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Singh A, Pratap SG, Raj A. Occurrence and dissemination of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance in aquatic environment and its ecological implications: a review. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024:10.1007/s11356-024-34355-x. [PMID: 39028459 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-34355-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 07/07/2024] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
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The occurrence of antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARBs), genes (ARGs), and mobile genetic elements (MGEs) in aquatic systems is growing global public health concern. These emerging micropollutants, stemming from improper wastewater treatment and disposal, highlight the complex and evolving nature of environmental pollution. Current literature reveals potential biases, such as a geographical focus on specific regions, leading to an insufficient understanding of the global distribution and dynamics of antibiotic resistance in aquatic systems. There is methodological inconsistency across studies, making it challenging to compare findings. Potential biases include sample collection inconsistencies, detection sensitivity variances, and data interpretation variability. Gaps in understanding include the need for comprehensive, standardized long-term monitoring programs, elucidating the environmental fate and transformation of antibiotics and resistance genes. This review summarizes current knowledge on the occurrence and dissemination of emerging micropollutants, their ecological impacts, and the global health implications of antimicrobial resistance. It highlights the need for interdisciplinary collaborations among researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders to address the challenges posed by antibiotic resistance in aquatic resistance in aquatic systems effectively. This review highlights widespread antibiotic and antibiotic resistance in aquatic environment, driven by human and agricultural activities. It underscores the ecological consequences, including disrupted microbial communities and altered ecosystem functions. The findings call for urgent measures to mitigate antibiotics pollution and manage antibiotic resistance spread in water bodies.
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- Anjali Singh
- Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, Environmental Toxicology Group, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Vishvigyan Bhawan 31, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow, 226 001, Uttar Pradesh, India
- School of Environmental Science, Babu Banarsi Das University, Lucknow, 227015, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- School of Environmental Science, Babu Banarsi Das University, Lucknow, 227015, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, Environmental Toxicology Group, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Vishvigyan Bhawan 31, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow, 226 001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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John KI, Ho G, Li D. Recent progresses in synthesis and modification of g-C 3N 4 for improving visible-light-driven photocatalytic degradation of antibiotics. WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : A JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON WATER POLLUTION RESEARCH 2024; 89:3047-3078. [PMID: 38877630 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2024.166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 05/11/2024] [Indexed: 06/16/2024]
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Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) is a widely studied visible-light-active photocatalyst for low cost, non-toxicity, and facile synthesis. Nonetheless, its photocatalytic efficiency is below par, due to fast recombination of charge carriers, low surface area, and insufficient visible light absorption. Thus, the research on the modification of g-C3N4 targeting at enhanced photocatalytic performance has attracted extensive interest. A considerable amount of review articles have been published on the modification of g-C3N4 for applications. However, limited effort has been specially contributed to providing an overview and comparison on available modification strategies for improved photocatalytic activity of g-C3N4-based catalysts in antibiotics removal. There has been no attempt on the comparison of photocatalytic performances in antibiotics removal between modified g-C3N4 and other known catalysts. To address these, our study reviewed strategies that have been reported to modify g-C3N4, including metal/non-metal doping, defect tuning, structural engineering, heterostructure formation, etc. as well as compared their performances for antibiotics removal. The heterostructure formation was the most widely studied and promising route to modify g-C3N4 with superior activity. As compared to other known photocatalysts, the heterojunction g-C3N4 showed competitive performances in degradation of selected antibiotics. Related mechanisms were discussed, and finally, we revealed current challenges in practical application.
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- Kingsley Igenepo John
- College of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
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- College of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
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- College of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia E-mail:
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Zhang Y, Ma Y, Zhang R, Du X, Yuan B, Zhang Z, Lin Z, Wang J, Sun Y. Development of a 3-step sequential extraction method to investigate the fraction and affecting factors of 21 antibiotics in soils. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 469:133842. [PMID: 38432088 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2024] [Revised: 01/25/2024] [Accepted: 02/18/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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Antibiotic exist in various states after entering agricultural soil through the application of manure, including the aqueous state (I), which can be directly absorbed by plants, and the auxiliary organic extraction state (III), which is closely associated with the pseudo-permanence of antibiotics. However, effective analytical methods for extracting and affecting factors on fractions of different antibiotic states remain unclear. In this study, KCl, acetonitrile/Na2EDTA-McIlvaine buffer, and acetonitrile/water were successively used to extract states I, II, and III of 21 antibiotics in soil, and the recovery efficiency met the quantitative requirements. Random forest classification and variance partitioning analysis revealed that dissolved organic matter, pH, and organic matter were important factors affecting the recovery efficiency of antibiotic in states I, II, and III, respectively. Additionally, 65-day spiked soil experiments combined with Mantel test analysis suggested that pH, organic acids, heavy metals, and noncrystalline minerals differentially affected antibiotic type and state. Importantly, a structural equation model indicated that organic acids play a crucial role in the fraction of antibiotic states. Overall, this study reveals the factors influencing the fraction of different antibiotic states in soil, which is helpful for accurately assessing their ecological risk.
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- Yue Zhang
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; Sinochem Environment Holdings Co., Ltd., Beijing 100160, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
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Yang L, Zhao F, Yen H, Feng Q, Li M, Wang X, Tang J, Bu Q, Chen L. Urbanization and land use regulate soil vulnerability to antibiotic contamination in urban green spaces. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 465:133363. [PMID: 38157809 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.133363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2023] [Revised: 12/10/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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The presence of antibiotics in environment is an emerging concern because of their ubiquitous occurrence, adverse eco-toxicological effects, and promotion of widespread antibiotic resistance. Urban soil, which plays a noticeable role in human health, may be a reservoir of antibiotics because of intensive human disturbance. However, little is understood about the vulnerability of soil to antibiotic contamination in urban areas and the spatial-temporal characteristics of anthropogenic and environmental pressures. In this study, we developed a framework for the dynamic assessment of soil vulnerability to antibiotic contamination in urban green spaces, combining antibiotic release, exposure, and consequence layers. According to the results, soil vulnerability risks shown obvious spatial-temporal variation in urban areas. Areas at a high risk of antibiotic contamination were usually found in urban centers with high population densities and in seasons with low temperature and vegetation coverage. Quinolones (e.g., ofloxacin and norfloxacin) were priority antibiotics that posed the highest vulnerability risks, followed by tetracyclines. We also confirmed the effectiveness of the vulnerability assessment by correlating soil vulnerability indexes and antibiotic residues in urban soils. Furthermore, urbanization- and land use-related parameters were shown to be critical in regulating soil vulnerability to antibiotic contamination based on sensitivity analysis. These findings have important implications for the prediction and mitigation of urban soil contamination with antibiotics and strategies to improve human health.
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- Lei Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China
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- School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn 36849, USA; Environmental Exposure Modeling, Bayer US Crop Science Division, Chesterfield 63017, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
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- School of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology-Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Bhagat J, Singh N, Shimada Y. Southeast Asia's environmental challenges: emergence of new contaminants and advancements in testing methods. FRONTIERS IN TOXICOLOGY 2024; 6:1322386. [PMID: 38469037 PMCID: PMC10925796 DOI: 10.3389/ftox.2024.1322386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024] Open
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Emerging contaminants, including pharmaceuticals, personal care products, microplastics, and per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, pose a major threat to both ecosystems and human health in Southeast Asia. As this region undergoes rapid industrialization and urbanization, the increasing presence of unconventional pollutants in water bodies, soil, and various organisms has become an alarming concern. This review comprehensively examines the environmental challenges posed by emerging contaminants in Southeast Asia and recent progress in toxicity testing methods. We discuss the diverse range of emerging contaminants found in Southeast Asia, shedding light on their causes and effects on ecosystems, and emphasize the need for robust toxicological testing methods. This review is a valuable resource for researchers, policymakers, and environmental practitioners working to mitigate the impacts of emerging contaminants and secure a sustainable future for Southeast Asia.
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- Jacky Bhagat
- Graduate School of Regional Innovation Studies, Mie University, Tsu, Mie, Japan
- Mie University Zebrafish Research Center, Tsu, Mie, Japan
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- Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Mie University Zebrafish Research Center, Tsu, Mie, Japan
- Department of Bioinformatics, Mie University Advanced Science Research Promotion Center, Tsu, Mie, Japan
- Department of Integrative Pharmacology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan
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Zhang M, Hou J, Xia J, Wu J, Miao L, Ji D. Antibiotics can alter the bacterial extracellular polymeric substances and surface properties affecting the cotransport of bacteria and antibiotics in porous media. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 461:132569. [PMID: 37748312 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2023] [Revised: 09/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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Currently, studies on the environmental impact of antibiotics have focused on toxicity and resistance genes, and gaps exist in research on the effects of antibiotics entering the environment on bacterial surface properties and the synergistic transport of antibiotics and bacteria in porous media. To fill the gaps, we investigated the interactions between bacteria and antibiotics in synergistic transport in saturated porous media and the effects of media particle size, flow rate, and ionic concentration on this synergistic transport. This study revealed that although synergistic transport was complex, the mechanism of action was clear. Antibiotics could affect bacterial extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), thus altering their surface hydrophobicity and roughness, thereby affecting bacterial transport. The effects of antibiotics on bacterial transport were dominated by altering bacterial roughness. Antibiotics had a relatively high adsorption on bacteria, so bacterial transport directly affected antibiotic transport. The antibiotic concentrations below a certain threshold increased the bacterial EPS quality, and above the threshold decreased the bacterial EPS quality. This threshold was related to antibiotic toxicity and bacterial type. Bacterial surface hydrophobicity was determined by the combination of proteins and sugars in the EPS, and roughness was positively correlated with the EPS quality.
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- Mingzhi Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development on Shallow Lakes of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development on Shallow Lakes of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development on Shallow Lakes of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development on Shallow Lakes of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development on Shallow Lakes of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, People's Republic of China
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- College of Environment and Ecology, Jiangsu Open University, Nanjing 210036, People's Republic of China.
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Stando K, Wilk J, Jakóbik-Kolon A, Felis E, Bajkacz S. Application of UHPLC-MS/MS method to monitor the occurrence of sulfonamides and their transformation products in soil in Silesia, Poland. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:112922-112942. [PMID: 37843710 PMCID: PMC10643288 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-30146-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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Sulfonamides circulating in the environment lead to disturbances in food chains and local ecosystems, but most importantly contribute to development of resistance genes, which generate problems with multidrug-resistant bacterial infections treatment. In urban areas, sources of sulfonamide distribution in soils have received comparatively less attention in contrast to rural regions, where animal-derived manure, used as a natural fertilizer, is considered the main source. The aim of this study was to determine eight sulfonamides (sulfadiazine, sulfamerazine, sulfamethazine, sulfamethizole, sulfamethoxazole, sulfapyridine, sulfathiazole, and sulfisoxazole) in environmental soil samples collected from urbanized regions in Silesian Voivodeship with increased animal activity. These soils were grouped according to the organic carbon content. It was necessary to develop versatile and efficient extraction and determination method to analyze selected sulfonamides in various soil types. The developed LC-MS/MS method for sulfonamides analyzing was validated. The obtained recoveries exceeded 45% for soil with medium organic carbon content and 88% for sample with a very low organic carbon content (arenaceous quartz). The obtained results show the high impact of organic matter on analytes adsorption in soil, which influences recovery. All eight sulfa drugs were determined in environmental samples in the concentration range 1.5-10.5 ng g-1. The transformation products of the analytes were also identified, and 29 transformation products were detected in 24 out of 27 extracts from soil samples.
