Plants, Microorganisms and Their Metabolites in Supporting Asbestos Detoxification—A Biological Perspective in Asbestos Treatment
Łuniewski S. Rogowska W. Łozowicka B. Iwaniuk P.
April 2024Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Materials
2024#17Issue 7
Many countries banned asbestos due to its toxicity, but considering its colossal use, especially in the 1960s and 1970s, disposing of waste containing asbestos is the current problem. Today, many asbestos disposal technologies are known, but they usually involve colossal investment and operating expenses, and the end- and by-products of these methods negatively impact the environment. This paper identifies a unique modern direction in detoxifying asbestos minerals, which involves using microorganisms and plants and their metabolites. The work comprehensively focuses on the interactions between asbestos and plants, bacteria and fungi, including lichens and, for the first time, yeast. Biological treatment is a prospect for in situ land reclamation and under industrial conditions, which can be a viable alternative to landfilling and an environmentally friendly substitute or supplement to thermal, mechanical, and chemical methods, often characterized by high cost intensity. Plant and microbial metabolism products are part of the green chemistry trend, a central strategic pillar of global industrial and environmental development.
asbestos-containing wastes , biological treatment , detoxification , naturally occurring asbestos , siderophores
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Faculty of Economics, L.N. Gumilyov, Eurasian National University, Satpayev 2, Astana, 010008, Kazakhstan
Faculty of Economic Sciences, The Eastern European University of Applied Sciences in Bialystok, Ciepła 40 St., Białystok, 15-472, Poland
Department of Environmental Engineering Technology and Systems, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Białystok University of Technology, Wiejska 45E St., Białystok, 15-351, Poland
Institute of Plant Protection—National Research Institute, Chełmońskiego 22 St., Białystok, 15-195, Poland
Faculty of Economics
Faculty of Economic Sciences
Department of Environmental Engineering Technology and Systems
Institute of Plant Protection—National Research Institute
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