This new volume looks at the impact, assessment, and remediation of various environmental contaminants. It discusses the environmental changes that can occur due to arsenic, heavy metals, herbicides, fluorides, microplastics, chemical fertilizers contaminants; the remedial measures of these environmental contaminants; and how to analyze trace-level concentrations of contaminants.

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Yes, you can access Environmental Contaminants by Pritam Ganguly, Jajati Mandal, Mariappan Paramsivam, Sandip Patra, Pritam Ganguly,Jajati Mandal,Mariappan Paramsivam,Sandip Patra in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Biology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Cover Page
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Title Page
Copyright Page
About the Editors
Contents
Contributors
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Foreword
Preface
Introduction
1 Basics of Environment, Pollution, and Bioremediation Techniques
2 Food Chain Arsenic Contamination in West Bengal, India: Accumulation, Distribution, and Human Health Risk
3 Lead, Cadmium, and Chromium Contamination in Soil–Plant System: Global Situation, Impact, and Dietary Risk Delineation
4 Origin, Distribution, Fate, and Remediation of Microplastics in Biowastes and Biowaste-Amended Soil
5 Herbicide Contamination in Ground Water and Their Probable Remediation
6 Fluoride Contamination in Ecosystem and Mitigation Strategy
7 Impact of Pharmaceutical Contaminants in the Environment
8 Environmental Pollution Due to Improper Use of Chemical Fertilizers and Their Remediation
9 Methods of Trace Analysis for Persistent Pollutants
10 Phytoremediation: A Novel Strategy to Decontaminate Environmental Pollution
11 The Headway of NanotechnologyMediated Approaches Toward Environmental Clean-up
12 Balanced Nitrogen Fertilization in Paddy for Sustainable Production and Environmental Gain
13 Advancement in Pesticide Formulation Technology for Reducing Load of Contaminants
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