In the last few decades, pharmaceuticals, credited with saving millions of lives, have
emerged as a new class of environmental contaminant. These compounds can have both …

Antibiotic resistance is a global health challenge, involving the transfer of bacteria and
genes between humans, animals and the environment. Although multiple barriers restrict the …

Environmental exposure to active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) can have negative
effects on the health of ecosystems and humans. While numerous studies have monitored …

In recent years, antibiotics have been used for human and animal disease treatment, growth
promotion, and prophylaxis, and their consumption is rising worldwide. Antibiotics are often …

Antibiotic resistance and its wider implications present us with a growing healthcare crisis.
Recent research points to the environment as an important component for the transmission …

Pharmaceuticals are known to occur widely in the environment of industrialized countries. In
develo** countries, more monitoring results have recently become available, but a …

There are concerns that selection pressure from antibiotics in the environment may
accelerate the evolution and dissemination of antibiotic-resistant pathogens. Nevertheless …

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) residues are known to occur widely in
the aquatic environments of industrialized and develo** countries. Considerable progress …

Background Antibiotic resistance poses human health risks, and there are concerns about
the effect of environmental antibiotic residues in the selection and spread of antibiotic …

The occurrence of 94 antibiotics in water and sediments from seven major rivers and four
seas in China during 2005–2016 was reviewed. Twelve antibiotics were most frequently …