Chemical Pesticides

The report deals with the transportation behavior of lindane, a pesticide used commonly in the agricultural and public health sectors in India, through sandy and loamy soils. The contamination of groundwater by pesticides is a worldwide problem because of their tissue degradation and carcinogenic nature. They are bio-accumulative and relatively stable and therefore, require close monitoring.

The pesticides used for agricultural, forestry and domestic activities leach into the groundwater and therefore, it is very important to study their transportation behavior in different types of soil media.Read More

This study on the status of groundwater quality in Bangalore by the Department of Mines and Geology presents an analysis based on a systematic collection of groundwater saRead More

This brief on the International Lake Environment Committee site discusses the situation of lakes in the South East Asian region in the context of the growing water crisis and the gradual degradation of environmental and water resources due to population growth,
urbanisation, industrialisation and chemical intensive agriculture.Read More

The first victims of this degradation processes have been the lakes and reservoirs in the vicinity of urban areas that have undergone large scale pollution due to sewage and inductrial effluents and toxic chemicals. In most cases, nutrient enrichment led to eutrophication of water bodies leading to negative manifestations such as:

A paper from the Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry.Read More