2020 - books.rsc.org
Environmental pollution is one of the most important problems that humanity has been
called upon to solve, because the introduction of pollutants into the environment has …

Strategies for enhancing soil phytoremediation and biomass valorization

APGC Marques, NSC Caetano, PML Castro - 2020 - books.rsc.org
There are more than 108 ha of contaminated land all over the world, 1 with the European
Union (EU) accounting for more than 3.6 million contaminated sites. 2 Over 66 000 ha of …

Levels, sources, and risk assessment of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in soils from industrial areas: A case study from Saudi Arabia

MI Al-Wabel, ARA Usman, MH El-Saeid… - Polycyclic Aromatic …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The objective of this study was to assess the pollution levels, sources, and human health risk
of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in soils of industrial areas of the central and eastern …

Dioxins in peat and its formation: An overview

K Mohamed, MIA Majid, YH Leong… - Cogent Environmental …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans collectively named
dioxins, have long been investigated in numerous ways in their formation and presence in …

National surveillance of 2, 3, 7, 8-substituted polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/furans in soil in Taiwan

YC Hsu, DE Que, YY Gou, TC Tsou, CK Liu, YL Wang… - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, the polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin/furan (PCDD/F) levels in 381 soil samples
coming from different background areas (n= 238) and contaminated areas (n= 143) in …