What Do We Know about Antibiotics in the Environment?
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Pharmaceuticals in the Environment: Sources, Fate, Effects and Risks . Hrsg. / Klaus Kümmerer. 2. Aufl. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2004. S. 209-221.
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T1 - What Do We Know about Antibiotics in the Environment?
AU - Alexy, Radka
AU - Schöll, Alice
AU - Kümpel, Tina
AU - Kümmerer, Klaus
PY - 2004/1/1
Y1 - 2004/1/1
N2 - Antibiotics are used extensively in human and veterinary medicine as well as in aquaculture for the purpose of preventing or treating microbial infections, while in livestock farming they are used to promote the growth of animals. Some antibiotics are also used in fruit growing and in bee keeping. Antibiotics are only partially eliminated in sewage treatment plants and residual amounts can reach surface waters, groundwater or sediments. In natural waters, most pharmaceuticals are only found in the μg l−1 range. Since biocidal substances are designed to cause a biological effect, when reaching the environment they may affect bacteria and other water and soil-dwelling organisms. It is only in recent years that a more complex investigation of antibiotic substances has been undertaken in order to permit an assessment of the environmental risks they may pose.
AB - Antibiotics are used extensively in human and veterinary medicine as well as in aquaculture for the purpose of preventing or treating microbial infections, while in livestock farming they are used to promote the growth of animals. Some antibiotics are also used in fruit growing and in bee keeping. Antibiotics are only partially eliminated in sewage treatment plants and residual amounts can reach surface waters, groundwater or sediments. In natural waters, most pharmaceuticals are only found in the μg l−1 range. Since biocidal substances are designed to cause a biological effect, when reaching the environment they may affect bacteria and other water and soil-dwelling organisms. It is only in recent years that a more complex investigation of antibiotic substances has been undertaken in order to permit an assessment of the environmental risks they may pose.
KW - Chemistry
KW - Sewage Sludge
KW - Antibacterial Agent
KW - Sewage Treatment Plant
KW - Liquid Manure
KW - Oxolinic Acid
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/75aec9f9-c8fb-367c-8120-08108bcde7b9/
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-662-09259-0_17
DO - 10.1007/978-3-662-09259-0_17
M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
SN - 3-540-21342-2
SN - 978-3-662-09261-3
SP - 209
EP - 221
BT - Pharmaceuticals in the Environment
A2 - Kümmerer, Klaus
PB - Springer Verlag
CY - Berlin
ER -