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The Risk Associated with the Xenobiotics Released Through Wastewater Reuse

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Irrigation of our crop fields is indispensable to get sufficient crop yield, and increasing trend of reusing wastewater for agricultural practices has provided an answer of water scarcity. The wastewater is recycled and then used for drinking and agricultural practices, but concerns have been raised regarding the quality of water being used. The major concern is the presence of xenobiotics in recycled water that affects the crops’ yield qualitatively as well as quantitatively and in turn affects human beings. Risk factors due to the presence of xenobiotics can have long-term effects on soil, thereby affecting plants and human health. Therefore, assessing the risk and thereafter managing the risk are very necessary.

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Srivastava, P.K., Parihar, P., Singh, R., Prasad, S.M. (2016). The Risk Associated with the Xenobiotics Released Through Wastewater Reuse. In: Singh, A., Prasad, S., Singh, R. (eds) Plant Responses to Xenobiotics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2860-1_11

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