Analysis of Pesticides and Microplastic: Co-occurrence and Emerging Threats to Life

Analysis of Pesticides and Microplastic: Co-occurrence and Emerging Threats to Life, Volume 114 examines the underexplored, combined effects of pesticides and microplastics-two pervasive, non-biodegradable pollutants whose co-occurrence poses an emerging threat to environmental and human health. Chapters in this new release include Harmful Impacts of Pesticides on Health and Environment, Impact of Pesticides on Aquatic Ecosystems, Plastic Pollution: A Global Threat, Health Risks of Plastic Ingestion, Oceanic and Ecological Threats of Plastic Pollution, Pesticide Biosensors: Technologies and Trends, and much 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