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- Klaudia Stando
- Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Silesian University of Technology, B. Krzywoustego 6 Str, 44-100, Gliwice, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Silesian University of Technology, B. Krzywoustego 6 Str, 44-100, Gliwice, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Silesian University of Technology, B. Krzywoustego 6 Str, 44-100, Gliwice, Poland
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- Biotechnology Centre, Silesian University of Technology, B. Krzywoustego 8 Str, 44-100, Gliwice, Poland
- Faculty of Power and Environmental Engineering, Environmental Biotechnology Department, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 2 Str, 44-100, Gliwice, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Silesian University of Technology, B. Krzywoustego 6 Str, 44-100, Gliwice, Poland.
- Biotechnology Centre, Silesian University of Technology, B. Krzywoustego 8 Str, 44-100, Gliwice, Poland.
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Delgado N, Orozco J, Zambrano S, Casas-Zapata JC, Marino D. Veterinary pharmaceutical as emerging contaminants in wastewater and surface water: An overview. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 460:132431. [PMID: 37688873 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/27/2023] [Indexed: 09/11/2023]
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Veterinary pharmaceuticals have become of interest due to their indiscriminate use. Thus, this paper compiles studies on detection in surface and wastewater, and the treatment applied for their removal. Additionally, a case study was performed to evaluate its commercialization, as the ecological risk assessment for the most relevant compounds. 241 compounds were detected. The highest concentrations were found for antibiotics such as oxytetracycline, amoxicillin, and monensin, with values up to 3732.4 µg/L. Biological treatments have been mainly reported, obtaining removal greater than 80% for sulfadiazine, sulfamethazine, sulfamethoxazole, enrofloxacin, and oxytetracycline. Considering the case study, enrofloxacin and oxytetracycline were widely commercialized. Finally, there was a low risk for the species exposed to enrofloxacin, in contrast, the species exposed to oxytetracycline presented a high risk of long-term mortality. Concluding that veterinary compounds have emerged as a significant concern regarding water source contamination, owing to their potential adverse effects on aquatic biota and even human. This is particularly relevant because many water bodies that receive wastewater are utilized for drinking water purposes. Consequently, the development of comprehensive, full-scale systems for efficient antibiotic removal before their introduction into water sources becomes imperative. Equally important is the need to reconsider their extensive use altogether.
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- Nasly Delgado
- Grupo de Ciencia e Ingeniería en Sistemas Ambientales, Facultad de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad del Cauca, Carrera 2# 15N, Popayán 190002, Colombia.
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- Grupo de Ciencia e Ingeniería en Sistemas Ambientales, Facultad de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad del Cauca, Carrera 2# 15N, Popayán 190002, Colombia
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- Grupo de Ciencia e Ingeniería en Sistemas Ambientales, Facultad de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad del Cauca, Carrera 2# 15N, Popayán 190002, Colombia
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- Grupo de Ciencia e Ingeniería en Sistemas Ambientales, Facultad de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad del Cauca, Carrera 2# 15N, Popayán 190002, Colombia
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- Centro de Investigaciones del Medio Ambiente, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de la Plata (UNLP), 47y 115, La Plata 1900, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, La Plata, Argentina
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Zhao F, Yang L, Yen H, Feng Q, Li M, Chen L. Reducing risks of antibiotics to crop production requires land system intensification within thresholds. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6094. [PMID: 37773228 PMCID: PMC10541423 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41258-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/01/2023] Open
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Land system intensification has substantially enhanced crop production; however, it has also created soil antibiotic pollution, undermining crop production. Here, we projected soil antibiotic pollution risks to crop production at multiple geographical scales in China and linked them to land system intensification (including arable land expansion and input increase). Our projections suggest that crop production will substantially decrease when the soil antibiotic pollution risk quotient exceeds 8.30-9.98. Land systems explain most of the variability in antibiotic pollution risks (21-66%) across spatial scales. The convex nonlinearities in tradeoffs between antibiotic pollution risk and crop production indicate that vegetable and wheat production have higher thresholds of land system intensification at which the risk-yield tradeoffs will peak than do maize and rice production. Our study suggests that land system intensification below the minimum thresholds at multiple scales is required for acceptable antibiotic pollution risks related to crop yield reduction.
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- Fangkai Zhao
- School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA
- Environmental Exposure Modeling, Bayer U.S. Crop Science Division, Chesterfield, MO, 63017, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Rodríguez-López L, Santás-Miguel V, Cela-Dablanca R, Núñez-Delgado A, Álvarez-Rodríguez E, Rodríguez-Seijo A, Arias-Estévez M. Clarithromycin as soil and environmental pollutant: Adsorption-desorption processes and influence of pH. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 233:116520. [PMID: 37390951 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/02/2023]
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Antibiotics pollution is a growing environmental issue, as high amounts of these compounds are found in soil, water and sediments. This work studies the adsorption/desorption of the macrolide antibiotic clarithromycin (CLA) for 17 agricultural soils with different edaphic characteristics. The research was carried out using batch-type experiments, with an additional assessment of the specific influence of pH for 6 of the soils. The results show that CLA adsorption reaches between 26 and 95%. In addition, the fit of the experimental data to adsorption models provided values between 1.9 and 19.7 Ln μmol1-n kg-1 for the KF, Freundlich affinity coefficient, and between 2.5 and 10.5 L kg-1 for Kd, distribution constant of Linear model. Regarding the linearity index, n, it varied between 0.56 and 1.34. Desorption showed lower scores than adsorption, with an average of 20%, and with values of 3.1 and 93.0 Ln μmol1-n kg-1 for KF(des) and 4.4 and 95.0 L kg-1 for Kd(des). The edaphic characteristics with the highest influence on adsorption were the silt fraction content and the exchangeable Ca content, while in the case of desorption, they were the total nitrogen, organic carbon, and exchangeable Ca and Mg contents. Regarding the pH, within the range studied (between 3 and 10), its value did not decisively affect the adsorption/desorption process. Overall, the set of these results could be of help to program appropriate measures leading to the retention/elimination of this antibiotic when it reaches the environment as a pollutant.
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- Lucía Rodríguez-López
- Department of Plant Biology and Soil Science, Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade de Vigo, 32004, Ourense, Spain; Instituto de Agroecoloxía e Alimentación (IAA), Universidade de Vigo - Campus Auga, 32004, Ourense, Spain.
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- Department of Plant Biology and Soil Science, Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade de Vigo, 32004, Ourense, Spain; Instituto de Agroecoloxía e Alimentación (IAA), Universidade de Vigo - Campus Auga, 32004, Ourense, Spain
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- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Engineering Polytechnic School, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 27002, Lugo, Spain
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- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Engineering Polytechnic School, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 27002, Lugo, Spain
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- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Engineering Polytechnic School, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 27002, Lugo, Spain
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- Department of Plant Biology and Soil Science, Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade de Vigo, 32004, Ourense, Spain; Instituto de Agroecoloxía e Alimentación (IAA), Universidade de Vigo - Campus Auga, 32004, Ourense, Spain
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- Department of Plant Biology and Soil Science, Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade de Vigo, 32004, Ourense, Spain; Instituto de Agroecoloxía e Alimentación (IAA), Universidade de Vigo - Campus Auga, 32004, Ourense, Spain
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Georgakakos CB, Martínez CE, Helbling DE, Walter MT. More movement with manure: increased mobility of erythromycin through agricultural soil in the presence of manure. JOURNAL OF WATER AND HEALTH 2023; 21:1143-1157. [PMID: 37756186 PMCID: wh_2023_051 DOI: 10.2166/wh.2023.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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Antibiotic residues in the environment threaten soil and aquatic organisms and human and livestock health through the building of antimicrobial resistance. Manure spreading associated with animal agriculture is one source of environmental antibiotic residues. To better understand the risk of contamination, we studied the adsorption of erythromycin, a model macrolide antibiotic used across human and animal medicine. We conducted a series of equilibrium batch experiments to determine the kinetics and extent of adsorption and a continuous-flow column adsorption experiment to observe non-equilibrium adsorption patterns. We determined that the adsorption equilibration time to soil was approximately 72 h in our batch experiments. Erythromycin adsorbed to soil relatively strongly (K = 8.01 × 10-2 L/mg; qmax = 1.53 × 10-3 mg/mg), adsorbed to the soil in the presence of manure with less affinity (K = 1.99 × 10-4 L/mg) at a soil: manure ratio of 10:1 by mass, and did not adsorb to manure across the solid ratios tested. We observed multi-phased adsorption of erythromycin to the soil during the non-equilibrium column experiment, which was largely absent from the treatments with both soil and manure present. These results suggest that erythromycin is more mobile in the environment when introduced with manure, which is likely the largest source of agriculturally sourced environmental antibiotics.
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- Christine B Georgakakos
- Department of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA E-mail:
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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Hu J, Li S, Zhang W, Helbling DE, Xu N, Sun W, Ni J. Animal production predominantly contributes to antibiotic profiles in the Yangtze River. WATER RESEARCH 2023; 242:120214. [PMID: 37329718 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Revised: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Human-induced antibiotic pollution in the world's large rivers poses significant risk to riverine ecosystems, water quality, and human health. This study identified geophysical and socioeconomic factors driving antibiotic pollution in the Yangtze River by quantifying 83 target antibiotics in water and sediment samples collected in its 6300-km-long reach, followed by source apportionment and statistical modeling. Total antibiotic concentrations ranged between 2.05-111 ng/L in water samples and 0.57-57.9 ng/g in sediment samples, contributed predominantly by veterinary antibiotics, sulfonamides and tetracyclines, respectively. Antibiotic compositions were clustered according to three landform regions (plateau, mountain-basin-foothill, and plains), resulting from varying animal production practices (cattle, sheep, pig, poultry, and aquaculture) in the sub-basins. Population density, animal production, total nitrogen concentration, and river water temperature are directly associated with antibiotic concentrations in the water samples. This study revealed that the species and production of food animals are key determinants of the geographic distribution pattern of antibiotics in the Yangtze River. Therefore, effective strategies to mitigate antibiotic pollution in the Yangtze River should include proper management of antibiotic use and waste treatment in animal production.
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- Jingrun Hu
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of All Material Fluxes in River Ecosystems, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences; Environmental Science, and Policy Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Heavy Metal Pollution Control and Reutilization, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of All Material Fluxes in River Ecosystems, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100871, China.
