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ReviewToxics2025

Alternative Biosorbents Based on Grape Pomace: Reducing Heavy Metals and Pesticides.

Georgiana-Diana Gabur, Anamaria-Ioana Dumitrașcu, Carmen Teodosiu, Valeriu V Cotea, Iulian Gabur

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Review in Toxics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Eco-Friendly Copper Recovery: Insights to Algal and Agricultural Waste Application.Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Georgiana-Diana GaburFaculty of Horticulture, "Ion Ionescu de la Brad" Iasi University of Life Sciences, Aleea Mihail Sadoveanu nr. 3, 700490 Iasi, Romania.
Anamaria-Ioana DumitrașcuFaculty of Horticulture, "Ion Ionescu de la Brad" Iasi University of Life Sciences, Aleea Mihail Sadoveanu nr. 3, 700490 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0009-0001-9427-9692
Carmen TeodosiuDepartment of Environmental Engineering and Management, "Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi, 73 Prof. Dimitrie Mangeron Street, 700050 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0009-0003-8058-6282
Valeriu V CoteaFaculty of Horticulture, "Ion Ionescu de la Brad" Iasi University of Life Sciences, Aleea Mihail Sadoveanu nr. 3, 700490 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-8717-6217
Iulian GaburFaculty of Agriculture, "Ion Ionescu de la Brad" Iasi University of Life Sciences, Aleea Mihail Sadoveanu nr. 3, 700490 Iasi, Romania.

Funding

Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization, CNCS- UEFISCDI PN-IV-P2-2.1- TE-2023-0333, within PNCDI IV
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heavy metal and pesticide contaminations represent significant environmental and health hazards to humans and animals. Toxic heavy metals such as lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg), and copper (Cu) persist in the environment, bioaccumulating in beverages and food products from both natural and anthropogenic sources. Traditional remediation techniques, such as chemical precipitation and ion exchange, are effective but often costly and challenging to apply at a large scale. In recent years, grape pomace-a winemaking by-product rich in bioactive compounds-has emerged as a promising, low-cost biosorbent for the removal of such pollutants. Its high adsorption capacity, environmental friendliness, and availability make it a strong candidate for water and food decontamination processes. This study evaluates grape pomace and its biochar as sustainable biosorbents for heavy metal removal from water and soil, examining their adsorption efficiency, adsorption mechanisms, environmental benefits, advantages, limitations, and perspectives for future industrial-scale applications.

Indexed as

biosorbentgrape pomaceheavy metalspesticidespollutants removal

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PMID40423487
PMCPMC12116072

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