Effects of Toxic Chemicals on Plants

Changfang ZHOU; Zhaozhao ZHONG

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Effects of Toxic Chemicals on Plants

E Ann Nalley¹*, Sheila Youngblood² and Alimamy Fornah³

^1,2Department of Chemistry, Physics & Engineering, Cameron University, USA

³Department of Agriculture, Biology & Health Sciences, Cameron University, USA

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Received Date: April 19, 2021; Published Date: May 03, 2021

Abstract

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) recently announced a challenge to scientists from across its Member States to submit proposals that describe a method or system by which a specific type of vegetation could act as an indicator of exposure to chemicals, which are toxic to humans and/or animals. When I first learned about the OPCW Plants as Biomarkers Challenge, I thought it would be easy to do a search of the scientific literature and to identify the effects of toxic industrial chemicals on plants. After several days of searching, I learned that it would not be that easy.

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