Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39512325›Full record

ReviewHeliyon2024

Photocatalysis as a pre-discharge treatment to improve the effect of textile dyes on human health: A critical review.

Dineo A Bopape, Bulelwa Ntsendwana, Fumani D Mabasa

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Advances in Physicochemical and Biological Treatment of Textile Wastewater: An Applied Review of Methods, Technologies, and Costs.Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation · 2026
    Review
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Article
  15. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Dineo A BopapeDepartment of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (DMSTE), University of Limpopo, 0727, South Africa.
Bulelwa NtsendwanaNanotechnology Innovation Centre, Advanced Materials Division, Mintek, 200 Malibongwe Drive, Private Bag x 3015, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
Fumani D MabasaDepartment of Industrial Psychology and People Management, University of Johannesburg, Soweto, Johannesburg, 1809, South Africa.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The increasing need for dyes in the textile sector, has led to significant environmental consequences such as natural water contamination. Textile dyes in water can hinder algae and aquatic plant growth, break down into harmful intermediates, and affect the aquatic food chain. Terrestrial animals may also encounter these dyes through consumption or exposure. Cationic and anionic dyes like methylene blue, malachite green, rhodamine B, methyl orange, eosin y and methyl red can cause skin irritation, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, and teratogenicity. Therefore, the presence of these dyes in natural and wastewater streams pose significant threats to the aquatic ecosystems, ecological systems and human health. Effective management and remediation of textile dye effluents is crucial to mitigate these risks. Although regulatory bodies like ecological and toxicological association of the dyestuffs manufacturing Industry (ETAD) are working on addressing these risks, more challenges still persist due to nature of textile dyes, lack of enforcement of these regulations on textile dye industries

Indexed as

Advanced oxidation processesEnvironmental consequencesPhotocatalysisTextile dye effluentsTiO₂ and ZnO

Identifiers

PMID39512325
PMCPMC11541496

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.