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of All Material Fluxes in River Ecosystems, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100871, China
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Kashyap A, Nishil B, Thatikonda S. Experimental and numerical elucidation of the fate and transport of antibiotics in aquatic environment: A review. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2023; 195:942. [PMID: 37436551 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-023-11482-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/13/2023]
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This review highlights various experimental and mathematical modeling strategies to investigate the fate and transport of antibiotics that elucidate antimicrobial selective pressure in aquatic environments. Globally, the residual antibiotic concentrations in effluents from bulk drug manufacturing industries were 30- and 1500-fold greater than values reported in municipal and hospital effluents, respectively. The antibiotic concentration from different effluents enters the waterbodies that usually get diluted as they go downstream and undergo various abiotic and biotic reactive processes. In aquatic systems, photolysis is the predominant process for antibiotic reduction in the water matrix, while hydrolysis and sorption are frequently reported in the sediment compartment. The rate of antibiotic reduction varies widely with influencing factors such as the chemical properties of the antibiotics and hydrodynamic conditions of river streams. Among all, tetracycline was found to more unstable (log Kow = - 0.62 to - 1.12) that can readily undergo photolysis and hydrolysis; whereas macrolides were more stable (log Kow = 3.06 to 4.02) that are prone to biodegradation. The processes like photolysis, hydrolysis, and biodegradation followed first-order reaction kinetics while the sorption followed a second-order kinetics for most antibiotic classes with reaction rates occurring in the decreasing order of Fluoroquinolones and Sulphonamides. The reports from various experiments on abiotic and biotic processes serve as input parameters for an integrated mathematical modeling to predict the fate of the antibiotics in the aquatic environment. Various mathematical models viz. Fugacity level IV, RSEMM, OTIS, GREAT-ER, SWAT, QWASI, and STREAM-EU are discussed for their potential capabilities. However, these models do not account for microscale interactions of the antibiotics and microbial community under real-field conditions. Also, the seasonal variations for contaminant concentrations that exert selective pressure for antimicrobial resistance has not been accounted. Addressing these aspects collectively is the key to exploring the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. Therefore, a comprehensive model involving antimicrobial resistance parameters like fitness cost, bacterial population dynamics, conjugation transfer efficiency, etc. is required to predict the fate of antibiotics.
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- Arun Kashyap
- Environmental Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy, Telangana, 502285, India
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- Environmental Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy, Telangana, 502285, India
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- Environmental Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy, Telangana, 502285, India.
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Li Y, Wang J, Lin C, Lian M, Wang A, He M, Liu X, Ouyang W. Riverine antibiotic occurrence and potential ecological risks in a low-urbanized and rural basin of the middle Yangtze River: Socioeconomic, land use, and seasonal effects. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 228:115827. [PMID: 37015301 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2023] [Revised: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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This study firstly investigated the effects of season, land use, and socioeconomic on the spatiotemporal changes of riverine antibiotic concentrations in a low urbanized and rural watershed. In the dry and wet seasons, water samples were collected and analyzed for 15 antibiotics. The results indicated that 14 antibiotics, excluding leucomycin, were detected. Monsoon led to significantly lower total antibiotic concentrations in the wet season (22.0ngL-1) than in the dry season (51.2ngL-1). Total antibiotic concentrations were dominated by amoxicillin (below limit of detection (<LOD)-34.7ngL-1)), erythromycin-H2O (<LOD-14.7ngL-1), roxithromycin (<LOD-27.9ngL-1), and trimethoprim (<LOD-6.34ngL-1). The total antibiotic concentrations were usually higher in the downstream areas of urban land than in the river reaches of forest land and agricultural land. At county or city scales, total antibiotic concentrations in the dry season were significantly correlated with the rural population, public budget, husbandry product and output, effluent volume, fishery product and output, and hospital number, which generally depend on land use in the basin. Amoxicillin poses a high ecological risk to aquatic algae, whereas erythromycin-H2O, ofloxacin, and norfloxacin pose medium ecological risks. However, trimethoprim poses a medium ecological risk to mollusks. These results provide improved insights into the characteristics of antibiotic occurrence and ecological risks in the waters of low-urbanized and rural areas in China and can be extrapolated worldwide.
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- Yun Li
- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- College of Water Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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Spets P, Ebert K, Dinnétz P. Spatial analysis of antimicrobial resistance in the environment. A systematic review. GEOSPATIAL HEALTH 2023; 18. [PMID: 37246541 DOI: 10.4081/gh.2023.1168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global major health concern. Spatial analysis is considered an invaluable method in health studies. Therefore, we explored the usage of spatial analysis in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in studies on AMR in the environment. This systematic review is based on database searches, a content analysis, ranking of the included studies according to the preference ranking organization method for enrichment evaluations (PROMETHEE) and estimation of data points per km2. Initial database searches resulted in 524 records after removal of duplicates. After the last stage of full text screening, 13 greatly heterogeneous articles with diverse study origins, methods and design remained. In the majority of studies, the data density was considerably less than one sampling site per km2 but exceeded 1,000 sites per km2 in one study. The results of the content analysis and ranking showed a variation between studies that primarily used spatial analysis and those that used spatial analysis as a sec ondary method. We identified two distinct groups of GIS methods. The first was focused on sample collection and laboratory testing, with GIS as supporting method. The second group used overlay analysis as the primary method to combine datasets in a map. In one case, both methods were combined. The low number of articles that met our inclusion criteria highlights a research gap. Based on the findings of this study we encourage application of GIS to its full potential in studies of AMR in the environment.
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- Patrick Spets
- Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies, Södertörn University, Huddinge.
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- Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies, Södertörn University, Huddinge.
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- Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies, Södertörn University, Huddinge.
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Lv S, Rong F, Hu S, Wang G, Liu J, Hou G, Xu Y, Li M, Liu K, Liu A. Competitive adsorption and desorption of three antibiotics in distinct soil aggregate size fractions. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2023; 259:115002. [PMID: 37201422 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Revised: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Multiple antibiotics that are used in veterinary medicine coexist in soils, but their interaction and the effects on adsorption and desorption in soils have not been extensively studied. In this study, using batch experiments, we evaluated the adsorption and desorption of sulfadiazine (SDZ), tetracycline (TC), and norfloxacin (NFX) using four different soil aggregate size fractions and discovered that: (1) TC had the highest adsorption (76-98 %) and the lowest desorption in each tested system, whereas SDZ showed opposite adsorption and desorption ability, (2) the highest adsorption and the lowest desorption of all three tested antibiotics were observed with soil macroaggregates (250-2000 µm) in all the cases; in contrast, opposite adsorption and desorption ability were observed for soil clay (<53 µm), and (3) adsorption of each antibiotic was in the following order: single system (71-89 %) > binary system (56-84 %) > ternary system (50-78 %); however, desorption were in the reverse order. The Freundlich equation fitting and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) analysis further demonstrated that the adsorption competition between the tested antibiotics depended mainly on the specific surface area of each soil aggregate size fractions and its chemical properties. In conclusion, soil macroaggregates play a key role in the retention of antibiotics in soils, and the coexistence of multiple antibiotics greatly increases leaching risk.
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- Shiquan Lv
- School of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255049, China
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- School of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255049, China
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- School of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255049, China
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- School of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255049, China
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- School of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255049, China
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- School of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255049, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255049, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255049, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255049, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255049, China.
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Su Z, Wang K, Yang F, Zhuang T. Antibiotic pollution of the Yellow River in China and its relationship with dissolved organic matter: Distribution and Source identification. WATER RESEARCH 2023; 235:119867. [PMID: 36934539 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.119867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2022] [Revised: 03/04/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Understanding the sources of antibiotics is important for managing antibiotic contamination and preventing environmental risks in the aquatic environment. In this study, the distribution of dissolved organic matter (DOM) and 24 antibiotics from four typical classes (quinolones, macrolides, sulfonamides and tetracyclines) in the Yellow River basin containing distinct sources of pollution was investigated. In particular, relationships between the antibiotic concentrations and fluorescent properties of DOM were to be established to identify antibiotic sources. A total of 22 antibiotics were detected, with maximum concentrations ranging from 0.27 to 30.14 ng/L in the mainstream of the Yellow River. Of these antibiotics, only erythromycin (ERY) and sulfamethoxazole (SMX) posed potential risks to aquatic organisms. Spatially, tetracyclines were mainly distributed in the upstream reaches of the river, and quinolones were largely distributed in the midstream. High levels of sulfonamides were present downstream of the investigated river. Only EYR belonging to the macrolide group was detected and had a high downstream concentration. EEM-PARAFAC analysis showed that DOM was composed of visible fulvic acid-like fluorescence fraction (C1), ultraviolet fulvic acid-like fluorescence fraction (C2) and protein-like fraction (C3). Using Pearson correlation analysis, this study demonstrated a close relationship between DOM spectral parameters and antibiotic concentrations in the Yellow River basin. Specifically, r (C3, C2) was significantly and positively correlated with the concentrations of SMX, sulfadoxine (SDX), and ERY, while humification index (HIX) had an opposite relationship with these antibiotics. These results suggested that SMX, SDX and ERY were mainly discharged from wastewater treatment plants into the mainstream of the Yellow River. This work provides a powerful demonstration that DOM plays an important role in indicating the occurrence and sources of antibiotics in the aquatic environment.
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- Zhaoxin Su
- Jinan Environmental Research Academy, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China; Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China.
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- School of Environment and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao, 266033, China
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- Jinan Environmental Research Academy, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China
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- Jinan Environmental Research Academy, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China.
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Sun J, Ke Z, Zhang Y, Wu Q, Chen Y, Tang J. Pharmaceutical active compounds in a heavily industrialized and urbanized bay, Eastern China. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:51624-51637. [PMID: 36811780 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-26019-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Bays are transition zones connecting freshwater ecosystems and marine ecosystems, and they are strongly influenced by intensive human activities. Pharmaceuticals are of concern in bay aquatic environments because of their potential threat to marine food web. We studied the occurrence, spatial distribution, and ecological risks of 34 pharmaceutical active compounds (PhACs) in Xiangshan Bay, a heavily industrialized and urbanized area in Zhejiang Province, Eastern China. PhACs were ubiquitously detected in the coastal waters of the study area. A total of twenty-nine compounds were detected in at least one sample. Carbamazepine, lincomycin, diltiazem, propranolol, venlafaxine, anhydro erythromycin, and ofloxacin had the highest detection rate (≥ 93%). These compounds were detected with maximum concentrations of 31, 127, 0.52, 1.96, 2.98, 75, and 98 ng/L, respectively. Human pollution activities included marine aquacultural discharge and effluents from the local sewage treatment plants. These activities were the most influential sources in this study area based on principal component analysis. Lincomycin was an indicator of veterinary pollution of coastal aquatic environment, and the concentrations of lincomycin were positively related to the total phosphorus in this area (r = 0.28, p < 0.05). Typical PhACs such as venlafaxine, ofloxacin, norfloxacin, roxithromycin, and clarithromycin were significantly and positively correlated with nitrate and total nitrogen (r > 0.26, p < 0.05) based on Pearson's correlation analysis. Carbamazepine was negatively correlated with salinity (r < - 0.30, p < 0.01). Land use pattern was also correlated with the occurrence and distribution of PhACs in the Xiangshan Bay. Some PhACs, i.e., ofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, carbamazepine, and amitriptyline posed medium to high ecological risks to this coastal environment. The results of this study could be helpful to understand the levels of pharmaceuticals, potential sources, and ecological risks in marine aquacultural environment.
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- Jing Sun
- College of Resources and Environment, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu, 610225, China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No 1799 Jimei Road, Xiamen, 361021, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu, 610225, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu, 610225, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu, 610225, China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No 1799 Jimei Road, Xiamen, 361021, China.
