“…Few of their applications are in industries such as electroplating, batteries manufacturing, mining, metal finishing, porcelain enameling, and paint formulations. The toxicity of nickel ions will cause severe health issues such as dermatitis, allergies, renal disturbances, hepatitis, infertility, lung cancer, stomatitis, gingivitis, insomnia, nauseas, and different poisoning degrees to the kidney and cardiovascular system (Paulino et al 2007;Fu et al 2015;Jeon and Cha 2015). Hence, the effluents with nickel ions should be treated before letting them into the receiving water bodies.…”