Abstract
Lindane is an organochlorine chemical and an isomer of hexachlorocyclohexane that has been used both as an agricultural insecticide and as a pharmaceutical treatment for lice and scabies. Lindane accumulates in the agricultural soil and plants thereby causing environmental and health deteriorative effects. A lot of soil remediation methods used are highly expensive and require a lot of expertise. Phytoremediation (rhizofiltration, phytostabilization), which involve the use of the plant to stabilize or remove environmental toxicants is presently much in use because of its cost-effectiveness and ecological friendliness. Adsorption has emerged as the most efficient, easy, and promising nanotechnology method of wastewater treatment out of the several approaches now employed. Recently, biosurfactants are used for the production of nanoparticles which will be further applied in the area of pesticide remediation. The use of phytoremediation is the most important fully green approach as no new chemicals are added to the polluted soil. Other emerging technologies where phytoremediation might not be applicable especially groundwater has begun to evaluate the use of green nanobiotechnology.
Highlights
This hazard to human and environmental health has grown significantly during the past few decades
Unlike typical soil remediation methods, phytoremediation requires no particular training or equipment, allowing it to be employed on nearly any contaminated site [5]
Organic pollutants such as HCH have been removed from the environment utilising microbe-assisted phytoremediation, which has proven to be a highly successful technology. [28] studied the removal of HCH from a resistant leguminous shrub (Cytisus striatus) in conjunction with numerous microbial inoculant treatments and discovered that HCH dissipation was improved in potted plants
Summary
This hazard to human and environmental health has grown significantly during the past few decades. Because to contamination in the soil, billions of acres of otherwise productive land remain uncultivated It is, costly and disruptive to the soil to use standard remediation methods to clean up polluted property [1]. Using green plants to remove organic contaminants, harmful heavy metals, or excess minerals from polluted soil or water is a new developing technique [2]. Traditional remediation methods have proved impracticable or prohibitively expensive, making phytoremediation a more viable option for hazardous waste removal [4]. Removing the soil up to a certain depth and putting it in a hazardous landfill is a standard treatment for areas polluted with heavy metals [7]. If the metals make their way into the food chain, they might endanger human health [3]
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