ArticleJournal of environmental management2017
The presence of contaminations in sewage sludge - The current situation.
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- An Overview of Antibiotic Resistance and Abiotic Stresses Affecting Antimicrobial Resistance in Agricultural Soils.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Synthesis of activated carbon from sewage sludge using phosphoric acid as activating agent.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2026Article
- Occurrence and health risk assessment of trace and heavy metals in four wastewater treatment plants and their receiving surface waters in Gauteng Province, South Africa.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2026Article
- Temperature-Driven Responses and Contributions of Hyperthermophiles: Linking Storage and Inoculation Strategies in Municipal Sludge Composting.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Life Cycle Environmental Impacts of Sewage Sludge Pyrolysis and Their Dynamic Evolution.ACS environmental Au · 2025Article
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- Irrigation water quality shapes soil microbiomes: a 16 S rRNA-based biogeographic study in arid ecosystems.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Decontamination of Sewage Wastewater by an Aeration Method Utilizing Water Hardness-Reducing Spirulina platensis.Current microbiology · 2025Article
- Enhancement of the Plant-Accessible Phosphate Fraction in Sewage Sludge Ashes by NaChemSusChem · 2025Article
- Parasites in Sewage: Legal Requirements and Diagnostic Tools.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Biological resources driving productivity: bioinputs for sustainable plant agriculture in Brazil.Sustainable microbiology · 2025Review
- Bioleaching as a biotechnological tool for metal recovery: from sewage to space mining.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Review
- In-utero exposure to real-life environmental chemicals disrupts gene expression within the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis of prepubertal and adult rams.Environmental research · 2025Article
- Perspectives on innovative non-fertilizer applications of sewage sludge for mitigating environmental and health hazards.Communications engineering · 2024Review
- Novel Insights into Alkyl Polyglucoside Biosurfactant Promoting Anaerobic Dark Fermentation for Hydrogen Production in Sludge.Applied biochemistry and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Sewage sludge fertilization affects microbial community structure and its resistome in agricultural soils.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Biochar from Co-Pyrolyzed Municipal Sewage Sludge (MSS): Part 1: Evaluating Types of Co-Substrates and Co-Pyrolysis Conditions.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Heavy metals and potential health risk assessment of Lactuca sativa and Daucus carrota from soil treated with organic manures and chemical fertilizer.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2024Article
- Evaluating the effectiveness of sulfidated nano zerovalent iron and sludge co-application for reducing metal mobility in contaminated soil.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
Sewage sludge/biosolids are by-wastes of municipal and industrial wastewater treatment. As sources of nutrients (C, N, P) they are widely used in intensive farming where large supplementation of organic matter to maintain fertility and enhance crop yields is needed. However, according to the report of European Commission published in 2010, only 39% of produced sewage sludge is recycled into agriculture in the European Union. This situation occurs mainly due to the fact, that the sewage sludge may contain a dangerous volume of different contaminants. For over decades, a great deal of attention has been focused on total concentration of few heavy metals and pathogenic bacteria Salmonella and Escherichia coli. The Sewage Sludge Directive (86/278/EEC) regulates the allowable limits of Zn, Cu, Ni, Pb, Cd, Cr and Hg and pathogens and allows for recovery of sludge on land under defined sanitary and environmentally sound conditions. In this paper, a review on quality of sewage sludge based on the publications after 2010 has been presented. Nowadays there are several papers focusing on new serious threats to human health and ecosystem occurring in sewage sludge - both chemicals (such as toxic trace elements - Se, Ag, Ti; nanoparticles; polyaromatic hydrocarbons; polychlorinated biphenyl; perfluorinated surfactants, polycyclic musks, siloxanes, pesticides, phenols, sweeteners, personal care products, pharmaceuticals, benzotriazoles) and biological traits (Legionella, Yersinia, Escherichia coli O157:H7).
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