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Zhao F, Yang L, Tang J, Fang L, Yu X, Li M, Chen L. Urbanization-land-use interactions predict antibiotic contamination in soil across urban-rural gradients. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 867:161493. [PMID: 36634779 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2022] [Revised: 01/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Antibiotics ubiquitously occur in soils and pose a potential threat to ecosystem health. Concurrently, urbanization and land-use intensification have transformed soil ecosystems, but how they affect antibiotic contamination remain largely unknown. Therefore, we profiled a broad-scale pattern of antibiotics in soil from agricultural lands and green spaces across urbanization gradients, and explored the hypothetical models to verify the effects of urbanization and land-use intensity on antibiotic contamination. The results showed that antibiotic concentrations and seasonality were higher in agricultural soil than in green spaces, which respectively showed linear or hump-shaped declines along with the increasing distance to urban centers. However, the response of antibiotic pollution to land-use intensity depended strongly on the urbanization level. More importantly, interactions between urbanization and land-use explained, on average, 59.6 % of the variation in antibiotic concentrations in soil across urbanization gradients. The proposed interactions can predict the non-linear changes in soil vulnerability to antibiotic contamination. Our study revealed that the urbanization can modulate the effects of land-use intensity on antibiotic concentration and seasonality in the soil environment, and that there is high stress on peri-urban soil ecosystems due to ongoing land-use changes arising from rapid urbanization processes.
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- Fangkai Zhao
- School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China; State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Health Risk Factors for Seafood of Zhejiang Province, Zhoushan Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhoushan 316021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Health Risk Factors for Seafood of Zhejiang Province, Zhoushan Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhoushan 316021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China; State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Monahan C, Morris D, Nag R, Cummins E. Risk ranking of macrolide antibiotics - Release levels, resistance formation potential and ecological risk. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 859:160022. [PMID: 36368382 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Revised: 10/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Antibiotic resistance (AR) development in natural water bodies is a significant source of concern. Macrolide antibiotics in particular have been identified as pollutants of concern for AR development throughout the literature, as well as by state and international authorities. This study utilises a probabilistic model to examine the risk of AR development arising from human-use macrolide residues, utilising administration rates from Ireland as a case study. Stages modelled included level of administration, excretion, degradation in wastewater, removal in wastewater treatment, assuming conventional activated sludge (CAS) treatment, and dilution. Release estimates per day, as well as risk quotient values for antibiotic resistance development and ecological impact, are generated for erythromycin, clarithromycin, and azithromycin. In the modelled scenario in which conventional activated sludge treatment is utilised in wastewater treatment, this model ranks risk of resistance development for each antibiotic in the order clarithromycin > azithromycin > erythromycin, with mean risk quotient values of 0.50, 0.34 and 0.12, respectively. A membrane bioreactor scenario was also modelled, which reduced risk quotient values for all three macrolides by at least 50 %. Risk of ecological impact for each antibiotic was also examined, by comparing environmental concentrations predicted to safety limits based on toxicity data for cyanobacteria and other organisms from the literature, with azithromycin being identified as the macrolide of highest risk. This study compares and quantifies the risk of resistance development and ecological impact for a high-risk antibiotic group in the Irish context, and demonstrates the potential for risk reduction achieved by adoption of alternative (e.g. membrane bioreactor) technology.
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- Ciaran Monahan
- School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
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- Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Ecology Group, School of Medicine, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Feng H, Tang M, Han Z, Luan X, Ma C, Yang M, Li J, Zhang Y. Simultaneous determination of erythromycin and its transformation products in treated erythromycin fermentation residue and amended soil. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 313:137414. [PMID: 36455662 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Erythromycin fermentation residue (EFR) is a solid waste generated from the fermentation process of erythromycin A production. Some byproducts are produced during the fermentation process of erythromycin A production, and erythromycin A can also undergo hydrolysis and biodegradation reactions in the environment with the formation of transformation products. Herein, an accurate analytical method was established and validated to quantify erythromycin A, two byproducts and five hydrolysis or biodegradation products, in solid or semi-solid media of waste EFR and the amended soil. The method mainly included ultrasonic solvent extraction, solid phase extraction, and ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry quantification. All analytes could be effectively extracted in a single process, and the recoveries ranged from 76% to 122% for different matrices. Low matrix effects and excellent precision were achieved by optimizing the mass spectrometry parameters, extraction solution, number of extractions and eluent. This method was applied to evaluate the residual analytes in EFR, treated EFR after industrial-scale hydrothermal treatment, and the subsequent soil application. Seven analytes were detected in the EFR, while six were found in the treated EFR and amended soils. The concentration of erythromycin A in EFR was 1,629 ± 100 mg/kg·TS, and the removal efficiency of hydrothermal treatment (180 °C, 60 min) was about 99.6%. Three hydrolysis products were the main residuals in treated EFR, with anhydroerythromycin A showing the highest concentration. The concentrations of the analytes in soil ranged from 2.17 ± 1.04 to 92.33 ± 20.70 μg/kg·TS, and anhydroerythromycin A contributed 65%-77% of the total concentration. Erythromycin B, a byproduct, was still detected in soil. This work provides an accurate analytical method which would be useful to evaluate the potential risk of byproducts and transformation products of erythromycin A in environment.
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- Haodi Feng
- Department of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, China; State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Department of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Pugazhenthiran N, Sathishkumar P, Albormani O, Murugesan S, Kandasamy M, Selvaraj M, Suresh S, Kumar SK, Contreras D, Váldes H, Mangalaraja RV. Silver nanoparticles modified ZnO nanocatalysts for effective degradation of ceftiofur sodium under UV-vis light illumination. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 313:137515. [PMID: 36495978 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Light-induced photocatalytic degradation of ceftiofur sodium (CFS) has been assessed in the presence of plasmonic zinc oxide nanostructures (ZnONSTs), like, ZnO nanoparticles, ZnO nanorods (ZnONRs) and ZnO nanoflowers (ZnONFs). Silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) loaded ZnO nanostructures (Ag-ZnONSTs) are obtained through seed-assisted chemical reaction followed by chemical reduction of silver. The surface modification of ZnO nanostructures by Ag NPs effectually altered their optical properties. Further, the surface plasmonic effect of Ag NPs facilitates visible light absorption by ZnONSTs and improved the photogenerated electron and hole separation, which makes the ZnONSTs a more active photocatalyst than TiO2 (P25) nanoparticles. Especially, Ag-ZnONRs showed higher CFS oxidation rate constant (k' = 4.6 × 10-4 s-1) when compared to Ag-ZnONFs (k' = 2.8 × 10-4 s-1) and Ag-ZnONPs (k' = 2.5 × 10-4 s-1), owing to their high aspect ratio (60:1). The unidirectional transport of photogenerated charge carriers on the Ag-ZnONRs may be accountable for the observed high photocatalytic oxidation of CFS. The photocatalytic oxidation of CFS mainly proceeds through •OH radicals generated on the Ag-ZnONRs surface under light illumination. In addition, heterogeneous activation of peroxymonosulfate by Ag-ZnONRs accelerates the rate of photocatalytic mineralization of CFS. The quantification of oxidative radicals supports the proposed CFS oxidation mechanism. Stability studies of plasmonic Ag-ZnONSTs strongly suggests that it could be useful to clean large volume of pharmaceutical wastewater under direct solar light irradiation.
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- N Pugazhenthiran
- Laboratorio de Fotoquímica y Fotofísica, Departamento de Química, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Campus Casa Central, Av. España 1680, Valparaíso, Chile.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, 632 014, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha-61413, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, School of Chemistry Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai-625021, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, K. Ramakrishnan College of Technology, Tiruchirappalli-621 112, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha-61413, Saudi Arabia.
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- PG & Research Department of Physics, Sri Vidya Mandir Arts & Science College (Autonomous), Katteri-636 902, Uthangarai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Physics, Sethu Institute of Technology, Kariapatti-626115, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Sciences, University of Concepcion, Concepcion 4070409, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Tecnologías Limpias, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Diagonal las Torres 2640, Peñalolén, Santiago, Chile
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Dakošová O, Melníková E, Naumowicz M, Kolivoška V, Vaněčková E, Navrátil T, Labuda J, Veteška P, Gál M. Direct electrochemical determination of environmentally harmful pharmaceutical ciprofloxacin in 3D printed flow-through cell. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 313:137517. [PMID: 36495982 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Revised: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Rising amounts of antibiotic residues in wastewater cause serious problems including increased bacterial resistance. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) do not, in the case of new, modern pharmaceuticals, ensure their complete removal. Ciprofloxacin (CIP) is one of many micropollutants that partially pass through WWTPs, implying that its monitoring is essential for the assessment of the water quality. In real sewage systems, the determination of CIP needs to be performed under flowing conditions, which calls for the deployment of inexpensive, robust, and easily integrable approaches such as electrochemical techniques. However, to the best of our knowledge, there is no report on the electrochemical determination of CIP in a flowing matrix. To bridge this gap, we perform here cyclic and square-wave voltammetric sensing study of CIP employing boron-doped diamond screen printed electrodes in a custom-made 3D printed flow-through cell to mimic conditions in real sewage systems. An irreversible two-step oxidation of CIP is demonstrated, with the first step providing clear Faradaic response as analytically relevant signal. This response was found to scale with the sample flow rate according to the prediction given by Levich equation. Our work provides an in-depth inspection of the electrochemical response of CIP under controlled-convection conditions, which is an essential prerequisite for monitoring this antibiotic in real flowing sewage systems.
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- Olívia Dakošová
- Department of Inorganic Technology, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 9, 821 37 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Inorganic Technology, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 9, 821 37 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, Ciolkowskiego 1K, 15-245, Białystok, Poland.
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 2155/3, 18223 Prague, Czech Republic.
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 2155/3, 18223 Prague, Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 2155/3, 18223 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 9, 821 37 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Inorganic Materials, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 9, 821 37 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Inorganic Technology, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 9, 821 37 Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Lei H, Zhang J, Huang J, Shen D, Li Y, Jiao R, Zhao R, Li X, Lin L, Li B. New insights into lincomycin biodegradation by Conexibacter sp. LD01: Genomics characterization, biodegradation kinetics and pathways. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 441:129824. [PMID: 36087529 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Revised: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The aerobic, lincomycin-degrading bacterial strain Conexibacter sp. LD01, belonging to the phylum Actinobacteria, was isolated from activated sludge. Both second- and third-generation sequencing technologies were applied to uncover the genomic characterization and high-quality genome with 99.2% completeness and 2.2% contamination was obtained. The biodegradation kinetics of lincomycin fit well with the modified Gompertz model (R2 > 0.97). Conexibacter sp. LD01 could subsist with lincomycin as the sole source of carbon, nitrogen, and energy. When 500 mg/L of glucose was added as a co-substrate, the biodegradation rate improved significantly, whereas the addition of 500 mg/L sodium pyruvate had a slight inhibitory effect. Ammonia nitrogen was the best nitrogen source for Conexibacter sp. LD01 when growing and degrading lincomycin. In total, 17 metabolic products consisting of nine novel products were detected, and five biodegradation pathways, including N-demethylation, breakage of the amido bond, sulfoxidation, and oxidation of the pyrrolidine ring and propylamino chain, were proposed. This study significantly expands our understanding of the functional microorganisms and mechanism involved in lincomycin biodegradation at the phylum level.
