Microplastics: Origins, Risks, and Mitigation discusses the sources, origin, and health risk assessment of microplastics in the environment. The various contamination indices, like contamination factor, atmospheric behavior, enrichment factor, and marine pollution are also included to provide further context on the state of microplastics in the environment and environmental impacts. The book present reviews on microplastics toxicology research, health hazards, and green remedial solutions for pollution control in terrestrial and aquatic environments, aiming to provide scientists and researchers with the knowledge to combat microplastic pollutants through sustainable means. Covering a variety of approaches, techniques, and scenarios, this book is a key resource for environmental scientists working to address microplastic environmental pollutants. It presents reviews on microplastics toxicology research, health hazards, and green remedial solutions for pollution control in terrestrial and aquatic environments.
Section 1 Introduction
1. Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Foods
2. Microplastics: Distribution, Abundance and Fate in Environment.
3. Microplastics Contamination in Soil, Water, Air and Environmental Health Risk Assessment
4. Microplastics in Food Chain Section 2 Microplastics Interactions with Terrestrial Environment and Aquatic Environment.
1. Microplastics in Soil: Microbial Diversity and Degradation
2. Microplastics in Soil; Uptake, Fate, Transport and Effect on the Growth of Plants
3. Microplastics Toxicity and Tolerance in Plant
4. Effect of Microplastics on the Biochemistry of Plant
5. Impact of Nanoplastics on Human Health
6. Microplastics in the Atmosphere: Transportation and Impact on Human
7. Microplastics Contamination in Marine System
8. Microplastics Toxicity in Aquatic Animals
9. Effects of Microplastics on Coastal Planktonic Community. Section 3 Microplastics Contaminations: Recent Advances and Future Prospective
1. Research Progress About Microplastic Pollution, Environmental Risks and Health Hazard
2. Various Conventional and Advanced Management Techniques and Policies Adopted at the Global Level
3. Impact of MPs on Economic Condition in Under-Developing Nations.
4. Challenges Associated with Preventive Measures and Environmentally Acceptable Techniques to Control MPs.
5. Future Trends That can be Used for MPs Removals
6. Alternate to Microplastics: Biodegradable Plastics
Dr. Baljinder Singh is working as an Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India. He perused his masters degrees in biotechnology from Punjabi University, Patiala. He completed his Ph.D. from Panjab University, Chandigarh. His research has focused primarily on Applied microbial and plant Biotechnology and Environmental Biotechnology with main emphasis on microbial remediation of pollutants, Biofuel production, and Effluent treatment technology, microplastic contamination in soil and its effect on plants. He has published nearly 53 articles/review papers in journals/books of international repute. He delivered several invited lectures in the institutes of national repute. He had enveloped e-content and delivered seven modules (Lectures) in the field of Environmental Nanotechnology for the paper NanoBiotechnology, under epgPathshala project of MHRD, Govt. of India.
Dr. Upadhyay is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. He has been working in the field of Plant Biotechnology for more than 16 years. He is currently working in functional genomics. His research group at PU has characterized numerous important defence-related protein families such as receptor-like kinases, antioxidant enzymes, calcium transporters, chitinases, lectins, etc. They are also characterizing long non-coding RNAs related to the abiotic and biotic stress response. He has authored more than 130 publications including research papers in leading journals of international repute, national and international patents, book chapters and books. He has been awarded the NAAS Young scientist award (2017-18) and NAAS-Associate (2018) from the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India, INSA Medal for Young Scientist (2013) from the Indian National Science Academy, India, NASI- Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award (2012) from the National Academy of Sciences, India, and Altech Young Scientist Award (2011).
