Analysis of Pesticides and Microplastic: Co-occurrence and Emerging Threats to Life
- 1st Edition, Volume 114 - January 1, 2030
- Latest edition
- Editors: Jasvir Kaur, Prabhat K. Singh
- Language: English
Analysis of Pesticides and Microplastic: Co-occurrence and Emerging Threats to Life, Volume 114 examines the underexplored, combined effects of pesticides and microp… Read more
Additional sections cover Advances in Pesticide Detection in Soil and Water, Oligonucleotide and Aptamer-Based Biosensing, Nanoparticle-Based Sensing of Nanoplastic, Detection of Plastics in Biological Systems, Coexistence of Pesticides and Nanoplastic: Adsorption Mechanisms, Approaches to Bioremediation of Pesticides and Microplastic, Mitigating Health and Environmental Impacts of Co-Occurrence, and Future Perspectives on Persistent Pollutants, Food Chain Bioaccumulation: Pesticides and Microplastics.
- Bridges environmental science, public health, and policy to provide a multidimensional view of how pesticide-microplastic coexistence exacerbates harmful impacts
- Fills a critical research gap with fresh findings on these synergistic pollutants, informing scientific debates and guiding integrated environmental management policies and regulations
- Offers actionable strategies and innovative methods (e.g., advanced biosensors and bioremediation) to detect and reduce combined pollutant load, equipping researchers and practitioners with real-world tools
Pritha Chakraborty, Aditya Choudhary and Vinay Kumar
2. Impact of Pesticides on Aquatic Ecosystems.
Neena Devi and Pradeep Kumar
3. Plastic Pollution: A Global Threat.
Arundhati Balouria and Manmeet Kaur
4. Health Risks of Plastic Ingestion
Geetika Malik Ahlawat and Yashpal Ahlawat
5. Oceanic and Ecological Threats of Plastic Pollution
Mridul Umesh, Adhithya Sankar Santhosh, Nilina James, Liya Merin Stanly and Vinay Kumar
6. Pesticide Biosensors: Technologies and Trends
Rohit Kumar Sharma, Gurpreet Kaur Soni and Pragti Gupta
7. Advances in Pesticide Detection in Soil and Water.
Ravidarshdeep Kaur Sr., Krishna H. Shukla, Gitika Sharma, Renu Singh and Thakur Gurjeet Singh
8. Oligonucleotide and Aptamer-Based Biosensing
Jasvir Kaur
9. Nanoparticle-Based Sensing of Nanoplastic.
Deepika Rai, Madhurima Deb and Barkha Singh
10. Detection of Plastics in Biological Systems.
Prabhat K. Singh
11. Coexistence of Pesticides and Nanoplastic: Adsorption Mechanisms
Ravidarshdeep Kaur Sr., Kajal Chaudhary, Radhika Sood, Manjinder Singh, Sakshi Attri and Paranjeet Kaur
12. Approaches to Bioremediation of Pesticides and Microplastic.
Shiv Kumar Patel
13. Mitigating Health and Environmental Impacts of Co-Occurrence.
Ravinder Singh and Syed Ali Abbas
14. Future Perspectives on Persistent Pollutants
Elizabeth Jacob
15. Food Chain Bioaccumulation: Pesticides and Microplastics
Rushali Haridas Dudure and Prabhat K. Singh
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Volume: 114
- Published: January 1, 2030
- Language: English
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Jasvir Kaur
Dr. Jasvir Kaur is an Assistant Professor at Chandigarh University, Mohali, India. She completed her M.Sc. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (Hons.) from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar in 2010, and received her Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in 2019. Dr. Kaur later worked as a Research Associate at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (2019–2022) on an ICMR-funded project. Her research interests include protein/enzyme-based biosensing of environmental pollutants (such as pesticides) and various biological markers (e.g., trypsin, alkaline phosphatase), as well as protein science and molecular biology. She has published 14 research papers in international journals and has an H-index of 10 (about 500 citations).
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Prabhat K. Singh
Prof. Prabhat K. Singh is a Scientific Officer (G) at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in Mumbai and an Associate Professor at Homi Bhabha National Institute. He earned his M.Sc. in Chemistry (Gold Medalist, 2005) from the University of Burdwan and completed his Ph.D. at Homi Bhabha National Institute in 2011 (Best Thesis Award), followed by postdoctoral research at the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests span ultrafast spectroscopy, supramolecular chemistry, and the development of self-assembled materials for biosensing applications. Prof. Singh has published around 147 papers in peer-reviewed journals (H-index 40 with nearly 4200 citations). His work has garnered numerous honors, including Young Scientist awards (DAE, ISCA, NASI), election to national (INSA, NASI) and global young academies and bodies (GYA, TWAS, IUPAC, ORCID), inclusion in Stanford’s list of top 2 % scientists worldwide (2021–22), and fellowship of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and Biology (FRSB).