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- Huaxin Lei
- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China; Shenzhen Engineering Research Laboratory for Sludge and Food Waste Treatment and Resource Recovery, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China; School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China; Shenzhen Engineering Research Laboratory for Sludge and Food Waste Treatment and Resource Recovery, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China; School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China; Shenzhen Engineering Research Laboratory for Sludge and Food Waste Treatment and Resource Recovery, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China; School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China; Shenzhen Engineering Research Laboratory for Sludge and Food Waste Treatment and Resource Recovery, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China; Shenzhen Engineering Research Laboratory for Sludge and Food Waste Treatment and Resource Recovery, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China; School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China; Shenzhen Engineering Research Laboratory for Sludge and Food Waste Treatment and Resource Recovery, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China; School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China; Shenzhen Engineering Research Laboratory for Sludge and Food Waste Treatment and Resource Recovery, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China; School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China; Shenzhen Engineering Research Laboratory for Sludge and Food Waste Treatment and Resource Recovery, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China; Shenzhen Environmental Science and New Energy Laboratory, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China; Shenzhen Engineering Research Laboratory for Sludge and Food Waste Treatment and Resource Recovery, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China; Shenzhen Engineering Research Laboratory for Sludge and Food Waste Treatment and Resource Recovery, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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Shan J, Ren T, Li X, Jin M, Wang X. Study of microplastics as sorbents for rapid detection of multiple antibiotics in water based on SERS technology. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2023; 284:121779. [PMID: 36041262 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.121779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2022] [Revised: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 08/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Online monitoring of antibiotics in the environment attracts more and more attention. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a promising technique for the detection of trace amounts of antibiotics in the environment, which is fast, non-invasive and sensitive. To investigate the enrichment of trace amounts of antibiotics in water, polyethylene microplastics (PE MPs) were prepared as sorbents to simply concentrate enrofloxacin, ciprofloxacin hydrochloride monohydrate and triclosan in water, followed by the SERS measurement of antibiotics extract washed from MPs on an AgNPs@Si SERS substrate. Limit of detection of Rhodamine 6G is 2.1 × 10-12 M achieved from the AgNPs@Si SERS, indicating a high enhancement. The detection results show that SERS peaks of the antibiotics could be observed from the spectra of the extracts eluted from MPs, indicating MPs could adsorb and desorb antibiotics from water. Besides, for enrofloxacin and triclosan, the intensity of SERS measured from the MPs extracts are higher than that of directly from the spiked water, demonstrating the proposed method could lower the detectable concentration of hydrophobic antibiotics in water. Moreover, the proposed MPs sorbents combined with SERS method was applied to detect the antibiotics in real river water, with minimal detection of 10-10 M, 10-8 M, and 10-8 M achieved for enrofloxacin, ciprofloxacin hydrochloride monohydrate and triclosan, respectively. The proposed method provides a promising simple, rapid and low reagent consuming means for monitoring antibiotics in water.
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- Jiajia Shan
- School of Ocean Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin 124221, China.
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- School of Ocean Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin 124221, China
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- School of Ocean Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin 124221, China
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- School of Ocean Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin 124221, China
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- School of Ocean Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin 124221, China
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Arun S, Xin L, Gaonkar O, Neppolian B, Zhang G, Chakraborty P. Antibiotics in sewage treatment plants, receiving water bodies and groundwater of Chennai city and the suburb, South India: Occurrence, removal efficiencies, and risk assessment. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 851:158195. [PMID: 35995170 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2022] [Revised: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The presence of antibiotics in the aqueous environment can alter the water microbiome, inducing antimicrobial resistance genes. Hence, the occurrence of 18 antibiotics belonging to sulfonamides, fluoroquinolones, tetracyclines, phenicols, and macrolides classes were investigated in surface water, groundwater, and sewage treatment plants in Chennai city and the suburbs. Fluoroquinolones had the maximum detection frequency in both influent and effluent samples of urban and suburban STPs, with ofloxacin and ciprofloxacin showing the highest influent concentrations. Erythromycin was the predominant antibiotic in surface water samples with an average concentration of 194.4 ng/L. All the detected antibiotic concentrations were higher in the Buckingham Canal compared to those in Adyar and Cooum rivers, possibly due to direct sewer outfalls in the canal. In groundwater samples, ciprofloxacin showed the highest levels with an average of 20.48 ng/L and the concentrations were comparable to those of surface water. The average sulfamethazine concentration in groundwater (5.2 ng/L) was found to be slightly higher than that of the surface water and much higher than the STP influent concentrations. High levels of ciprofloxacin and sulfamethazine in groundwater may be because of their high solubility and wide use. Moreover, erythromycin was completely removed after treatment in urban STPs; FQs showed relatively lesser removal efficiency (2.4-54%) in urban STPs and (8-44%) in suburban STP. Tetracyclines and phenicols were not detected in any of the samples. Ciprofloxacin and azithromycin in surface water pose a high risk in terms of estimated antibiotic resistance. This study revealed that the measured surface water concentration of antibiotics were 500 times higher for some compounds than the predicted calculated concentrations from STP effluents. Therefore, we suspect the direct sewage outlets or open drains might play an important role in contaminating surface water bodies in Chennai city.
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- Sija Arun
- Department of Civil Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur 603 203, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Department of Chemistry, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur 603 203, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Environmental Science and Technology Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur 603 203, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Habibian-Dehkordi S, Farhadian S, Ghasemi M, Evini M. Insight into the binding behavior, structure, and thermal stability properties of β-lactoglobulin/Amoxicillin complex in a neutral environment. Food Hydrocoll 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2022.107830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Falyouna O, Maamoun I, Ghosh S, Malloum A, Othmani A, Eljamal O, Amen TW, Oroke A, Bornman C, Ahmadi S, Hadi Dehghani M, Hossein Mahvi A, Nasseri S, Tyagi I, Suhas, Reddy Koduru J. Sustainable Technologies for the Removal of Chloramphenicol from Pharmaceutical Industries Effluent: A critical review. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Mechanistic study of electrooxidation of coexisting chloramphenicol and natural organic matter: Performance, DFT calculation and removal route. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.122584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Rocha L, Sousa EML, Gil MV, Otero M, Esteves VI, Calisto V. Dynamic adsorption of diclofenac onto a magnetic nanocomposite in a continuous stirred-tank reactor. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2022; 320:115755. [PMID: 35930880 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In this study, a waste-based magnetic activated carbon (MAC) was used for the first time in a continuous-flow stirred tank reactor (CSTR). The aim was to evaluate the dynamic removal of diclofenac (DCF) from water and wastewater. Firstly, the breakthrough curves corresponding to DCF adsorption from distilled water at different feed flow rates and doses of MAC were determined. After selecting the most favourable conditions, namely 0.18 h L-1 flow rate and 400 mg L-1 of MAC, the effect of different aqueous matrices was studied, with the breakthrough curves evidencing a performance decline in wastewater in comparison with distilled water. Finally, the exhausted MAC was magnetically recovered, regenerated by microwave-assisted heating and applied in two subsequent adsorption cycles. The regeneration studies pointed to a decrease of the specific surface area and an improvement of the magnetic retrievability of MAC. After the first regeneration step, just mild effects were observed in the dynamic adsorptive performance of MAC. However, after a second regeneration step, the performance declined ca. 50%. Overall, the results highlight the feasibility of producing waste-based magnetic composites that simultaneously combine high adsorption efficiency under dynamic operation in a CSTR, with easy retrievability and successful one-stage regeneration for further reutilization.
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- L Rocha
- Department of Chemistry and CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Department of Chemistry and CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología del Carbono, INCAR-CSIC, Francisco Pintado Fe 26, 33011, Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Environment and Planning and CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal; Departamento de Química y Física Aplicadas, Universidad de León, 24071, León, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry and CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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Cela-Dablanca R, Barreiro A, López LR, Santás-Miguel V, Arias-Estévez M, Núñez-Delgado A, Álvarez-Rodríguez E, Fernández-Sanjurjo MJ. Potential of low-cost bio-adsorbents to retain amoxicillin in contaminated water. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 213:113621. [PMID: 35697084 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Revised: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Sewage sludge as agricultural amendment is the main route of human-medicine antibiotics to enter soils. When reaching environmental compartments, these compounds can cause significant risks to human and ecological health. Specifically, the antibiotic amoxicillin (AMX) is highly used in medicine, and the fact that more than 80% of the total ingested is excreted increases the chances of causing serious environmental and public health problems. As the use of low-cost bio-adsorbents could help to solve these issues, this research focuses on the retention of AMX onto four by-products of the forestry industry (eucalyptus leaf, pine bark, pine needles, and wood ash) and one from food industry (mussel shell). To carry out this study, batch-type tests were performed, where increasing concentrations of the antibiotic (0, 2.5, 5, 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 μmol L-1) were added to samples of 0.5 g of each bio-adsorbent. Eucalyptus leaf, pine needle and wood ash showed adsorption scores higher than 80%, while it was up to 39% and 48% for pine bark and mussel shell, respectively. For pine bark, wood ash and mussel shell, adsorption data showed good adjustment to the Freundlich and Linear models, while pine needles and eucalyptus leaf did not fit to any model. There was not desorption when the maximum concentration of AMX (50 μmol L-1) was added. Overall, eucalyptus leaf, pine needles and wood ash can be considered good bio-adsorbents with high potential to retain AMX, which has significant implications regarding their eventual use to reduce risks of environmental pollution by this antibiotic.
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- Raquel Cela-Dablanca
- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Engineering Polytechnic School, Univ. Santiago de Compostela, 27002, Lugo, Spain
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- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Engineering Polytechnic School, Univ. Santiago de Compostela, 27002, Lugo, Spain
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- Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Fac. Sciences, Univ. Vigo, 32004, Ourense, Spain
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- Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Fac. Sciences, Univ. Vigo, 32004, Ourense, Spain
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- Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Fac. Sciences, Univ. Vigo, 32004, Ourense, Spain
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- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Engineering Polytechnic School, Univ. Santiago de Compostela, 27002, Lugo, Spain.
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- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Engineering Polytechnic School, Univ. Santiago de Compostela, 27002, Lugo, Spain
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- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Engineering Polytechnic School, Univ. Santiago de Compostela, 27002, Lugo, Spain
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Chen F, Aqeel M, Maqsood MF, Khalid N, Irshad MK, Ibrahim M, Akhter N, Afzaal M, Ma J, Hashem M, Alamri S, Noman A, Lam SS. Mitigation of lead toxicity in Vigna radiata genotypes by silver nanoparticles. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 308:119606. [PMID: 35716894 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2022] [Revised: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Heavy metal (HM) contamination of the soil through anthropogenic activities influences the living systems and drastically impacts food chain. This study examined the application of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in two genotypes (G1 and G2) of Mung bean (Vigna radiata) for ameliorating the Pb toxicity. Different doses of Pb (0, 25, 50 μM) were differentially tackled by AgNPs with the aim of ameliorating the plant attributes. Both genotypes displayed statistically significant quantitative and qualitative modulations for Pb tolerance. In G2, the most prominent increase in plant height (43.79%), fresh biomass (49.56%) and total chlorophyll (20%) was observed at L2 (AgNPs 10 mg/L) in comparison with the control. Overall, photosynthetic rate was increased by 26% in G2 at L6 (AgNPs 25 mg/L + Pb 25 μM). In addition, the results presented 78.5% increase in water use efficiency of G2 while G1 experienced a maximum internal CO2 concentration (209.8%) at L8 (Pb 50 μM). AgNPs triggered balanced uptake of minerals and improved growth of Vigna genotypes. 50 μM Pb was most hazardous and caused maximum reduction in growth of Vigna plants along with a significant suppression in photosynthetic activity, increase in MDA (199.7%) in G1 and H2O2 (292.8%) in G2. In comparison to control, maximum superoxide dismutase (376%), peroxidase (659.8%) and catalase (9.3%) activity was observed in G2 at L11. The application of AgNPs substantially enhanced plant growth and helped them in surviving well in absence as well as presence of Pb. G2 genotype exhibited substantial tolerance capability and revealed less impairment in the studied attributes than G1 and treatment of AgNPs i.e. 25 mg/L was the best level that yielded best results in both genotypes. The results demonstrate that AgNPs mediate response(s) of plants under Pb stress and particularly contributed to HM tolerance of plants and thus showing great promise for use in phytoremediation.
