Retraction notice to “Recent breakthroughs on the development of electrodeionization systems for toxic pollutants removal from water environment” [Environ. Res. 241 (2024) 117549]

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief. A previous and almost identical version of this submission was made in March 2022 and withdrawn in February 2023 with six authors: Vignesh Vinayagam, Omkar Singh Kushwaha and four others not mentioned as authors in the version which was published in the journal. After this version was withdrawn, the current version was submitted in September 2023 with the authors declaring that 'We disclose that the manuscript being submitted now is original, has not been communicated with your journal earlier and is not currently sent to any other journal and will not be submitted elsewhere before a decision is made'. The authors of this version were Vignesh Vinayagam, Nitish kumar kishor kumar, Kavitha Nagarasampatti Palani, Sudha Ganesh, Omkar Singh Kushwaha, A. Pugalenthi. After acceptance, during the proofing stage, A. Pugalenthi changed his name to A. Pugazhendhi, and one of his affiliations from 'Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia' to 'School of Engineering, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon'. The 'Centre for Herbal Pharmacology and Environmental Sustainability, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Kelambakkam, 603103, Tamil Nadu, India' affiliation remained unchanged. The corresponding author was contacted for comment about these concerns but was unable to provide a suitable explanation. The Editors have therefore lost confidence in the contributions of the authors and the reliability of the findings presented in this article as a whole, and are retracting it.