Biological approaches to mitigate heavy metal pollution from battery production effluents: advances, challenges, and perspectives

IF 5.8 3区环境科学与生态学 0 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Science and Pollution Research Pub Date : 2025-09-02 DOI:10.1007/s11356-025-36792-8

Andrea Monroy-Licht, Walter Jose Martinez-Burgos, Júlio Cesar de Carvalho, Matheus Cavali, Adenise Lorenci Woiciechowski, Susan Grace Karp, Carlos Ricardo Soccol, Ana C. De la Parra-Guerra, Roberta Pozzan, Rosa Acevedo-Barrios

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Battery production generates effluents containing various pollutants, predominantly heavy metals such as lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), and chromium (Cr), which represent a serious risk to human health and the environment. Given their persistence, toxicity, and mobility in ecosystems and biota, heavy metals can bioaccumulate and, in some cases, enter the food chain. With this context in mind, this review presents emerging bioremediation technologies to treat effluents from battery production, focusing on biological methods such as biosorption, phytoremediation, and the use of microorganisms. Heavy metal removal mechanisms and conventional treatments are reviewed, with emphasis on biological approaches. Biosorption emerges as the most used strategy (54.4%) across organisms from different kingdoms. In addition, existing knowledge gaps in battery industry effluent management research are identified, proposing future directions that include the integration of sustainable technologies and the use of traditional knowledge of local communities. This approach seeks not only to mitigate the environmental impact of battery production but also to promote more responsible and equitable production practices, aligned with the principles of environmental justice and sustainability.

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减轻电池生产废水重金属污染的生物方法：进展、挑战和前景。

电池生产产生的废水含有各种污染物，主要是重金属，如铅（Pb）、镉（Cd）、镍（Ni）、铜（Cu）、锌（Zn）和铬（Cr），这对人类健康和环境构成严重风险。鉴于重金属在生态系统和生物群中的持久性、毒性和流动性，重金属可以进行生物积累，并在某些情况下进入食物链。在此背景下，本文介绍了处理电池生产废水的新兴生物修复技术，重点介绍了生物方法，如生物吸附、植物修复和微生物的使用。综述了重金属去除机制和常规处理方法，重点介绍了生物方法。生物吸收是来自不同物种的生物中最常用的策略（54.4%）。此外，还确定了电池工业废水管理研究中存在的知识差距，提出了未来的方向，包括整合可持续技术和利用当地社区的传统知识。这种方法不仅旨在减轻电池生产对环境的影响，而且还旨在促进更负责任和公平的生产实践，与环境正义和可持续性原则保持一致。

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Environmental Science and Pollution Research 环境科学-环境科学

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8.70

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17.20%

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6549

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3.8 months

期刊介绍： Environmental Science and Pollution Research (ESPR) serves the international community in all areas of Environmental Science and related subjects with emphasis on chemical compounds. This includes: - Terrestrial Biology and Ecology - Aquatic Biology and Ecology - Atmospheric Chemistry - Environmental Microbiology/Biobased Energy Sources - Phytoremediation and Ecosystem Restoration - Environmental Analyses and Monitoring - Assessment of Risks and Interactions of Pollutants in the Environment - Conservation Biology and Sustainable Agriculture - Impact of Chemicals/Pollutants on Human and Animal Health It reports from a broad interdisciplinary outlook.