Opportunities and challenges of biosensors for pollution detection and monitoring of the Bay of Bengal

Author: Tapash Kumar Pal, Md. Morshedul Alam, M Ziauddia Alamgir, Mohammad Nazir Hossain
DOI: doi.org/10.70279/bmj-v6-i1-1060
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From the beginning of the first reordered human settlement in this Bengal province to the present, people living in this area have been mostly dependent on the Bay of Bengal and its various resources. Human beings have been collecting the raw material from the ocean to use in the different production processes. It is also a potential source of fossil fuel and the largest source of animal protein. Along with this, human kind use the sea for the transportation of goods and services. In addition, to keep our terrestrial environment worth living in, the marine environment plays an important role. However, overdoing such types of activities, mankind are systematically destroy this delta, the Bay of Bengal, and its ecosystem in various ways. Therefore, it is high time to prevent pollution and protect this reservoir resources, the Bay of Bengal. The sustainable way of doing this is to emphasize monitoring of pollution. Biosensors in the medical and industrial sectors are established because of their biocompatibility, specificity, accuracy, and sensitivity. Some biosensors have already been developed for monitoring environmental pollution and their good performance have been well documented . But, the case of detecting ocean pollution is still under consideration. So, now designing a biosensor for pollution detection in the Bay of Bengal and protecting the reservoir of resources is necessary to achieve the sustainable development goal. Though the method has some limitations, it is nonetheless a new window to harvest the benefits.