A duodecennial national synthesis of antibiotics in China's major rivers and seas (2005–2016)

S Li, W Shi, W Liu, H Li, W Zhang, J Hu, Y Ke… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
The occurrence of 94 antibiotics in water and sediments from seven major rivers and four
seas in China during 2005–2016 was reviewed. Twelve antibiotics were most frequently …

Antibiotics in the aquatic environment–a review–part I

K Kümmerer - Chemosphere, 2009 - Elsevier
Although antibiotics have been used in large quantities for some decades, until recently the
existence of these substances in the environment has received little notice. It is only in …

Occurrence, seasonal variations, and ecological risk of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in River Ganges at two holy cities of India

V Singh, S Suthar - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Occurrence of 15 different pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs)(ibuprofen,
diclofenac, ketoprofen, acetaminophen, ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, amoxicillin, ofloxacin …

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 effects of pharmaceutical substances in the environment-A review

B Halling-Sørensen, SN Nielsen, PF Lanzky… - Chemosphere, 1998 - Elsevier
Medical substances (pharmaceuticals) are a group of substances that until recently have
been exposed to the environment with very little attention. The reason why they may be …

Pharmaceutical antibiotic compounds in soils–a review

S Thiele‐Bruhn - Journal of plant nutrition and soil science, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Antibiotics are highly effective, bioactive substances. As a result of their consumption,
excretion, and persistence, they are disseminated mostly via excrements and enter the soils …

Human pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment: a challenge to green chemistry

SK Khetan, TJ Collins - Chemical reviews, 2007 - ACS Publications
One goal of this review is to bring out that the chemical enterprise needs to work to reduce
society's uncertainties with respect to the safety of persistent or pseudopersistent …

Toxic and genotoxic evaluation of six antibiotics on non-target organisms

M Isidori, M Lavorgna, A Nardelli, L Pascarella… - Science of the total …, 2005 - Elsevier
The ecotoxicity of the following six antibiotics on aquatic organisms was investigated:
Erythromycin, Oxytetracyclin, Sulfamethoxazole, Ofloxacin, Lincomycin and Clarithromycin …

Acute and chronic toxicity of veterinary antibiotics to Daphnia magna

L Wollenberger, B Halling-Sørensen, KO Kusk - Chemosphere, 2000 - Elsevier
The acute and chronic toxicity of nine antibiotics used both therapeutically and as growth
promoters in intensive farming was investigated on the freshwater crustacean Daphnia …

Effects of sulfonamide and tetracycline antibiotics on soil microbial activity and microbial biomass

S Thiele-Bruhn, IC Beck - Chemosphere, 2005 - Elsevier
Increasingly often soil residual concentrations of pharmaceutical antibiotics are detected,
while their ecotoxic relevance is scarcely known. Thus, dose related effects of two …