Antibiotics play an essential role in the medical healthcare world, but their widespread
usage and high prevalence have posed negative environmental consequences. During the …

Environmental aquatic pollution with antibiotics is a global challenge that affects even
pristine mountain environments. Monitoring the concentration of antibiotics in water is critical …

Animal production is a leading economic activity in Brazil and antibiotics are widely used.
However, the occurrence, behavior, and impacts of antibiotics in Brazilian soils are still …

The frequent occurrence of pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment requires an
assessment of their environmental impact and their negative effects in humans. Among the …

Over the past few decades, a high number of pharmaceuticals have been detected in
surface, ground and drinking waters. This contamination comes from domestic sewage …

Animal production is one of the most expressive sectors of Brazilian agro-economy.
Although antibiotics are routinely used in this activity, their occurrence, fate, and potential …

In environmental systems, the soil is a principal route of contamination by various potentially
toxic species. Roxarsone (RX) is an arsenic (V) organic compound used to treat parasitic …

The city of Puno in Peru is the largest producer of trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) using
intensive floating cage systems installed in Lake Titicaca. As a result, the increase in …

The objective of this study was to develop and validate a fast, sensitive and simple liquid
chromatography–electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS/MS) …

Fluoroquinolones are a valuable synthetic antibacterial class widely used in the treatment of
infectious diseases both in humans and animals. Until recently, it has been thought that …