Emerging organic contaminants (ECs) are compounds now being found in groundwater from agricultural, urban sources that were previously not detectable, or thought to be significant. ECs include pesticides and degradates, pharmaceuticals, industrial compounds, personal care products, fragrances, water treatment byproducts, flame retardants and surfactants, as well as ‘life-style’ compounds such a...

The global population increase puts tremendous pressure on the already dwindling natural resources such as soil and freshwater. Healthy productive soils well availability of freshwater are critical for agricultural productivity. On other hand, climate change variability make water scarcity problem even worse. Agriculture, being biggest consumer fresh water, is expected to be affected significan...

In recent decades, previously unobserved trace compounds have become more widely detected in wastewater treatment effluents and freshwater ecosystems. Emanating from various sources presenting potential human health ecological risks at much lesser concentrations than traditional contaminants, detection of “emerging contaminants” has increased with improvements analytical techniques. The behavio...