Mycoremediation- The promising thread between the present and future

Abstract

Environmental pollution can be defined as the presence in the environment of an agent (pollutant) that has the potential to harm either the environment or human health. Pollutants, as a result, come in a variety of shapes and sizes. They include organisms, biological materials, and energy in their various forms, in addition to chemicals, noise, radiation, and heat (Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution., 2003). Pollution has reached alarming proportions all over the world. Urbanization, industrialization, and economic development have increased energy consumption and waste discharges. Humans have a moral obligation to protect the environment from pollution and other activities that contribute to environmental degradation. Importantly, environmental degradation is harmful because it jeopardizes the long-term health of animals, humans, and plants). In recent years, there has been a growing ecological and worldwide public health concern over the environmental contamination caused by these metals. Furthermore, human exposure has skyrocketed as a result of an exponential expansion in their use in a variety of industrial, agricultural, residential, and technical applications.