Removal of pesticides from water and wastewater by different adsorbents: a review.
In this review article, the use of various low-cost adsorbents for the removal of pesticides from water and wastewater has been reviewed. Pesticides may appear as pollutants in water sources, having undesirable impacts to human health because of their toxicity, carcinogenicity, and mutagenicity or causing aesthetic problems such as taste and odors. These pesticides pollute the water stream and it can be removed very effectively using different low-cost adsorbents. It is evident from a literature survey of about 191 recently published papers that low-cost adsorbents have demonstrated outstanding removal capabilities for pesticides.
School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia.
Tanweer
T
Ahmad
Mohd
M
Rafatullah
Arniza
A
Ghazali
Othman
O
Sulaiman
Rokiah
R
Hashim
Anees
A
Ahmad
D000327:Adsorption; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D010575:Pesticides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D010575:Pesticides; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical