Lignocellulosic Biomass as Sorbent for Fluoride Removal in Drinking Water.
Adriana Robledo-PeraltaLuis A Torres-CastañónRené I Rodríguez-BeltránLiliana Reynoso-CuevasPublished in: Polymers (2022)
Water supply to millions of people worldwide is of alarmingly poor quality. Supply sources are depleting, whereas demand is increasing. Health problems associated with water consumption exceeding 1.5 mg/L of fluoride are a severe concern for the World Health Organization (WHO). Therefore, it is urgent to research and develop new technologies and innovative materials to achieve partial fluoride reduction in water intended for human consumption. The new alternative technologies must be environmentally friendly and be able to remove fluoride at the lowest possible costs. So, the use of waste from lignocellulosic biomasses provides a promising alternative to commercially inorganic-based adsorbents-published studies present bioadsorbent materials competing with conventional inorganic-based adsorbents satisfactorily. However, it is still necessary to improve the modification methods to enhance the adsorption capacity and selectivity, as well as the reuse cycles of these bioadsorbents.
Keyphrases
- drinking water
- health risk assessment
- health risk
- mental health
- anaerobic digestion
- endothelial cells
- healthcare
- wastewater treatment
- public health
- randomized controlled trial
- health information
- induced pluripotent stem cells
- risk assessment
- high resolution
- quality improvement
- gas chromatography
- human health
- case control
- climate change
- solid phase extraction
- life cycle
- meta analyses