Olufemi G Olajide

Adsorptive Remediation of Atrazine-Contaminated Soil Using Rice Husk Biochar

Chinenye Faith Okey-Onyesolu, Olufemi G Olajide, Chukwunonso Chukwuzuloke Okoye & Lawrence Ifeanyi Igbonekwu · Asian Journal of Applied Chemistry Research · 2026

Atrazine is a widely used chloro-s-triazine herbicide whose persistence and mobility in agricultural soils raise concerns about groundwater contamination, ecological toxicity, and human exposure. This study evaluated rice husk biochar (RHB) produced by slow pyrolysis at 500, 600,...