Antibiotics in soil and water in China–a systematic review and source analysis

• Published in: Environmental pollution (1987) Vol. 266; no. Pt 1; p. 115147
• Main Authors: Lyu, Jia, Yang, Linsheng, Zhang, Lan, Ye, Bixiong, Wang, Li
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2020
• Subjects: Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents - analysis; Antibiotic; aquaculture; China; coastal water; ecology; Environment; Environmental Monitoring; human health; Humans; livestock; macrolides; municipal wastewater; organic fertilizers; pollution; quinolones; Rivers; sewage; Soil; Soil Pollutants - analysis; Source; surface water; Systematic review; Waste Water; wastewater treatment; Water; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Yangtze River; China; Yangtze River; Systematic review; Environment; Antibiotic; China; Source

With the high production and consumption of antibiotics in recent years due to increasing economic development and improving population health, China is facing serious antibiotic pollution in the environment, and it is becoming a significant threat to ecology and human health. This study explores th...