Bioremediation and Detoxification of Asbestos from Soil

Title

Bioremediation and Detoxification of Asbestos from Soil

Creator

Gopishankar T.; Baraiya Divyeksha H.; Vasantha V.L.; Praveen N.

Description

Asbestos is referred to as magic mineral and used as excellent building material. It finds its application in wide range of products such as floor tiles, pipes, paper, rope, cloth, insulated partition board, etc. On average, India uses 3, 50, 000 tons of asbestos annually and asbestos fibers readily undergo weathering releasing them into soil, water and air. Occupational and environmental exposure to this asbestos is leading to asbestosis (asbestos-related disease), lung cancer, and heart failure. Considering the serious health risk, countries like Australia, Brazil, and Canada had banned the use of asbestos. As asbestos is extensively used in construction of buildings, the demolished materials are dumped in the soil and thus it finds its route in soil as pollutant. Soil borne microbes like bacteria, fungi and lichens are found to be best means to reduce the toxicity of asbestos. These microorganisms remove iron from asbestos and reduce its toxicity. Another most effective bioremediation approach is phytoremediation to clean up the soil wherein vegetative cover on contaminated soil can remove iron and breaks down asbestos as source of inorganic nutrient. The main advantage of phytoremediation is that it can be extended to any geographical area where plants can grow. This chapter emphasizes various means of use and disposal of asbestos, followed by various means of bioremediation using microbes and plants and as an alternate for the sustainable soil condition. The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022, corrected publication 2022.

Source

Advances in Bioremediation and Phytoremediation for Sustainable Soil Management: Principles, Monitoring and Remediation, pp. 211-228.

Date

2022-01-01

Publisher

Springer International Publishing

Subject

Asbestos; Asbestosis; Bioremediation; Detoxification; Mesothelioma; Phytoremediation; Pollution

Coverage

Gopishankar T., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed To Be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, 560029, India; Baraiya Divyeksha H., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed To Be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, 560029, India; Vasantha V.L., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed To Be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, 560029, India; Praveen N., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed To Be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, 560029, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISBN: 978-303089984-4; 978-303089983-7

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89984-4_14

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