Phytoremediation: The Sustainable Strategy for Improving Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality

Lee, Heayyean; Jun, Ziwoo; Zahra, Zahra

doi:10.3390/environments8110118

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“…This allows for an increase in the delivery rate of pollutants to the rhizosphere, which is largely believed to drive the phytoremediation process termed rhizodegradation (Torpy et al 2015 ). Compounds released from plants, such as sugars, amino acids, or enzymes, can stimulate bacterial growth in the soil and reversely stimulate microbial degradation of delivered pollutants by releasing exudates/enzymes into the rhizosphere (Lee et al 2021 ; Ma et al 2016 ).…”

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“…However it is likely that uptake through the plant’s stomata remains the primary method of NO 2 removal (Geßler et al 2002 ). NO 2 may also be accumulated in plants in the form of nitrate and nitrite, subsequently being reduced by nitrate and nitrite reductases, generating NH4, which is then assimilated to glutamate through the GS-GOGAT pathway (Lee et al 2021 ; Singh and Verma 2007 ; Wei et al 2017 ).…”

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Phytoremediation for the indoor environment: a state-of-the-art review

Matheson

Fleck

Irga

et al. 2023

Rev Environ Sci Biotechnol

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Poor indoor air quality has become of particular concern within the built environment due to the time people spend indoors, and the associated health burden. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) off-gassing from synthetic materials, nitrogen dioxide and harmful outdoor VOCs such benzene, toluene, ethyl-benzene and xylene penetrate into the indoor environment through ventilation and are the main contributors to poor indoor air quality with health effects. A considerable body of literature over the last four decades has demonstrate the removal of gaseous contaminants through phytoremediation, a technology that relies on plant material and technologies to remediate contaminated air streams. In this review we present a state-of-the-art on indoor phytoremediation over the last decade. Here we present a review of 38 research articles on both active and passive phytoremediation, and describe the specific chemical removal efficiency of different systems. The literature clearly indicates the efficacy of these systems for the removal of gaseous contaminants in the indoor environment, however it is evident that the application of phytoremediation technologies for research purposes in-situ is currently significantly under studied. In addition, it is common for research studies to assess the removal of single chemical species under controlled conditions, with little relevancy to real-world settings easily concluded. The authors therefore recommend that future phytoremediation research be conducted both in-situ and on chemical sources of a mixed nature, such as those experienced in the urban environment like petroleum vapour, vehicle emissions, and mixed synthetic furnishings off-gassing. The assessment of these systems both in static chambers for their theoretical performance, and in-situ for these mixed chemical sources is essential for the progression of this research field and the widespread adoption of this technology.

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Section: Plants As a Phytoremediation Technologymentioning

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Section: Plants As a Phytoremediation Technologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Phytoremediation for the indoor environment: a state-of-the-art review

Matheson

Fleck

Irga

et al. 2023

Rev Environ Sci Biotechnol

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“…The role of phytoremediation in reducing environmental pollution can also be studied. The phytoremediation process has a number of advantages over other remediation strategies, including lower costs, greater public acceptance, and increased pollution degradation capacity [178]. Groundwater and air pollution, along with toxic waste generation as a by-product of semiconductor manufacturing, are problems for the environment; some examples include glycol ethers, hydrochloric acid (HCl), xylene, hydrogen fluoride (HF), and methanol [179].…”

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Recent Strategies for Bioremediation of Emerging Pollutants: A Review for a Green and Sustainable Environment

Bala

Garg

Thirumalesh

et al. 2022

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Environmental pollution brought on by xenobiotics and other related recalcitrant compounds have recently been identified as a major risk to both human health and the natural environment. Due to their toxicity and non-biodegradability, a wide range of pollutants, such as heavy metals, polychlorinated biphenyls, plastics, and various agrochemicals are present in the environment. Bioremediation is an effective cleaning technique for removing toxic waste from polluted environments that is gaining popularity. Various microorganisms, including aerobes and anaerobes, are used in bioremediation to treat contaminated sites. Microorganisms play a major role in bioremediation, given that it is a process in which hazardous wastes and pollutants are eliminated, degraded, detoxified, and immobilized. Pollutants are degraded and converted to less toxic forms, which is a primary goal of bioremediation. Ex situ or in situ bioremediation can be used, depending on a variety of factors, such as cost, pollutant types, and concentration. As a result, a suitable bioremediation method has been chosen. This review focuses on the most recent developments in bioremediation techniques, how microorganisms break down different pollutants, and what the future holds for bioremediation in order to reduce the amount of pollution in the world.

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“…Rapidly developing urbanization and growing industrialization make for considerable environmental pollution [1]. Anthropogenic sources make a substantial contribution to ambient air pollution with phenol and its derivatives [2,3]. According to experts' estimates, ambient air in many megacities all over the world contains phenol in concentrations which are significantly higher than those stipulated by hygienic standards 1 [4][5][6][7].…”

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“…Available at: https://wwwn.cdc.gov/TSP/ MMG/MMGDetails.aspx?mmgid=144&toxid=27 (March 01, 2022). 3 4 on "Kristall 2000" capillary gas chromatographer (SKB "Chromatek" LLC, Russia).…”

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Peculiarities detected in formation of speficic hapten sensitization to phenol in children

Dolgikh¹,

Dianova²

2022

Health Risk Analysis

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Phenol contamination in ambient air is a factor which creates health risks for children living in a zone influenced by emissions from a ferrous metallurgy enterprise. Our research goal was to assess specific hapten sensitization in children living under excessive aerogenic exposure to phenol. We performed hygienic assessment of ambient air pollution on territories of pre-school children facilities located at various distances from a zone influenced by the examined enterprise (1 km and 5 km were the test territories No. 1 and 2 accordingly) which emitted phenol thus creating elevated concentrations of the chemical in ambient air being higher than single maximum MPC. Ambient air on a selected reference territory was not polluted with any industrial emissions. The test group No. 1 was made of 99 children (the test territory No. 1); the test group No. 2, 92 children (the test territory No. 2); and the reference group, 95 children (the reference territory). We analyzed phenol contents and levels of IgG specific to phenol in blood of all the examined children. Phenol concentrations in ambient air were higher than its permissible levels on the test territory No. 1, 1.7 single maximum MPC, and the test territory No. 2, 1.1 single maximum MPC. We comparatively assessed phenol contents in blood of children from all three groups. The assessment revealed that children from the test group No. 1 had a hydroxybenzene concentration in their blood which was statistically significantly (р = 0.031) by 1.9 times higher than in blood of children from the reference group. Production of specific G class antibodies was higher than the upper limit of the physiological standard in 60 % and 36 % children living and attending a preschool children facility in zones located accordingly at the minimal and maximum distance an emission source. The research results indicate that a hapten-associated increase in the level of IgG specific to phenol in preschool children is associated with excessive phenol contamination creating a substantial burden on biological media (OR = 14.75; 95 % CI = 6.45–33.73; р < 0.05).

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Phytoremediation: The Sustainable Strategy for Improving Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality

Cited by 22 publications

References 86 publications

Phytoremediation for the indoor environment: a state-of-the-art review

Phytoremediation for the indoor environment: a state-of-the-art review

Recent Strategies for Bioremediation of Emerging Pollutants: A Review for a Green and Sustainable Environment

Peculiarities detected in formation of speficic hapten sensitization to phenol in children

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