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A review on emerging micro and nanoplastic pollutants, heavy metals and their remediation techniques

This review examines micro- and nanoplastic pollutants alongside heavy metal contamination, surveying their presence in water, soil, and biological tissues including human blood, and evaluating current remediation techniques for removing these emerging pollutants from wastewater.

2023 Nanofabrication 7 citations
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A review of the effects of environmental hazards on humans, their remediation for sustainable development, and risk assessment

Researchers reviewed the chemical, biological, and physical agents driving environmental contamination — from heavy metals to microplastics to pathogens — and assessed the remediation strategies and risk assessment frameworks available for sustainable decontamination, advocating for site-specific, plant-based approaches combined with stronger policy support.

2023 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 32 citations
Systematic Review Tier 1

Microplastics on the frontline: causes, strategies to combat pollution and protect health with advanced bioremediation—a review

This systematic review examines how microplastics carry toxic chemicals like heavy metals and persistent pollutants into the food chain, ultimately reaching humans. It also explores promising bioremediation approaches — using bacteria and enzymes to break down microplastics — as a potential strategy to reduce exposure.

2026 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A
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Bioremediation for Environmental Pollutants

This book chapter reviews bioremediation techniques for removing hazardous chemicals from contaminated soil and water, covering heavy metals, dyes, and other industrial pollutants. Bioremediation approaches including microbial and plant-based methods are also being explored for removing microplastics from contaminated environments.

2023 BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS eBooks 1 citations
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Microplastics Pollution and its Remediation

This publication reviews the growing problem of microplastic pollution in the environment and explores biological and technological strategies for remediation, including microbial degradation and engineered solutions. It highlights the urgent need for practical cleanup approaches as microplastics continue to accumulate across ecosystems worldwide.

2024 13 citations
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Bioremediation Techniques for Water and Soil Pollution: Review

This review covers bioremediation techniques that use microorganisms to break down pollutants in water and soil, including microplastics, heavy metals, and pharmaceutical residues. Researchers highlight how bacteria, fungi, and algae can be harnessed to degrade plastic waste and other contaminants through natural biological processes. The study suggests that bioremediation offers a promising, environmentally friendly approach to tackling pollution, though more research is needed to optimize these techniques for real-world application.

2025 Natural and Engineering Sciences 4 citations
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Effects of environmental pollution on wildlife and human Health and novel mitigation strategies

This review examines how environmental pollution from urbanization, industrialization, and chemical misuse affects both wildlife and human health across multiple ecosystems. The study discusses novel mitigation strategies for addressing contamination issues including chemical residues in animal-derived foods and the rising frequency of environment-related toxicity.

2023 World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews 9 citations
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Innovative Approaches to Mitigating Microplastic Pollution in Effluents and Soils

This review critically analyzed innovative approaches for removing microplastics from effluents and soils, comparing conventional techniques like filtration and coagulation with emerging technologies. Researchers found that while traditional methods show some effectiveness, advanced approaches including membrane bioreactors, electrocoagulation, and bioremediation offer improved removal rates and sustainability for addressing microplastic pollution.

2025 Sustainability 1 citations
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Emerging environmental contaminants: Sources, effects on biodiversity and humans, remediation, and conservation implications

This review examines how emerging environmental contaminants, including microplastics, heavy metals, and industrial chemicals, are affecting both wildlife and people, especially in developing countries. Communities living near mines and factories face the highest exposure through contaminated soil, water, and food. The authors call for better environmental policies, public awareness, and cleanup technologies to protect biodiversity and human health.

2024 Science Progress 20 citations
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Microplastics in ecosystems: ecotoxicological threats and strategies for mitigation and governance

This review provides a broad assessment of microplastic pollution across ecosystems, covering sources, detection methods, ecological impacts, and cleanup strategies. The study highlights recent advances including AI-enhanced detection tools and microbe-based degradation approaches, and proposes a roadmap for working toward microplastic-free environments through coordinated scientific and policy action.

2025 Frontiers in Marine Science 2 citations
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Soil Microplastic Pollution and its Remediation: An Overview

This overview reviews the scope of microplastic pollution in soils globally, summarizing contamination sources, effects on soil ecosystems, and available remediation strategies including physical, chemical, and biological approaches to address this emerging environmental problem.

2025 Egyptian Journal of Soil Science
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Sources and Impacts of Microplastics in Aquatic Environment and Remediation Strategies

This review covers sources of microplastics in aquatic environments (degraded plastics, industrial processes, personal care products, textiles), their ecological and health impacts, and remediation strategies including filtration, bioremediation, and advanced oxidation processes.

