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Pulp and paper industry–based pollutants, their health hazards and environmental risks
- Source :
- Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. 12:48-56
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2019.
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Abstract
- The pulp and paper industry in contrast to other manufacturing industries consumes a large amount of energy and emits pollutants along with greenhouse gases. The waste generated from the pulp and paper industry causes severe harm to the aquatic life, disturbs the food chain, and also causes various health implications. In this review, we have highlighted some of the primary pollutants released from the industry and their health hazards. Strict action and implementation of the regulatory model is required in this industrial sector for environmental compliance. The environmental pollution caused by the pollutants poses a threat to aquatic life as well as to plants and human beings. The effect of pollutants on the environment has been assessed many times, but their mitigation still has a significant challenge. This review highlights some recent techniques to reduce pollutants from the pulp and paper industries. Among these techniques, microbial fuel cells, anaerobic digestion, bleaching technologies, cleaner production, and transformation pathways are the most used techniques. These will help in understanding the risk of pollutants released from the industry and the techniques will help in tackling these pollutants for a sustainable environment development.
- Subjects :
- Pollutant
business.industry
Environmental compliance
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
0208 environmental biotechnology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Environmental pollution
02 engineering and technology
010501 environmental sciences
Pulp and paper industry
01 natural sciences
020801 environmental engineering
Food chain
Manufacturing
Secondary sector of the economy
Greenhouse gas
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental science
Cleaner production
business
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 24685844
- Volume :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........8623dab67b3fb65e6d6854fb7b4f06dc