ReviewHeliyon2024
Review on the impact of heavy metals from industrial wastewater effluent and removal technologies.
Review in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
70 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- PRISMA-based review ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Pooled it
- Environmental lead (Pb) contamination in coastal fish: Tissue-specific bioaccumulation, histopathology, and health risk assessment in South Sumatra, Indonesia.Toxicology reports · 2026Article
- Deciphering the role of human peroxiredoxins for combating lead and zinc mediated cellular toxicity using a yeast model.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026Article
- Spatial patterns and associations between microplastics and heavy metals in wastewater effluents of Pakistan's twin cities: insights from structural equation modeling.RSC advances · 2026Article
- Process Intensification Sonocatalytic Degradation of Malachite Green Wastewater over Hydrothermally Engineered M-ZLT@CoMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Phyto-Mediated Versus Conventional Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation: Surface Chemistry, Removal Mechanisms, Performance, and Sustainability.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Study of the potential of composite material based on zeolite and geopolymer as an adsorbent of toxic metals.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2026Article
- Activated Carbon from Pyrolysis of Plastic Waste as an Adsorbent for the Removal of Pb(II), Cd(II) and Co(II) from Aqueous Solutions.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Design, synthesis, and characterization of glyoxime-functionalized hydroxypropyl methylcellulose/acrylic acid hydrogel for efficient removal of lead (II) ions from aqueous media.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Sustainable sludge derived activated carbon polyaniline composite removes lead and cadmium from industrial wastewater.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Dietary and Environmental Exposure to Toxic Elements in Endometriosis: A Missing Piece of the Etiological Puzzle?Nutrients · 2026Review
- Recent Advances in Ferrite-Based Materials for Biomedical Applications: A Comprehensive Review.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Review
- Different types of voltametric techniques for selective and sensitive detection of heavy metal ions in wastewater system: a review.RSC advances · 2026Review
- Vinyl Ether Maleic Anhydride Copolymers: Efficient and Reusable Sorbents for Removing Heavy Metals from Water.ACS macro letters · 2026Article
- Harnessing biostimulants to alleviate potentially toxic element stress in vegetable crops.Planta · 2026Review
- Eggshell-Activated Carbon from Water Hyacinths for Heavy Metal Removal from Wastewater: Isotherm and Kinetic Studies.Journal of xenobiotics · 2026Article
- Efficient Binary Solution Adsorption Using Polyurethane Foam Composites Integrated with Zr-MOF and Milled Activated Carbon.Polymers · 2026Article
- Integration of feather waste hydrolysis, enzyme production, and cultivation of Spirulina (Limnospira platensis) and its potential economic and environmental benefits.Bioprocess and biosystems engineering · 2026Article
- Biopolymeric templates for green synthesis of nanoporous silica adsorbents for wastewater remediation.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Tomato-derived carbon quantum dots: composition-driven structure and copper sensing potential.Scientific reports · 2026Article
10 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
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Abstract
The incidence of water pollution in developing countries is high due to the lack of regulatory policies and laws that protect water bodies from anthropogenic activities and industrial wastewater. Industrial wastewater contains significant amounts of heavy metals that are detrimental to human health, aquatic organisms, and the ecosystem. The focus of this review was to evaluate the sources and treatment methods of wastewater, with an emphasis on technologies, advantages, disadvantages, and innovation. It was observed that conventional methods of wastewater treatment (such as flotation, coagulation/flocculation, and adsorption) had shown promising results but posed certain limitations, such as the generation of high volumes of sludge, relatively low removal rates, inefficiency in treating low metal concentrations, and sensitivity to varying pH. Recent technologies like nanotechnology, photocatalysis, and electrochemical coagulation have significant advantages over conventional methods for removing heavy metals, including higher removal rates, improved energy efficiency, and greater selectivity for specific contaminants. However, the high costs associated with these advanced methods remain a major drawback. Therefore, we recommend that future developments in wastewater treatment technology focus on reducing both costs and waste generation.
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