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- Fu Chen
- School of Public Administration, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China; Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education for Mine Ecological Restoration, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, PR China
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- Department of Botany, Government College Women University Sialkot, Sialkot, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Government College Women University, Faisalabad, 38060, Pakistan
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- School of Science, Engineering and Environment, University of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- School of Public Administration, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China; Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education for Mine Ecological Restoration, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, PR China
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, 61413, Saudi Arabia; Assiut University, Faculty of Science, Botany and Microbiology Department, Assiut, 71516, Egypt
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, 61413, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
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- Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries (AKUATROP), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
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Ghose A, Mitra S. Spent waste from edible mushrooms offers innovative strategies for the remediation of persistent organic micropollutants: A review. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 305:119285. [PMID: 35421550 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Revised: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Urgent and innovative strategies for removal of persistent organic micropollutants (OMPs) in soil, groundwater, and surface water are the need of the hour. OMPs detected in contaminated soils and effluents from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are categorized as environmentally persistent pharmaceutical pollutants (EPPPs), and endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), their admixture could cause serious ecological issues to the non-target species. As complete eradication of OMPs is not possible with the extant conventional WWTPs technology, the inordinate and reckless application of OMPs negatively impacts environmental regenerative and resilience capacity. Therefore, the cardinal focus of this review is the bioremediation of persistent OMPs through efficient application of an agro-waste, i.e. spent mushroom waste (SMW). This innovative, green, long-term strategy embedded in the circular economy, based on state of the art information is comprehensively assessed in this paper. SMW accrues ligninolytic enzymes such as laccase and peroxidase, with efficient mechanism to facilitate biodegradation of recalcitrant organic pollutants. It is vital in this context that future research should address immobilization of such enzymes to overcome quantitative and qualitative issues obstructing their widespread use in biodegradation. Therefore, dual benefit is gained from cultivating critical cash crops like mushrooms to meet the escalating demand for food resources and to aid in biodegradation. Hence, mushroom cultivation has positive environmental, social, and economic implications in developing countries like India.
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- Anamika Ghose
- Agro-ecotechnology Laboratory, School of Agro and Rural Technology (SART), Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), Assam, 781039, India
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- Agro-ecotechnology Laboratory, School of Agro and Rural Technology (SART), Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), Assam, 781039, India; Centre for Disaster Management and Research, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), Assam 781039, India.
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Iqbal MS, Zhu H, Xi YL. Effect of chloramphenicol on the life table demography of Brachionus calyciflorus (Rotifera): A multigenerational study. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2022; 237:113525. [PMID: 35453022 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.113525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2021] [Revised: 03/26/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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During the last two decades, there has been increasing concerns about the presence of antibiotics in aquatic environments. Phenicol antibiotics, such as chloramphenicol (CMP), commonly used in the veterinary and aquaculture fields to treat infections, have been often detected in aquatic environments, but scarce ecotoxicity information regarding the effects of CMP on non-target aquatic organisms is available, and multigenerational studies are seldom studied. Here we quantified the demographic responses of Brachionus calyciflorus exposed to sublethal concentrations (0, 5, 10, 30, 50, 70 and 90 mg L-1) of CMP for three successive generations (P0, F1, and F2). Our results showed that compared to the control, higher concentrations of CMP significantly decreased the life expectancy at hatching, generation time, net reproductive rate and intrinsic rate of population increase in all three generations, and the proportion of mictic offspring in the F1 generation of B. calyciflorus. With increasing generations, higher concentrations of CMP showed increased toxic effects on life expectancy at hatching and net reproductive rate, but irregular negative effects on generation time, intrinsic rate of population increase, and proportion of mictic offspring of the rotifers. These results indicate that multigenerational studies are necessary to prevent insufficient assessments of the impact of antibiotics in aquatic ecosystems.
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- Muhammad Shahid Iqbal
- School of Ecology and Environment, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, Anhui, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, Anhui, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, Anhui, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Recovery and Reconstruction of Degraded Ecosystem in Wanjiang Basin Co-founded by Anhui Province and Ministry of Education, Wuhu 241000, Anhui, China.
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Dietary supplementation with Weissella cibaria C-10 and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens T-5 enhance immunity against Aeromonas veronii infection in crucian carp (Carassiu auratus). Microb Pathog 2022; 167:105559. [PMID: 35568093 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2022.105559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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With the aim to discover novel lactic acid bacteria and Bacillus strains from fish as potential probiotics to replace antibiotics in aquaculture, the present study was conducted to isolate lactic acid bacteria and Bacillus from intestinal tract of healthy crucian carp (Carassiu auratus) and largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) and evaluate their resistance against Aeromonas veronii. Based on the evaluation of antibacterial activity and tolerance test, one strain of lactic acid bacteria (Weissella cibaria C-10) and one strain of Bacillus (Bacillus amyloliquefaciens T-5) with strong environmental stability were screened out. The safety evaluation showed that these two strains were non-toxic to crucian carp and were sensitive to most antibiotics. In vivo study, the crucian carps were fed a basal diet supplemented with W. cibaria C-10 (C-10), B. amyloliquefaciens T-5 (T-5) and W. cibaria C-10 + B. amyloliquefaciens T-5 (C-10+T-5), respectively, for 5 weeks. Then, various immune parameters were measured at 35 days of post-feeding. Results showed both probiotics could improve the activities of related immune enzymes, immune factors and non-specific immune antibodies in blood and organs (gill, gut, kidney, liver, and spleen) of crucian carp in varying degrees. Moreover, after 7 days of challenge experiment, the survival rates after challenged with A. veronii of W. cibaria C-10 (C-10), B. amyloliquefaciens T-5 (T-5) and W. cibaria C-10 + B. amyloliquefaciens T-5 (C-10+T-5) supplemented groups to the crucian carps were 20%, 33% and 22%, respectively. Overall, W. cibaria C-10 and B. amyloliquefaciens T-5 could be considered to be developed into microecological preparations for the alternatives of antibiotics in aquaculture.
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Tang J, Zhang J, Su L, Jia Y, Yang Y. Bioavailability and trophic magnification of antibiotics in aquatic food webs of Pearl River, China: Influence of physicochemical characteristics and biotransformation. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 820:153285. [PMID: 35066051 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Revised: 01/14/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Information on trophodynamics of antibiotics and subsequent relationships to antibiotic metabolism in river ecosystem is still unavailable, limiting the evaluation of their bioaccumulation and trophodynamics in aquatic food webs. In the present study, concentrations and relative abundance of 11 antibiotics were investigated in surface water, sediment and 22 aquatic taxa (e.g., fish, invertebrates and plankton) from Pearl River, South China. The logarithmic bioaccumulation factors (log BAFs) of antibiotics generally showed positive relationships with their log D (pH-adjusted log Kow), implying that their bioaccumulation of ionizable antibiotics depends on it is in an ionized form. Higher BAFs of antibiotics in benthic biota were observed than those in fish, indicating that sediment ingestion was a possible route of antibiotic exposure. The logarithmic biota-sediment accumulation factors (log BSAFs) of benthic biota increased when log D increased from -4.79 to -0.01, but declined thereafter. Trophodynamics of antibiotics was investigated, and intrinsic clearance were measured in liver microsomes of Tilapia zillii (trophic level [TL]: 2.5), Anabas testudineu (TL: 3.9), and Coilia grayi (TL: 5.0). Only ciprofloxacin (CFX) showed significant trophic magnification (Trophic Magnification Factor [TMF] = 1.95), and a higher metabolism rate in lower trophic levels suggest that metabolic biotransformation play a significant role in driving biomagnification of antibiotics.
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- Jinpeng Tang
- Research Center of Hydrobiology, Department of Ecology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China; School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China; Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, Guangzhou 511443, PR China.
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- Research Center of Hydrobiology, Department of Ecology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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- Research Center of Hydrobiology, Department of Ecology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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- School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China.
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- Research Center of Hydrobiology, Department of Ecology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China; Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, Guangzhou 511443, PR China; Engineering Research Center of Tropical and Subtropical Aquatic Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510632, PR China.
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Guo ZB, Sun WL, Zuo XJ, Song HL, Ling H, Zhang S. Increase of antibiotic resistance genes via horizontal transfer in single- and two-chamber microbial electrolysis cells. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:36216-36224. [PMID: 35061176 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-18676-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) have been applied for antibiotic degradation but simultaneously induced antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), thus representing a risk to disseminate antibiotic resistance. However, few studies were on the potential and risk of ARGs transmission in the MECs. This work assessed conjugative transfer of ARGs under three tested conditions (voltages, cell concentration, and donor/recipient ratio) in both single- and two-chamber MECs. The results indicated that voltages (> 0.9 V) facilitated the horizontal frequency of ARGs in the single-chamber MECs and anode chamber of two-chamber MECs. The donor cell number (donor/recipient ratio was 2:1) increased the transfer frequency of ARGs. Furthermore, voltages ranged from 0.9 to 2.5 V increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and cell membrane permeability in MECs. These findings offer new insights into the roles of ARG transfer under different applied voltages in the MECs, which should not be ignored for horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance.
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- Zhao-Bing Guo
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control (AEMPC), Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology (CIC-AEET), Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control (AEMPC), Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology (CIC-AEET), Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control (AEMPC), Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology (CIC-AEET), Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- School of Environment, Jiangsu Engineering Lab of Water and Soil Eco-Remediation, Nanjing Normal University, Wenyuan Road 1, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control (AEMPC), Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology (CIC-AEET), Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control (AEMPC), Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology (CIC-AEET), Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China.
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Yuan Q, Sui M, Qin C, Zhang H, Sun Y, Luo S, Zhao J. Migration, Transformation and Removal of Macrolide Antibiotics in The Environment: A Review. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:26045-26062. [PMID: 35067882 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-18251-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Macrolide antibiotics (MAs), as a typical emerging pollutant, are widely detected in environmental media. When entering the environment, MAs can interfere with the growth, development and reproduction of organisms, which has attracted extensive attention. However, there are few reviews on the occurrence characteristics, migration and transformation law, ecotoxicity and related removal technologies of MAs in the environment. In this work, combined with the existing relevant research, the migration and transformation law and ecotoxicity characteristics of MAs in the environment are summarized, and the removal mechanism of MAs is clarified. Currently, most studies on MAs are based on laboratory simulation experiments, and there are few studies on the migration and transformation mechanism between multiphase states. In addition, the cost of MAs removal technology is not satisfactory. Therefore, the following suggestions are put forward for the future research direction. The migration and transformation process of MAs between multiphase states (such as soil-water-sediment) should be focused on. Apart from exploring the new treatment technology of MAs, the upgrading and coupling of existing MAs removal technologies to meet emission standards and reduce costs should also be concerned. This review provides some theoretical basis and data support for understanding the occurrence characteristics, ecotoxicity and removal mechanism of MAs.
