{"product_id":"microplastics-in-human-consumption-paperback-1","title":"Microplastics in Human Consumption - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. V. Ramasamy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAjay Kumar Harit\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book highlights plastic pollution, especially microplastics, and the consequences on the environment and on the human diet through food chain\/web transmission and contamination through processing and packaging of various human food items including water and beverages. This book provides a detailed outlook on the microplastics, their origin, distribution, categories, presence in human food items and their impact on the ecosystem, organisms and so forth. It covers updated information on microplastic contamination in the biotic and abiotic products of the sea\/ocean, the contamination of microplastics in drinking water\/bottled water, honey, sugar and so forth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeatures: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the presence of microplastics in matrices prone to human consumption\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes general information on microplastics, their origin, types, shapes, size and nomenclature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReviews microplastics in different types of human consumable items\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIllustrates fundamental methods and techniques used in microplastics research\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores overall impacts of microplastics in the organisms contaminated with the same\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is aimed at researchers, graduate students and faculty members interested in plastic pollution, microplastics, environmental science, food consumption and analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr E.V. Ramasamy\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Professor at School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He is also the Dean, Faculty of Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences, former Director of School of Environmental Sciences. In his 30 years of professional career, he has guided 16 PhD scholars, 30 MPhil scholars and 120 research publications including three books to his credit. He is also serving as member of several committees of Government of Kerala such as: \u003cb\u003eState Waste Management Policy Committee and the Technical committee of Suchitwa Mission, \u003c\/b\u003e Local Self Government Department (\u003cb\u003eLSGD\u003c\/b\u003e); Member, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology \u0026amp; Environment (\u003cb\u003eKSCSTE\u003c\/b\u003e) - Programme Advisory Committee for Environment and Ecology programme Govt. of Kerala. He has also participated in \u003cb\u003eIndian Arctic Expedition \u003c\/b\u003e(Summer batch 2019) and Indian \u003cb\u003eScientific Expedition to Southern Ocean\u003c\/b\u003e (Antarctic water) ISESO 2020, in both these expeditions he has done research on Microplastics in Polar environment. He has been awarded with \u003cb\u003eDUO-India 2020\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eProfessor Fellowship Award\u003c\/b\u003e by ASEM-DUO Fellowship Program (Seoul, Korea).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe works on Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management, wastewater treatment, Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs), water pollutants like heavy metals, landfill leachates and \u003cb\u003emicroplastics\u003c\/b\u003e. His work on Earthworms and soil carbon dynamics has been published in \u003ci\u003eScientific Reports\u003c\/i\u003e of \u003cb\u003eNature\u003c\/b\u003e publishing group. His paper on Microplastics in the sediments of Vembanad Lake was the First report from India, the recent publication on Microplastics in the Kongsfjord, Arctic was the outcome of his Polar research published in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr Ajay Kumar Harit\u003c\/strong\u003e has served as Research Associate at School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, His doctorate is from Pondicherry University (A Central University), Puducherry. He did his post-doctoral work at Indo-French Cell for Water Sciences, Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore during 2016-17. He was awarded with DST-SERB-National Post-Doctoral fellowship (N-PDF) in 2017, he has joined Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala as N-PDF in 2017 and completed the Associateship successfully. His doctoral and post-doctoral research work was on exploring the attributes of termites (one of the ecosystem engineers) and their influence in soil and forest ecosystem focusing on soil and nutrient dynamics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring his stay at Mahatma Gandhi University, he developed his interest in Microplastics research with a focus on monitoring Microplastics contamination in water bodies and human consumable items. He has published research articles on microplastic pollution in the surface sediment of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard Arctic in Marine Pollution Bulletin (Elsevier) as co-author. A book chapter co-authored by Dr Harit has been published by Cuvillier Verlag, Gottingen, Germany. He also presented his research findings in National and International conferences in the field of Microplastics. He has 18 articles (of these 16 in SCI Indexed journal) and two book chapters published to his credit as the outcome of his Doctoral and Post-Doctoral research.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 134\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 29, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47382190784761,"sku":"9781032063270","price":45.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/zR3B15qRcv9781032063270_c18ebcc0-dddd-4a1c-b86c-996b41654d5d.webp?v=1770096913","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/microplastics-in-human-consumption-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}