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Exploring the Role of Vermicompost in Mitigating Environmental Pollution: A Review of its Effects on Soil Contaminants and Water Quality

. Muhammad Danish Toor, Muhammad Shozib Javed, Muhammad Babar Malook, Yaqoob Sultan, Muhammad Mughees Ud Din & Abdurrahman Ay


Abstract

The present article examines the role of vermicompost in reducing environmental pollution, paying particular attention to its effects on water quality and soil contaminants. The application of vermicompost has shown promise in lowering soil contamination levels of heavy metals, organic pollutants, and other pollutants. Vermicompost and contaminants interact through several different mechanisms, including microbial transformations, adsorption-desorption dynamics, and plant uptake. By reducing the leaching and runoff of contaminants into water bodies, vermicompost has also shown promise in enhancing water quality. There are still unanswered questions regarding specific mechanisms, long-term studies, and the effectiveness of vermicompost in combating metalloids and emerging pollutants, among other things. Vermicompost should be integrated with other remediation strategies, application rates and techniques should be optimized, ecological implications should be studied, and large-scale field demonstrations should be carried out. The effective use of vermicompost in reducing environmental pollution and promoting sustainable land and water management practices will be made possible by advances in knowledge in these fields.

 

Key words- Environmental pollution, Heavy metals, Mitigation, Soil contaminants, Sustainable land management, Vermicompost, Water quality.

 

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