Author(s): Yuanyuan Liu; Kejian Chu; Zulin Hua; Ying Lu
Linked Author(s): Zulin Hua
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Abstract: Massive antibiotics have been produced continuously and employed extensively in biomedicine, aquaculture and animal husbandry in decades. The resulting large amount of production wastewater and domestic sewage is eliminated through wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). However, due to the limited ability to remove pollutants of WWTPs, the discharged effluent has become an important source of antibiotics in the aquatic environment of the lake, which subsequently causes harm to the lacustrine ecosystem. This work focused on antibiotic contamination in the effluent of WWTPs around Luoma Lake of China, analyzes the occurrence and distribution of typical antibiotics, and evaluates their ecological risk. The aim of this work is to explore the sources of antibiotics in the lake and provide some supports for the prevention and control of antibiotic pollution in the lakes.
Year: 2022