Antibiotic pollution in the environment: a review

R Gothwal, T Shashidhar - Clean–Soil, Air, Water, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Antibiotics have been extensively and effectively used in human and veterinary medicines.
Their benefits have been recognized in agriculture, aquaculture, bee‐keeping, and livestock …

Bioaccumulation and analytics of pharmaceutical residues in the environment: A review

A Puckowski, K Mioduszewska, P Łukaszewicz… - … of pharmaceutical and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The presence of pharmaceutical residues in various environmental compartments is an
issue of increasing concern. The widespread occurrence of these compounds in water and …

Comprehensive evaluation of antibiotics emission and fate in the river basins of China: source analysis, multimedia modeling, and linkage to bacterial resistance

QQ Zhang, GG Ying, CG Pan, YS Liu… - Environmental science & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Antibiotics are widely used in humans and animals, but there is a big concern about their
negative impacts on ecosystem and human health after use. So far there is a lack of …

Long-term wastewater irrigation of vegetables in real agricultural systems: concentration of pharmaceuticals in soil, uptake and bioaccumulation in tomato fruits and …

A Christou, P Karaolia, E Hapeshi, C Michael… - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
Wastewater (WW) reuse for vegetable crops irrigation is regularly applied worldwide. Such a
practice has been found to allow the uptake of pharmaceutical active compounds (PhACs) …

Effects of the presence of sulfonamides in the environment and their influence on human health

W Baran, E Adamek, J Ziemiańska… - Journal of hazardous …, 2011 - Elsevier
World production and consumption of pharmaceuticals has been steadily increasing. Anti-
infectives have been particularly important in modern therapy of microbial infection …

A global perspective on the use, sales, exposure pathways, occurrence, fate and effects of veterinary antibiotics (VAs) in the environment

AK Sarmah, MT Meyer, ABA Boxall - Chemosphere, 2006 - Elsevier
Veterinary antibiotics (VAs) are widely used in many countries worldwide to treat disease
and protect the health of animals. They are also incorporated into animal feed to improve …

Occurrence, fate, and ecotoxicity of antibiotics in agro-ecosystems. A review

L Du, W Liu - Agronomy for sustainable development, 2012 - Springer
Globally, besides human medicine, an increasing amount of antibiotics as veterinary drugs
and feed additives are used annually in many countries with the rapid development of the …

Veterinary drugs in the environment and their toxicity to plants

H Bártíková, R Podlipná, L Skálová - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
Veterinary drugs used for treatment and prevention of diseases in animals represent
important source of environmental pollution due to intensive agri-and aquaculture …

Uptake of pharmaceuticals by plants grown under hydroponic conditions and natural occurring plant species: a review

LM Madikizela, S Ncube, L Chimuka - Science of the Total Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Sizeable amount of research has been conducted on the possible uptake of
pharmaceuticals by plants from contaminated soil and water used for irrigation of crops. In …

Occurrence and environmental fate of veterinary antibiotics in the terrestrial environment

KR Kim, G Owens, SI Kwon, KH So, DB Lee… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2011 - Springer
A wide variety of veterinary antibiotics (VAs) has been detected in environmental water
samples, and this is of potential environmental concern due to their adverse effects. In …