Due to high Sulphur content of coals in Meghalaya, India, coal mining in this region generates huge amount of acidic waste characterized by low pH and leaching of toxic heavy metals which is a major ...
Bioremediation of heavy metals focuses on using microorganisms, plants, and fungi to detoxify environments polluted with toxic metals like lead, mercury, and cadmium. Mechanisms by which certain ...
Specific probiotic strains may detoxify heavy metals like cadmium, chromium, mercury, and lead, says a new study from Probiotical, Ghent University, and the University of Piemonte Orientale. While ...
A new review reveals that microplastics released from nuclear power plants act as Trojan horses, adsorbing rare heavy metals ...
A field study shows that inoculating rice with a Penicillium fungus significantly reduces chromium, cadmium, lead, and ...
With the continuous expansion of industrial and agricultural activities, the contamination of water bodies and soils by heavy metals such as cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) has become a severe global ...
Nature might have a solution to the problem as chromium-resistant bacteria can be harnessed in the bioremediation process.