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- Qingjiang Yuan
- Qingdao Solid Waste Pollution Control and Resource Engineering Research Center, School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao, 266520, China
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- Qingdao Solid Waste Pollution Control and Resource Engineering Research Center, School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao, 266520, China
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- Qingdao Solid Waste Pollution Control and Resource Engineering Research Center, School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao, 266520, China
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- Qingdao Solid Waste Pollution Control and Resource Engineering Research Center, School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao, 266520, China
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- Qingdao Solid Waste Pollution Control and Resource Engineering Research Center, School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao, 266520, China
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- Qingdao Solid Waste Pollution Control and Resource Engineering Research Center, School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao, 266520, China
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- Qingdao Solid Waste Pollution Control and Resource Engineering Research Center, School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao, 266520, China.
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Zhang X, Gang DD, Zhang J, Lei X, Lian Q, Holmes WE, Zappi ME, Yao H. Insight into the activation mechanisms of biochar by boric acid and its application for the removal of sulfamethoxazole. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 424:127333. [PMID: 34600380 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2021] [Revised: 09/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Sulfamethoxazole (SMX) is frequently detected in the environment and causes a huge threaten to human health. Biochar (BC) is a metal-free adsorbent and generally exhibits a good adsorption capacity for SMX. However, the current activated methods usually result in the high energy consumption and low yield of the biochar. In this study, biochar was activated by boric acid under limited oxygen condition. The yield of biochar was increased by 103% after the activated by boric acid. The specific surface area of BC was significantly increased from 766.6 m2·g-1 to 1190.6 m2·g-1. The intensity of the (111) diamond peak of B-BC was higher than that of BC, suggesting that boric acid affected the surface pyrolysis temperature of biochar. The proposed roles of boric acid in the activation process were to: 1) enhance the generation of micropores during the pyrolysis process; 2) improve the yield of biochar via the transformation pathways of C-corresponding bonds and physical blocking. The boric acid activated biochar (B-BC) had a higher adsorption capacity for SMX than BC under the various aqueous conditions. Hence, boric acid activated biochar is a promising porous adsorbent to enhance the removal of SMX and achieve practical application.
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- Xu Zhang
- School of Civil Engineering, Beijing International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Water Pollution Control Techniques for Antibiotics and Resistance genes, Beijing Jiaotong University, 3 Shangyuancun, Beijing 100044, China; Department of Civil Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, USA
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- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, USA; Energy Institute of Louisiana, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, USA
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- School of Civil Engineering, Beijing International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Water Pollution Control Techniques for Antibiotics and Resistance genes, Beijing Jiaotong University, 3 Shangyuancun, Beijing 100044, China
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- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, USA; Energy Institute of Louisiana, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, USA
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- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, USA; School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Energy Institute of Louisiana, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, USA
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- Energy Institute of Louisiana, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, USA; Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, USA
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- School of Civil Engineering, Beijing International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Water Pollution Control Techniques for Antibiotics and Resistance genes, Beijing Jiaotong University, 3 Shangyuancun, Beijing 100044, China.
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Li F, Wen D, Bao Y, Huang B, Mu Q, Chen L. Insights into the distribution, partitioning and influencing factors of antibiotics concentration and ecological risk in typical bays of the East China Sea. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 288:132566. [PMID: 34653494 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2021] [Revised: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In order to obtain in-depth insight of the behavioral fate and ecological risks of antibiotics in coastal environment, this study investigated the distribution, partitioning and primary influencing factors of antibiotics in water and sediment in the East China Sea. After quantification of 77 target antibiotics in 6 categories, ten antibiotics were detected simultaneously with a detection frequency >50.0% in water and sediment; the concentrations of these ten antibiotics were 0.1-1508.0 ng L-1 and 0.01-9.4 ng g-1 in water and dry sediment, respectively. Sulfadiazine and Azithromycin (Pseudo partitioning coefficient were 28-3814 L kg-1 and 21-2405 L kg-1, respectively.) had the largest partitioning coefficient between sediment and water. In addition, pseudo partitioning coefficient of Sulfadiazine and Clindamycin were higher than the values of corresponding equilibrium partitioning constant (Kd), which would likely cause them to re-release from sediment to water. Compared to the physiochemical properties of the sediment, water quality has a greater impact on antibiotic partitioning. We found that the partitioning of antibiotics was significantly positively correlated with salinity, suspended solids, pH, NH4+-N and Zn; and negatively correlated with temperature, dissolved oxygen, PO43-, chemical oxygen demand, NO3--N, oil, Cu and Cd. The ecological risks of antibiotics in water and sediment were also evaluated for revealing their relationship with the concentration partitioning of antibiotics. Results showed that the target antibiotics mainly pose ecological risks to Daphnia with low and median chronic toxicity risk rather than fish and green algae. The antibiotics in sediment were more chronically toxic to Daphnia than that in water. The risk quotient ratio of sediment and water (RQs/RQw) ranged from 0 to 1154.0, which were exactly opposite of the values of organic carbon normalized partition coefficient (Koc), suggesting that the physical properties of antibiotics drove the ecological risk allocation of antibiotics in sediment and water.
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- Feifei Li
- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, China
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, China
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, China
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- Zhejiang Marine Ecology and Environment Monitoring Center, China
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- Zhejiang Marine Ecology and Environment Monitoring Center, China
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- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Science and Technology, China.
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Liu J, Lin H, Dong Y, He Y, Liu C. MoS 2 nanosheets loaded on collapsed structure zeolite as a hydrophilic and efficient photocatalyst for tetracycline degradation and synergistic mechanism. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 287:132211. [PMID: 34826913 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Revised: 09/05/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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In this study, MoS2@Z photocatalysts were synthesized by combining ultrasonic and hydrothermal methods, and used for the degradation of tetracycline. The structure characteristics and photocatalytic degradation mechanism of photocatalysts were also systematically investigated. The obtained MoS2@Z-5 exhibits the highest photo-degradation efficiency of tetracycline (87.23%), which is 3.58 times more than alkali-modified zeolite (24.34%) and 1.80 times more than pure MoS2 (48.53%). Furthermore, the MoS2@Z-5 showed significant stability in three times photocatalytic recycles and the removal efficiency only decrease by 9.03%. Crystal structure and micromorphology analysis show modified zeolite with collapsed structure can regulate the morphology of nano-MoS2 and make MoS2 appear fault structure, which can expose more active sites. In addition, low Si/Al ratio zeolite increases the hydrophilia of MoS2@Z-5. Reactive-species-trapping experiments show that the hole is the main reactive oxidizing species. The superior photo-degradation efficiency is mainly attributed to outstanding hydrophilia, exposure of the edge active sites, and efficient separation of photogenerated charge and holes. A possible photocatalytic mechanism and degradation pathways of tetracycline were proposed. The results indicate that MoS2@Z-5 may become an efficient, stable, and promising photocatalyst in tetracycline wastewater treatment.
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- Junfei Liu
- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory on Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, Beijing, 100083, China
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory on Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, Beijing, 100083, China.
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory on Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, Beijing, 100083, China.
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory on Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, Beijing, 100083, China
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory on Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, Beijing, 100083, China
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Liu S, Liu Y, Zhang J. Proteomic mechanisms for the regulation of growth, photosynthetic activity and nitrogen fixation in Nostoc sp. PCC 7120 exposed to three antibiotic contaminants. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2021; 225:112753. [PMID: 34500384 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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This study investigated the influences of three frequently detected antibiotics in surface waters, ciprofloxacin, tetracycline and sulfamethoxazole, on the growth, photosynthetic activity, nitrogen-fixing capacity and proteomic expression profiles of Nostoc sp. PCC 7120, through a 15-day exposure test at environmentally relevant exposure doses of 50-200 ng/L. Cyanobacterial growth was stimulated by 100 ng/L and 200 ng/L of ciprofloxacin and sulfamethoxazole as well as 50-200 ng/L of tetracycline. The nitrogenase synthesis ability in each cyanobacterial cell was stimulated by 50-200 ng/L of ciprofloxacin while inhibited by 100 ng/L and 200 ng/L of tetracycline and sulfamethoxazole. At the exposure dose of 100 ng/L for each antibiotic, the variation of total nitrogen in the culture medium indicated that the nitrogen-fixing capacity of Nostoc sp. was determined by total nitrogenase concentration calculated by cell density × nitrogenase synthesis ability. Therefore, ciprofloxacin enhanced nitrogen fixation through the stimulation of both cyanobacterial growth and nitrogenase synthesis, while tetracycline and sulfamethoxazole enhanced nitrogen fixation merely through growth stimulation. At the exposure dose of 100 ng/L, only two downregulated proteins, a phosphonate ABC transporter and a methionine aminopeptidase, as well as one upregulated protein, the phenylalanine-tRNA ligase alpha subunit, were commonly shared by three antibiotic-treated groups. Ciprofloxacin upregulated proteins related to nitrogen fixation, carbon catabolism and biosynthesis, but downregulated photosynthesis-related proteins. In contrast, tetracycline and sulfamethoxazole increased the photosynthetic activity of Nostoc sp. through upregulating photosynthesis-related proteins, but downregulated proteins related to nitrogen fixation, carbon catabolism and biosynthesis. The resistance of Nostoc sp. PCC 7120 to three target antibiotics were related with the responses of RNA synthesis regulatory proteins. Stimulation of cyanobacterial nitrogen fixation by antibiotic contaminants could aggravate eutrophication in aquatic environments.
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- Shuaitong Liu
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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A Review on Emerging Pollutants in the Water Environment: Existences, Health Effects and Treatment Processes. WATER 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/w13223258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Emerging pollutants (EPs), also known as micropollutants, have been a major issue for the global population in recent years as a result of the potential threats they bring to the environment and human health. Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), antibiotics, and hormones that are used in great demand for health and cosmetic purposes have rapidly culminated in the emergence of environmental pollutants. EPs impact the environment in a variety of ways. EPs originate from animal or human sources, either directly discharged into waterbodies or slowly leached via soils. As a result, water quality will deteriorate, drinking water sources will be contaminated, and health issues will arise. Since drinking water treatment plants rely on water resources, the prevalence of this contamination in aquatic environments, particularly surface water, is a severe problem. The review looks into several related issues on EPs in water environment, including methods in removing EPs. Despite its benefits and downsides, the EPs treatment processes comprise several approaches such as physico-chemical, biological, and advanced oxidation processes. Nonetheless, one of the membrane-based filtration methods, ultrafiltration, is considered as one of the technologies that promises the best micropollutant removal in water. With interesting properties including a moderate operating manner and great selectivity, this treatment approach is more popular than conventional ones. This study presents a comprehensive summary of EP’s existence in the environment, its toxicological consequences on health, and potential removal and treatment strategies.
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Zhang Y, Li Y, Liu X, Sun Y. Determination of multiple antibiotics in agricultural soil using a quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe method coupled with ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. J Sep Sci 2021; 45:602-613. [PMID: 34750965 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.202100730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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In this study, we combined ultra-high performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry to establish a quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe method of detecting 21 target antibiotics in agricultural soil samples. Antibiotics were extracted with mixed solvents consisting of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium salt dihydrate and phosphoric acid citric acid buffer and acetonitrile which were purified with octadecylsilyl as an adsorbent and anhydrous sodium sulfate as a desiccant. This method was able to effectively extract all of the target antibiotics from agricultural soils, with recovery efficiencies ranging from 55 to 108% and limits of detection between 0.09-0.68 μg/kg. We also validated this new method for selectivity, sensitivity, and reliability of detecting multiple antibiotics in 12 samples. Considering the potential environmental and public health effects of antibiotics in agricultural soils, our new method can help analyze the degree of antibiotic contamination and provide valuable information for soil quality and risk assessment.
