Sewage sludge is an important reservoir of antibiotics, antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs),
and antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), and the …

Antibiotics are life-saving medications for treating bacterial infections; however it has been
discovered that resistance developed by bacteria against these incredible agents is the …

Among the thousands of chemicals having potential to enter the environment, the NORMAN
network has identified at least 700 substances categorized into 20 classes in the European …

Emerging organic contaminants (EOCs) are chemically stable and bioaccumulative, and
pose severe challenges to ecological safety and human health. On-line solid-phase …

Liquid Chromatography: Applications, Second Edition, is a single source of authoritative
information on all aspects of the practice of modern liquid chromatography. It gives those …

Livestock excrements are used as natural fertilizer, in the form of manure or slurry, to provide
nutrients and organic matter to arable soils. However, it is potentially contaminated with …

Quantitative pharmaceutical analysis is nowadays frequently executed using mass
spectrometry. Electrospray ionization coupled to a (hybrid) triple quadrupole mass …

Recent developments and improvements in advanced instruments and analytical
methodologies have made the detection of pharmaceuticals at low concentration levels in …

An increasing number of studies pointed out the ubiquitous presence of medical residues in
surface and ground water as well as in soil compartments. Not only antibiotics can be found …

The occurrence of 67 pharmaceutical and antifungal residues in the Danube river on the
Romanian territory was studied by using solid-phase extraction (SPE) and LC-Q Exactive …