PMID- 28888116
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180102
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1879-1298 (Electronic)
IS  - 0045-6535 (Linking)
VI  - 188
DP  - 2017 Dec
TI  - Comprehensive review on toxicity of persistent organic pollutants from petroleum 
      refinery waste and their degradation by microorganisms.
PG  - 280-291
LID - S0045-6535(17)31418-2 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.09.005 [doi]
AB  - Control and prevention of environmental pollution has become a worldwide issue of 
      concern. Aromatic hydrocarbons including benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, xylene 
      (BTEX) and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are persistent organic pollutants 
      (POPs), released into the environment mainly by exploration activities of 
      petroleum industry. These pollutants are mutagenic, carcinogenic, immunotoxic and 
      teratogenic to lower and higher forms of life i.e. microorganisms to humans. 
      According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and United 
      States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) is 
      carcinogenic in laboratory animals and humans. Aromatic hydrocarbons are highly 
      lipid soluble and thus readily absorbed from environment in gastrointestinal 
      tract of mammals. Treatment and remediation of petroleum refinery waste have been 
      shown either to reduce or to eliminate genotoxicity of these pollutants. 
      Bioremediation by using microorganisms to treat this waste is showing a promising 
      technology as it is safe and cost-effective option among various technologies 
      tested. The main aim of this review is to provide contemporary information on 
      variety of aromatic hydrocarbons present in crude oil (with special focus to 
      mono- and poly-aromatic hydrocarbons), exposure routes and their adverse effects 
      on humans. This review also provides a synthesis of scientific literature on 
      remediation technologies available for aromatic hydrocarbons, knowledge gaps and 
      future research developments in this field.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Varjani, Sunita J
AU  - Varjani SJ
AD  - Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Sector-10A, Gandhinagar 382010, Gujarat, India. 
      Electronic address: drsvs18@gmail.com.
FAU - Gnansounou, Edgard
AU  - Gnansounou E
AD  - Bioenergy and Energy Planning Research Group (BPE), IIC, ENAC, Station 18, Ecole 
      Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
FAU - Pandey, Ashok
AU  - Pandey A
AD  - Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Knowledge City, Sector-81, S.A.S. 
      Nagar, Mohali 140306, Punjab, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20170904
PL  - England
TA  - Chemosphere
JT  - Chemosphere
JID - 0320657
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Aromatic)
RN  - 0 (Noxae)
RN  - 0 (Petroleum)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - *Biodegradation, Environmental
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*toxicity
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Aromatic/toxicity
MH  - Noxae/*toxicity
MH  - Petroleum/microbiology/*toxicity
MH  - United States
MH  - United States Environmental Protection Agency
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - BTEX
OT  - Bioremediation
OT  - Environment pollution
OT  - Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
OT  - Poly aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
OT  - Toxicity
EDAT- 2017/09/10 06:00
MHDA- 2018/01/03 06:00
CRDT- 2017/09/10 06:00
PHST- 2017/06/26 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/08/16 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2017/09/01 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/09/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/01/03 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/09/10 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0045-6535(17)31418-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.09.005 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chemosphere. 2017 Dec;188:280-291. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.09.005. Epub 
      2017 Sep 4.