Ernane Nogueira Nunes¹*, Rayanne Sales de Araújo Batista², Kamila Sabino Batista¹, Maristela de Fatima Simplicio de Santana¹, Ana Paula Trindade Rocha³ and Gilmar Trindade de Araújo⁴

¹Instituto Nacional do Semiárido - INSA, Paraíba, Brasil
²Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFPB, Brasil
³Unidade Acadêmica de Engenharia de Alimentos, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande - UFCG, Brasil
⁴Departamento de Engenharia Química, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande - UFCG, Brasil

*Corresponding Author: Ernane Nogueira Nunes, Instituto Nacional do Semiárido - INSA, Paraíba, Brasil.

Received: July 14, 2023; Published: August 10, 2023

Abstract

For some time researchers have been trying to warn of the dangers that endocrine disruptors and their immense range of substances and products can cause in ecosystems and for humanity. With the water shortage that worsens, it will be increasingly necessary to reuse water, which if not properly treated, will be the main vector of contamination of the endocrine disrupters for humanity. Based on this, this work aimed to construct a literature review addressing the problem of water with a focus on endocrine disruptors, stressing the capacity and advantages that plant biomass has for the production of adsorbents and how they can help in the treatment of this problem. This review also serves to praise that many researchers are already developing adsorbents using agro-industrial waste and some of them prove to be promising. In writing the review it became clear the concern of some academics and agencies in how the problem evolves. In addition, it is a current subject of extreme importance for several areas of knowledge, such as engineering, health, and the environment, working to solve this serious problem for humanity

Keywords: Vegetable Biomass; Adsorption; Public Health; Endocrine System; Future of Humanity

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Citation: Ernane Nogueira Nunes., et al. “Agro-Industrial Waste: A Possible Solution to the Serious Problem of Endocrine Disruptors?". Acta Scientific Nutritional Health 7.9 (2023): 48-57.

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