Chapter 10: Nanobioremediation: a potential and sustainable strategy to combat environmental pollution

Environment and human health are continuously threatened due to various pollutants emerging from multiple world events, such as industrial development and exponential population growth. As a result, finding and implementing new solutions to address the problem of environmental contamination has become critical. Nanotechnology is a new science that has applications in a variety of sectors including environmental bioremediation. Nanomaterials (NMs) possess distinctive physical and chemical properties, hence the attention of scientists and researchers associated with the environment, especially bioremediation have been focused on them. Nanoremediation is a potential technique for dealing with persistent pollutants such as pesticides, halogenated chemicals, heavy metals, chlorinated solvents, etc. It is also a long-term solution for developing contaminants removal from soil, air, and water due to its adaptability. This article gives an outline of how different types of NMs can be used to deal with environmental health including the status of soil, water, and air remediation using various NMs such as carbon, metal, silica, polymer, etc.