The agricultural industry uses substantial amounts of water (the highest in the world) mostly for irrigation purposes. Rapid population growth and, consequently, growing demand food have increased use pesticide to higher yield crops and other products. Wastewater generated as a result excessive pesticides/herbicides is becoming global issue specifically developing countries. Over 4,000,000 tons...

With rapid development of modern agriculture, a multitude and large amount air pollutants were generated by agricultural activities, which are becoming more serious issues with regards to pollution [...]

There is currently much debate about sources of pollution, particularly nutrient pollution of surface and groundwaters. It frequently appears that everyone is quite confident everyone else is contributing far more than they are. The reality, particularly for nutrient pollution, is that we all are part of the problem and must be part of the solution. This paper offers a science-based perspective...

PURPOSE To conduct an assessment of rural environmental pollution sources and associated population mortality rates. METHODS The design is a secondary analysis of county-level data from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Agriculture, National Land Cover Dataset, Energy Information Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US Census, and others. We d...

nowadays, with population growth in urban areas, providing safe water and health is considered basic needs of human, alongside the various pollutants due to urban activities, agriculture and industrial areas on adjacent ranges into urban water resources around the environment is such that study necessary to prevent the pollution of water resources and identification of pollution sources shows. ...

1 Pollution Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, Hindu College Moradabad, University of Rohilkhand, 244001, India 2 Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), Allahabad, 211007, India 3 Department of Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, 263145, India 4 Department of...

Nitrogen fertilizers is an essential input into modern agriculture, however the use of large amounts of this mineral fertilizers caused in the last three decades enormous environmental impacts such as eutrophication of waters and soils, loss of biodiversity, drinking water pollution and human health risks. The agri-environmental policy plays a crucial role to internalize pollution externalities...