A Current Minireview on the Aquatic Environment: Impact of Some Ions from the Food and Metallurgical Industries

Abstract

Recent research has shown the high degree of pollution that the metallurgical and food industries can cause to the environment. In this minireview, the impact that various polluting ions, emitted as a result of technological processes specific to the metallurgical and food industries, can have on the aquatic environment was analysed. Our research also provides an assessment of the potential interactions and the most likely transformations of these chemical forms once they are released into the aquatic environment, as well as the likely impact on the ecosystem.