2025
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The Role of Bioremediation in Achieving Environmental Sustainability

This review discusses the role of bioremediation in environmental sustainability, examining how biological agents including bacteria, fungi, and plants can be used to address soil and water contamination from heavy metals, microplastics, and other persistent pollutants.

2025 International journal of engineering science and advanced technology.
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Microbial mechanisms as tools for monitoring and treating emerging contaminants in urban pollution: an overview

This review examines the role of microorganisms in detecting, monitoring, and degrading emerging contaminants including microplastics in urban environments. The study highlights that bacteria and fungi can serve as both sensitive bioindicators of pollution and active agents for biodegradation, suggesting that microbial-based strategies hold promise for sustainable environmental remediation.

2026 Archives of Microbiology
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Microplastics in ecological system: Their prevalence, health effects, and remediation

This review provides an overview of microplastic prevalence across different ecosystems and their potential effects on environmental and human health. The researchers discuss how microplastics enter water, soil, and food chains, and examine the various biological effects documented in organisms. They also review current remediation strategies being developed to address microplastic contamination.

2024 Environmental Nanotechnology Monitoring & Management 8 citations
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Remediation Strategies for Soil and Water

This review examines remediation strategies for soil and water contaminated by industrial pollutants, surveying physical, chemical, and biological approaches to address the growing challenge of environmental decontamination driven by rapid global industrial development.

2025 Processes
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Современное состояние и тенденции в экологической биотехнологии

This review examines the current state and trends in environmental biotechnology for achieving sustainable development goals, covering biotechnological approaches for remediating soil, water, and air from persistent and hazardous pollutants, with a dedicated chapter on the utilization and remediation of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems contaminated with synthetic materials including microplastics.

2024 Biologia et Biotechnologia
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Current and emerging techniques for the detection of environmental contaminants

Not directly relevant to microplastics — this review surveys analytical techniques for detecting a broad range of environmental contaminants including heavy metals, synthetic chemicals, pathogens, and e-waste, with microplastics mentioned only as one category among many.

2023 1 citations
Review Tier 2

Recent Trends on Microplastics Pollution and Its Remediation:A Review

This review summarized current knowledge on the ubiquitous presence of microplastics in ecosystems, examining their toxic effects on marine organisms, limitations of existing detection methods, and available remediation strategies, while identifying key research gaps that must be addressed to manage this global pollution challenge.

2022 Recent Innovations in Chemical Engineering (Formerly Recent Patents on Chemical Engineering) 4 citations
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Microplastics in marine and aquatic habitats: sources, impact, and sustainable remediation approaches

This review examined the sources, environmental impact, and remediation approaches for microplastics in marine and aquatic habitats. Researchers found that microplastics bind to toxic chemicals and metals, acting as vectors that introduce these substances into living organisms through the food chain. The study highlights several sustainable remediation technologies and emphasizes the need for integrated approaches to address microplastic contamination in aquatic environments.

2022 Environmental Sustainability 51 citations
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Understanding and Mitigating the Toxic Impacts of Microplastic Pollution on Environmental Health

This review covers the sources, types, and ecological impacts of microplastics as environmental contaminants, examining how polymer-specific properties such as chemical additives affect toxicity across ecosystems and discussing mitigation approaches including physical and chemical remediation.

2025 JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT AND BIO-SCIENCE
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Microplastics as vectors of other contaminants: Analytical determination techniques and remediation methods

This review examines how microplastics act as carriers for other pollutants, absorbing harmful organic and inorganic chemicals from the environment. It covers the latest methods for detecting and identifying microplastics in different settings, as well as promising cleanup approaches like microbial degradation. The findings underscore that microplastics may be more dangerous than the plastic itself because of the toxic hitchhikers they carry into the food chain and water supply.

2023 The Science of The Total Environment 48 citations
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Innovative Solutions for Soil Remediation from Microplastics Pollution

This book chapter surveys innovative remediation approaches for removing microplastics from contaminated soils, covering physical, chemical, and biological methods as well as novel technologies including nanomaterial-based adsorbents and electrochemical systems.

2025
Article Tier 2

Microbial and multi-omics approaches for bioremediation of emerging contaminants: environmental impact and future engineering solutions

This research review summarizes how scientists are using helpful microbes (bacteria, fungi, and algae) to clean up dangerous pollutants in our water and soil, including pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and microplastics that can harm human health. The study shows that these tiny organisms can naturally break down and remove many toxic chemicals from the environment. This matters because it could lead to cheaper, eco-friendly ways to clean up contaminated areas and protect our drinking water and food supply.

2026 Biodegradation