Publication: Accumulation, Uptake Pathways, and Toxicity of Pharmaceuticals into Plants and Soil
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Date
2023
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Pharmaceuticals in Aquatic Environments: Toxicity, Monitoring, and Remediation Technologies
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CRC Press
Abstract
Anthropogenic activities mediated by technological advances are overproducing pharmaceuticals. Due to their inappropriate use and disposal, they have become the major environmental contaminants of emerging concern. Accumulation of these compounds poses deleterious effects on living beings and the associated ecosystems. Plants and soils are the major objects which are directly exposed to these contaminants. The dietary consumption of these contaminants also causes hindrance to human well-being. The plants and soil acquire these contaminants via wastewater irrigation. The contaminated plants stimulate their defense systems and induce phytotoxic symptoms like reduced chlorophyll content, photosynthetic rate, growth, and development. Therefore, the present study focuses on the pharmaceutical accumulation in soil and plants, their sources, uptake pathways, and phytotoxicity so that future work can be planned on the estimation and removal of such toxicants from the soil, plants, and ultimately from the human diet. � 2024 selection and editorial matter, Vinod Kumar Garg, Ashok Pandey, Navish Kataria, and Caterina Faggio; individual chapters, the contributors.