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Agricultural Environmental Pollution, Risk Assessment, and Control
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This book chapter reviews the growing burden of agricultural environmental pollution — from pesticide residues to microplastics and heavy metals — and evaluates risk assessment frameworks and control strategies for protecting soil health and food safety.
This reprint addresses one of the most pressing challenges in modern agriculture: the growing burden of environmental pollution in soils and crop systems. Rapid industrialization and urban expansion have introduced pesticide residues, chemical fertilizers, persistent organic pollutants, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, heavy metals, microplastics, radionuclides and pathogens into agricultural landscapes. These contaminants not only degrade soil health but also accumulate in edible and non-edible plant parts, raising risks for food safety, ecosystem stability and human well-being.This collection brings together recent advances in monitoring and remediation strategies designed to tackle these complex threats. Contributions in this reprint include innovative approaches such as biological fertilizers, integrated organic farming systems and the bioremediation of contaminated soils, as well as studies that improve the understanding of pollutant fate and transfer within agricultural environments. By integrating scientific knowledge with practical solutions, this reprint provides valuable insights into developing sustainable agricultural practices that protect both ecosystems and human health.
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Soil Contamination, Risk Assessment, and Remediation
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This review covers soil contamination from various sources including agrochemicals, waste materials, and emerging pollutants like microplastics, along with methods for risk assessment and remediation. Researchers examined how human activities such as farming, waste disposal, and industrial practices contribute to soil pollution and disrupt soil fertility. The study emphasizes the need for comprehensive risk assessment frameworks that account for the complex interactions between traditional and emerging soil contaminants.
Hazardous Health Impacts of Soil Pollution
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Researchers review how soil contamination from heavy metals, xenobiotics, microplastics, and pathogens threatens human health through crop uptake, food-chain transfer, and groundwater infiltration, tracing the primary drivers to intensifying agricultural chemical use and expanding human activity.
Microplastics as carriers of heavy metals and pesticides in agricultural soil
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Researchers review how microplastics in agricultural soils act as vectors for heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants, using their high surface area and hydrophobicity to adsorb toxic compounds and increase their mobility and bioavailability, with cascading effects on soil structure, microbial communities, and food chain contamination.
Environmental Food Contaminants and Control Recommendations
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This review outlines the sources, types, and health risks of environmental food contaminants including microplastics, pesticides, and heavy metals, and provides practical control recommendations. The authors emphasize monitoring systems and improved agricultural practices as key strategies for reducing contamination.
Agricultural Microplastics Pollution: From Hidden Threats to Global Food Security Towards Sustainable Strategies
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This comprehensive review examines agricultural microplastic pollution across the atmosphere, soil, water, and biological systems, proposing a framework linking farming-derived MP contamination to food security risks and calling for integrated approaches to manage MNPs in agricultural systems.
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