Nanobioremediation: a potential and sustainable strategy to combat environmental pollution

Abstract

Environment and human health are continuously threatened due to various pollutants that have emerged from multiple world events, such as industrial development and exponential population growth. As a result, finding and implementing new solutions to address the problem of environmental contamination has become critical. Nanotechnology is a new science that has applications in a variety of sectors including environmental bioremediation. Nanomaterials (NMs) possess distinctive physical and chemical properties, hence the attention of scientists and researchers associated with environment, especially bioremediation have been focused to them. Nanoremediation is a potential technique for dealing with persistent pollutants such as pesticides, halogenated chemicals, heavy metals, chlorinated solvents etc. It is also a long-term solution for developing contaminants removal of from soil, air, and water due to its adaptability. This article gives an outline of how different types of NMs can be used to deal with environmental health including status of soil, water, and air remediation using various NMs such as carbon, metal, silica, polymer etc.