Recent advances in soil remediation technology for heavy metal contaminated sites: A critical review

P Song, D Xu, J Yue, Y Ma, S Dong, J Feng - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the increasing development of industry and urbanization, heavy metal contaminated
sites have become progressively conspicuous, particularly by unreasonable emissions from …

Sources, impacts, factors affecting Cr uptake in plants, and mechanisms behind phytoremediation of Cr-contaminated soils

S Ullah, Q Liu, S Wang, AU Jan, HMA Sharif… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chromium (Cr) is released into the environment through anthropogenic activities and has
gained significant attention in the recent decade as environmental pollution. Its …

Comprehensive review of the basic chemical behaviours, sources, processes, and endpoints of trace element contamination in paddy soil-rice systems in rice-growing …

W Ali, K Mao, H Zhang, M Junaid, N Xu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Rice is the leading staple food for more than half of the world's population, and
approximately 160 million hectares of agricultural area worldwide are under rice cultivation …

Endophytic bacteria: prospects and applications for the phytoremediation of organic pollutants

M Afzal, QM Khan, A Sessitsch - Chemosphere, 2014 - Elsevier
Recently, there has been an increased effort to enhance the efficacy of phytoremediation of
contaminated environments by exploiting plant–microbe interactions. The combined use of …

A study of heavy metal pollution in China: Current status, pollution-control policies and countermeasures

H Hu, Q **, P Kavan - Sustainability, 2014 - mdpi.com
In the past 30 years, China's economy has experienced rapid development, which led to a
vast increase in energy consumption and serious environmental pollution. Among the …

Combined ability of chromium (Cr) tolerant plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) and salicylic acid (SA) in attenuation of chromium stress in maize plants

F Islam, T Yasmeen, MS Arif, M Riaz… - Plant Physiology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Heavy metal contamination of agricultural soil has become a serious global problem. This
study was aimed to evaluate the effects of two chromium (Cr) tolerant plant growth promoting …

Chromium toxicity, speciation, and remediation strategies in soil-plant interface: A critical review

U Zulfiqar, FU Haider, M Ahmad, S Hussain… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In recent decades, environmental pollution with chromium (Cr) has gained significant
attention. Although chromium (Cr) can exist in a variety of different oxidation states and is a …

Insight into adsorption of Pb (II) with wild resistant bacteria TJ6 immobilized on biochar composite: Roles of bacterial cell and biochar

D Wang, H Chen, C **n, Y Yuan, Q Sun, C Cao… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microbial immobilization is a new strategy for bio-remediation of heavy metals. However,
information regarding immobilization of wild resistant bacteria onto biochar for heavy metal …

[HTML][HTML] Soil pollution and plant efficiency indices for phytoremediation of heavy metal (loid) s: two-decade study (2002–2021)

A Kumar, Tripti, D Raj, SK Maiti, M Maleva, G Borisova - Metals, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper reviews research on phytoremediation (2002–2021), particularly for the
estimation of plant efficiency and soil pollution indices, examining the extraction of metals …

Culturable and inhalable airborne bacteria in a semiunderground municipal wastewater treatment plant: Distribution, transmission, and health risk assessment

X Zhang, B Lu, G Chen, L Wang, B Lin, Z Peng… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Airborne pathogens constitute a growing threat to global public health. Wastewater
treatment plants (WWTPs) are important sources of airborne bacteria, which pose great …