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- Yue Zhang
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine (CAIQ)TEST Co., Ltd, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Beijing Station of Agro-Environmental Monitoring, Test and Supervision Center of Agro-Environmental Quality, MOA, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China
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Ma W, Xu X, An B, Zhou K, Mi K, Huo M, Liu H, Wang H, Liu Z, Cheng G, Huang L. Single and ternary competitive adsorption-desorption and degradation of amphenicol antibiotics in three agricultural soils. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2021; 297:113366. [PMID: 34314962 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2021] [Revised: 07/18/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The widespread usage of veterinary antibiotics results in antibiotic contamination and increases environmental risks. This study was evaluated the single and ternary competitive adsorption-desorption and degradation of three amphenicol antibiotics (AMs): chloramphenicol (CAP), thiamphenicol (TAP), and florfenicol (FF) in three agricultural soils. The adsorption capacity of amphenicol antibiotics in the soil was weak, and the Kf value was in the range of 0.15-3.59 μg1-1/nL1/n kg-1. In the single adsorption-desorption experiment, the ranked order of adsorption capacity was TAP > FF > CAP. However, in the ternary competitive adsorption experiment, the order was changed to be CAP > FF > TAP. The degradation of AMs in soils was performed at various conditions. All AMs were vulnerable to microbial degradation in soils. A higher initial concentration would reduce the degradation rate and enhance the persistence of AMs in soil. The degradation of AMs was positively influenced by changes in soil moisture content and culture temperatures up to 30 °C and decreased at higher temperatures. An equation was used to predict the leachability of AMs in soils and assess their risk to the water environment. The weak adsorption capacity and poor persistence of FF indicated that it may have a strong effect on groundwater based on the equation. It is imperative to further assess the biological impacts of FF at environmentally relevant concentrations given its mobility and extensive use in the livestock industry.
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- Wenjin Ma
- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MOA Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China; MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Hubei, 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MOA Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China; MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Hubei, 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MOA Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China; MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Hubei, 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MOA Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China; MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Hubei, 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MOA Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China; MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Hubei, 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MOA Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China; MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Hubei, 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MOA Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China; MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Hubei, 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MOA Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China; MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Hubei, 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MOA Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China; MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Hubei, 430070, China; National Laboratory for Veterinary Drug Safety Evaluation, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, 430070, China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MOA Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China; MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Hubei, 430070, China; National Laboratory for Veterinary Drug Safety Evaluation, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, 430070, China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MOA Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China; MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Hubei, 430070, China; National Laboratory for Veterinary Drug Safety Evaluation, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, 430070, China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
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Qin X, Liu J, Zhang Z, Li J, Yuan L, Zhang Z, Chen L. Microfluidic paper-based chips in rapid detection: Current status, challenges, and perspectives. Trends Analyt Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2021.116371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Chang D, Lai Z, Li S, Li D, Zhou J. Critical source areas' identification for non-point source pollution related to nitrogen and phosphorus in an agricultural watershed based on SWAT model. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:47162-47181. [PMID: 33886049 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-13973-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Water eutrophication caused by the extensive expansion of slope farming has caused the high attention of the Chinese government. We choose Lake Tianmu basin as the study area because it can represent vast majority of basins plagued by water eutrophication derived from slope tillage in southern China. The water ecosystem in the reservoir Daxi and Shahe within the basin has been seriously threatened by multiple pollution sources related to many intricate human activities especially agricultural production. For the first time, we identified the critical source areas (CSAs) within the basin based on nutrient load and nutrient load intensity (NLI), and on this basis, we further excavated the main causes of pollution and proposed pertinent remediation measures. The results based on the calibrated Soil and Water Assessment Tool model indicated that the TN load of each reservoir remarkably exceeded their respective water environmental capacity from 2014 to 2018. Accordingly, six main tributaries with great nutrient contributions and their corresponding sub-basins were then identified. Overall, tea and rice plantations appear to be the major nutrient contributors to reservoir Daxi. And the main nutrient sources for reservoir Shahe are tea plantations, orchards, farmland, forestland, and point sources. Regarding the CSAs identified only by nutrient load, agronomic measures such as reducing fertilizer amount, biochar application, straw incorporation, and plastic mulch coverage can be employed to improve soil water retention and curb soil erosion. Regarding the CSAs identified by nutrient load intensity (NLI), the CSAs with narrow areas should be turned directly into forestland. For the CSAs with large areas, engineering measures such as constructing ecological riparian zone, filtration, and sedimentation tank can be employed to prevent pollutants from entering downstream reaches. Overall, the present results can provide the decision-making support for the safe and efficient management of watershed land use in southern China.
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- Di Chang
- Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environment (Nanjing Normal University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210023, China
- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Geographical Environment Evolution (Jiangsu Province), Nanjing, 210023, China
- Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Geographical Information Resource Development and Application, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environment (Nanjing Normal University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210023, China.
- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Geographical Environment Evolution (Jiangsu Province), Nanjing, 210023, China.
- Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Geographical Information Resource Development and Application, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environment (Nanjing Normal University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210023, China.
- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Geographical Environment Evolution (Jiangsu Province), Nanjing, 210023, China.
- Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Geographical Information Resource Development and Application, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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- Jiangsu Province Hydrology and Water Resources Investigation Bureau Changzhou Branch, Changzhou, 213000, China
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- Jiangsu Province Hydrology and Water Resources Investigation Bureau Changzhou Branch, Changzhou, 213000, China
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The Effect of Clarithromycin Toxicity on the Growth of Bacterial Communities in Agricultural Soils. Processes (Basel) 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/pr9081303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The presence of antibiotics in different environmental matrices is a growing concern. The introduction of antibiotics into the soil is mainly due to sewage treatment plants. Once in the soil, antibiotics may become toxic to microbial communities and, as a consequence, can pose a risk to the environment and human health. This study evaluates the potential toxicity of the antibiotic clarithromycin (CLA) in relation to the bacterial community of 12 soils with different characteristics. Bacterial community growth was evaluated in soils spiked in the laboratory with different concentrations of CLA after 1, 8, and 42 incubation days. The results indicated that the addition of clarithromycin to the soil may cause toxicity in the bacterial communities of the soil. In addition, it was observed that toxicity decreases between 1 and 8 incubation days, while the bacterial community recovers completely in most soils after 42 incubation days. The results also show that soil pH and effective cation exchange capacity may influence CLA toxicity.
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Hubeny J, Harnisz M, Korzeniewska E, Buta M, Zieliński W, Rolbiecki D, Giebułtowicz J, Nałęcz-Jawecki G, Płaza G. Industrialization as a source of heavy metals and antibiotics which can enhance the antibiotic resistance in wastewater, sewage sludge and river water. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0252691. [PMID: 34086804 PMCID: PMC8177550 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The spread of antibiotic resistance is closely related with selective pressure in the environment. Wastewater from industrialized regions is characterized by higher concentrations of these pollutants than sewage from less industrialized areas. The aim of this study was to compare the concentrations of contaminants such as antibiotics and heavy metals (HMs), and to evaluate their impact on the spread of genes encoding resistance to antimicrobial drugs in samples of wastewater, sewage sludge and river water in two regions with different levels of industrialization. The factors exerting selective pressure, which significantly contributed to the occurrence of the examined antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), were identified. The concentrations of selected gene copy numbers conferring resistance to four groups of antibiotics as well as class 1 and 2 integron-integrase genes were determined in the analyzed samples. The concentrations of six HMs and antibiotics corresponding to genes mediated resistance from 3 classes were determined. Based on network analysis, only some of the analyzed antibiotics correlated with ARGs, while HM levels were correlated with ARG concentrations, which can confirm the important role of HMs in promoting drug resistance. The samples from a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) located an industrialized region were characterized by higher HM contamination and a higher number of significant correlations between the analyzed variables than the samples collected from a WWTP located in a less industrialized region. These results indicated that treated wastewater released into the natural environment can pose a continuous threat to human health by transferring ARGs, antibiotics and HMs to the environment. These findings shed light on the impact of industrialization on antibiotic resistance dissemination.
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- Jakub Hubeny
- Department of Water Protection Engineering and Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Department of Water Protection Engineering and Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Department of Water Protection Engineering and Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Department of Water Protection Engineering and Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Department of Water Protection Engineering and Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Department of Water Protection Engineering and Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Department of Bioanalysis and Drug Analysis, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
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- Faculty of Organization and Management, Silesian University of Technology, Zabrze, Poland
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Tang J, Sun J, Wang W, Yang L, Xu Y. Pharmaceuticals in two watersheds in Eastern China and their ecological risks. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2021; 277:116773. [PMID: 33640818 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2020] [Revised: 02/14/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Pharmaceuticals are of increasing environmental concern due to their potential threat to aquatic ecosystems. Intensive human activities are a major factor influencing the level of pharmaceutical pollution in aquatic ecosystems. In this study, we investigated the occurrence, ecological risks of 31 pharmaceuticals and the possible influence of human activities on pharmaceutical distribution in two watersheds in the Yangtze River Delta, Eastern China. The target compounds were grouped into six categories: three non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, ten antibiotics, six cardiovascular drugs, five hormones, six psychotropic drugs, and one antiparasitic. All target pharmaceuticals were detected in the surface water samples, with dexamethasone (100% of samples), tetracycline (100% of samples), and cefradine (100% of samples) being the dominant compounds (maximum concentrations of 686, 128, and 2280 ng/L, respectively). The total pharmaceutical concentrations were significantly higher in the urban watershed (711-2790 ng/L, mean = 1150 ng/L) than in the peri-urban watershed (467-1525 ng/L, mean = 863 ng/L) (p < 0.05). Distinct variation in the total pharmaceutical concentration also occurred between the dry season (507-2790 ng/L, mean = 1100 ng/L) and the wet season (467-1525 ng/L, mean = 943 ng/L). Ecological risk assessment showed that in the two watersheds, benzylpenicillin potassium, tetracycline hydrochloride, chlormadinone, ampicillin, cefotaxime acid, atorvastatin, sertraline hydrochloride, and oxazepam posed a medium potential risk (0.1 < risk quotient < 1), while norethisterone posed a high potential risk (risk quotient > 1). Redundancy analysis revealed that the concentrations of pharmaceuticals in various categories were positively correlated with land-use type (urban and agricultural land-use percentages), population density, and distance from town in both watersheds. Urban and agricultural activities were likely the main factors influencing the concentrations and composition of pharmaceuticals in these aquatic environments. Positive correlations were also found between total pharmaceutical concentrations and population density in both watersheds, suggesting a significant contribution of human disturbance to pharmaceutical pollution. The results provide useful information for pharmaceutical pollution control, ecological risk assessment, and sustainable water management at the watershed scale.
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- Jianfeng Tang
- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, China; Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Urban Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, Ningbo Urban Environment Observation and Research Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315800, China.
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- College of Resources and Environment, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu, 610225, China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, China; Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Urban Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, Ningbo Urban Environment Observation and Research Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315800, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, China; Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Urban Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, Ningbo Urban Environment Observation and Research Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315800, China
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