Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): Sources, Types, Impacts, and Their Remediation

Akhtar, Amtul Bari Tabinda; Naseem, Samra; Yasar, Abdullah; Naseem, Zunaira

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-5499-5_8

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“…Such as Bacillus sp. helps to improve the removal of different toxic compounds and heavy metals in association with phytoremediation as they secrete different enzymes which help them to rise in contaminated areas [9]. Bacteria use both passive (biosorption) and active (bioaccumulation) mechanisms for cost-effective remediation, using less energy consumption along with better air quality [10], [11].…”

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Nano-bioremediation of heavy metals from environment using a green synthesis approach

Aslam

Mazhar

2023

IJAAS

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<p><span>The quality of human life is compromised due to the increased concentration of toxic heavy metals in air, water, and soil which is directly interacted with living life. Exceed levels of Cr, Cd, Cu, As, Zn, Pb, and Hg influence the living chain and not only causes human damage but also greatly effects animals, plants, and microorganisms. The consistent increase in drawbacks of traditional methods makes them a poor choice for the remediation of heavy metals. In comparison to that, the use of advanced technology at nano levels gives promising results. Many nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes, nanofibers, nanoflowers, and nanoadsorbents of different metals such as copper, titanium, zinc, gold, silver, iron, cerium, and manganese use along with different biological materials increase the nano-bioremediation rate in the field of science and pose industrial and environmental applications. Being a cost-effective, eco-friendly, controllable nature of nano-bioremediation technology, they lack background knowledge, and handling at the commercial level. This review highlights different types of nanomaterials, how they are implemented in different application, their green synthesis approach, and the boon and bane of using nano-bioremediation technology in real-time.</span></p>

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Nano-bioremediation of heavy metals from environment using a green synthesis approach

Aslam

Mazhar

2023

IJAAS

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“…Degradation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in industrial waste is a major concern for health and the environment. 1,2 Heavy industries such as petrochemicals and steel factories generate a wide range of hazardous pollutants [3][4][5] such as polychlorinated compounds (PC), polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and other chlorinated polymers. [5][6][7] POPs compounds are toxic, mutagenic, carcinogen, and migrate long distances in the environment.…”

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Mechanochemical dechlorination of petrochemical sludge through a planetary ball mill and using industrial wastes as additives

Alavi

Adabi

Sadani

et al. 2022

Env Prog and Sustain Energy

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Mechanochemical treatment causes the formation of mineral Cl compounds during the degradation of polychlorinated compounds by planetary ball mill. In the present study, the three types of industrial waste comprising of sludge from petrochemical wastewater treatment plants as source of pollutants, scrap iron and petrochemical water treatment plant sludge as co‐milling reagents were used. The raw samples and the milled products were analyzed by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Raman Spectroscopy, and X‐ray diffraction. Further analyses such as ion chromatography and X‐ray fluorescence were performed. The analysis results confirmed that the milling process degraded persistent organic pollutants and showed that major changes occurred in the organic phases, carbon and chlorine bonds. The yield of chloride ions was investigated using Ion Chromatography. The highest percentage of de‐Cl products (95.6%) was achieved after 6 h in equal proportions of reagents. Furthermore, CaCl2 and FeCl2 were present in the final milling product.

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“…This approach is strategically important in the context of dynamic changes in Ukrainian legislation in the field of air quality monitoring and adaptation of methodological framework of air monitoring to European legislation. In the European Union, significant research is devoted to the environmental pollution by Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) [Akhtar et al, 2021;Jeno et al, 2021;Gusev et al, 2015;Xu et al, 2013].…”

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Estimation of Input of Unintentionally Produced Persistent Organic Pollutants into the Air Basin of the Odessa Industrial-and-Urban Agglomeration

Mykhailenko¹,

Safranov²

2021

J. Ecol. Eng.

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The environmental legislation in Ukraine is changing rapidly. These changes are related to the adaptation of Ukrainian laws to the requirements of the European Union. In this regard, the paper considers the unintentional production of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the Odessa Industrial-and-Urban Agglomeration (next -Odessa agglomeration) in the context of new regulatory and legal requirements of Ukraine. In many countries around the world, the issue of pollution of environmental components by POPs has a large focus, because POPs pose a global threat to the environment and human health. The work aims to assess the main sources of unintentional production of POPs in the Odessa agglomeration during one year (2017), taking into account the new territorial features of the Odessa agglomeration. For the first time for Odessa agglomeration, the mass of POPs formed by main sources using the newest European methodological approach was calculated, sources of unintentional production of POPs on volumes of these substances were ranked, and their total mass of generation on the territory of Odessa agglomeration was calculated. The number of POPs molecules equivalent to 2,3,7,8-TСDD, which infiltrate into the air basin of the Odessa agglomeration, hence into the organisms of the agglomeration inhabitants, was calculated. The obtained results were compared with the allowable number per capita of the agglomeration, the relevant conclusions were drawn. Priority sources of unintentional production of POPs were identified, which allows taking appropriate preventive measures to reduce the scale of their generation.

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Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): Sources, Types, Impacts, and Their Remediation

Cited by 12 publications

References 181 publications

Nano-bioremediation of heavy metals from environment using a green synthesis approach

Nano-bioremediation of heavy metals from environment using a green synthesis approach

Mechanochemical dechlorination of petrochemical sludge through a planetary ball mill and using industrial wastes as additives

Estimation of Input of Unintentionally Produced Persistent Organic Pollutants into the Air Basin of the Odessa Industrial-and-Urban Agglomeration

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