Role of Microbes and Nanomaterials in the Removal of Pesticides from Wastewater
Pesticides are a class of xenobiotic compounds that are recalcitrant and show persistence in the environment for a longer period of time. Research studies have linked their potential for mutagenicity, teratogenicity, and carcinogenicity. The accumulation of pesticides in water sources due to runoff...
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| author | Arpita Roy Madhura Roy Saad Alghamdi Anas S. Dablool Angham Ahmed Almakki Ismat H. Ali Krishna Kumar Yadav Md. Rabiul Islam Marina M. S. Cabral-Pinto |
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| description | Pesticides are a class of xenobiotic compounds that are recalcitrant and show persistence in the environment for a longer period of time. Research studies have linked their potential for mutagenicity, teratogenicity, and carcinogenicity. The accumulation of pesticides in water sources due to runoff from agricultural lands has posed a serious threat to the biota of the water ecosystem as well as to the human population. Long-term exposure to pesticides can cause neurological disorders, reproductive complications, cancer, immunological, and pulmonary diseases. The use of pesticides has dramatically surged in agricultural as well as nonagricultural practices. Tons of pesticides are applied in the fields, but a limited amount reaches to the target organism while the rest is wasted and gets accumulated in soil or ends up in water sources like groundwater or river, which results in eradication of nontarget organisms. A variety of pesticides are used for pest management, such as organochlorine (DDT), carbamates (carbaryl), organophosphates (malathion), and pyrethroids (pyrethrins). These chemicals are highly toxic to flora and fauna because of their nonbiodegradable and persistence nature. Biomagnification of pesticides usually leads to cause various problems in human beings. Organochlorines like DDT have been banned in many developed countries due to these reasons. Therefore, the removal of pesticides from wastewater and natural water sources is of utmost importance. Conventional methods possess various limitations; therefore, there is a requirement of an alternative method which can efficiently remove these pollutants from the wastewater. In this review, environmental impacts and health-related complications of pesticides and microbial remediation approaches and use of different nanomaterials in the pesticide removal have been discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-656e2538c6b64c98aaf0819497b49d562025-02-03T01:07:23ZengWileyInternational Journal of Photoenergy1687-529X2022-01-01202210.1155/2022/2131583Role of Microbes and Nanomaterials in the Removal of Pesticides from WastewaterArpita Roy0Madhura Roy1Saad Alghamdi2Anas S. Dablool3Angham Ahmed Almakki4Ismat H. Ali5Krishna Kumar Yadav6Md. Rabiul Islam7Marina M. S. Cabral-Pinto8Department of BiotechnologyCentre for Translational and Clinical ResearchLaboratory Medicine DepartmentDepartment of Public HealthDepartment of Laboratory and Blood BankDepartment of ChemistryFaculty of Science and TechnologyDepartment of PharmacyGeobiotec Research CentrePesticides are a class of xenobiotic compounds that are recalcitrant and show persistence in the environment for a longer period of time. Research studies have linked their potential for mutagenicity, teratogenicity, and carcinogenicity. The accumulation of pesticides in water sources due to runoff from agricultural lands has posed a serious threat to the biota of the water ecosystem as well as to the human population. Long-term exposure to pesticides can cause neurological disorders, reproductive complications, cancer, immunological, and pulmonary diseases. The use of pesticides has dramatically surged in agricultural as well as nonagricultural practices. Tons of pesticides are applied in the fields, but a limited amount reaches to the target organism while the rest is wasted and gets accumulated in soil or ends up in water sources like groundwater or river, which results in eradication of nontarget organisms. A variety of pesticides are used for pest management, such as organochlorine (DDT), carbamates (carbaryl), organophosphates (malathion), and pyrethroids (pyrethrins). These chemicals are highly toxic to flora and fauna because of their nonbiodegradable and persistence nature. Biomagnification of pesticides usually leads to cause various problems in human beings. Organochlorines like DDT have been banned in many developed countries due to these reasons. Therefore, the removal of pesticides from wastewater and natural water sources is of utmost importance. Conventional methods possess various limitations; therefore, there is a requirement of an alternative method which can efficiently remove these pollutants from the wastewater. In this review, environmental impacts and health-related complications of pesticides and microbial remediation approaches and use of different nanomaterials in the pesticide removal have been discussed.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/2131583 |
| spellingShingle | Arpita Roy Madhura Roy Saad Alghamdi Anas S. Dablool Angham Ahmed Almakki Ismat H. Ali Krishna Kumar Yadav Md. Rabiul Islam Marina M. S. Cabral-Pinto Role of Microbes and Nanomaterials in the Removal of Pesticides from Wastewater International Journal of Photoenergy |
| title | Role of Microbes and Nanomaterials in the Removal of Pesticides from Wastewater |
| title_full | Role of Microbes and Nanomaterials in the Removal of Pesticides from Wastewater |
| title_fullStr | Role of Microbes and Nanomaterials in the Removal of Pesticides from Wastewater |
| title_full_unstemmed | Role of Microbes and Nanomaterials in the Removal of Pesticides from Wastewater |
| title_short | Role of Microbes and Nanomaterials in the Removal of Pesticides from Wastewater |
| title_sort | role of microbes and nanomaterials in the removal of pesticides from wastewater |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/2131583 |
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