Contaminants in Agriculture and Environment: Health Risks and Remediation

Recent advances in chemical applications in the agricultural sector have been contributed to disruptive contamination of crop and environment. Besides the contribution in improving conventional farming, the development of new methods has also contributed to polluting agriculture as well as environments. The deposition of several contaminants in agricultural products, soil, water, air and even into the higher trophic levels of the food chain has disturbed the well-functioning of the earth ecosystem. The present chapter focused on the primary information of the book regarding how the contaminants in agriculture are introduced with possible ways to mitigate their impacts.