Selected Drugs in Solid Matrices: A Review of Environmental Determination, Occurrence and Properties of Principal Substances

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Occurrence, distribution and potential affecting factors of antibiotics in sewage sludge of wastewater treatment plants in China

“…For some antibiotics, especially hydrophobic antibiotics, with their limited mobility and low biodegradation in the sludge, they are prone to adsorb onto sewage sludge and more stable than those in wastewater (Baquero et al, 2008;Cruz Moreno-Bondi et al, 2009;Zhou et al, 2009). Several studies have reported that many antibiotics in wastewater were considerably eliminated by sorption and transported to sewage sludge during sewage treatment (Batt et al, 2007;Beausse, 2004;Escher et al, 2011;Hörsing et al, 2011), indicating that sludge can serve as an important reservoir of antibiotics. Therefore, concentrations of antibiotics in sewage sludge can give an important indication on their pollution levels to some extent.…”

Bridging levels of pharmaceuticals in river water with biological community structure in the llobregat river basin (northeast spain)

“…Chronic toxicity data for algae and invertebrates have become more available in recent years, although they are usually obtained from aqueous-exposure experiments [6] rather than from field studies. Although pharmaceuticals are often moderately lipophilic [7], few studies have examined their potential impact on benthic communities and sediment organisms.…”

The Use of Methods of Environmental Analysis and Ecotoxicological Tests in the Evaluation of Wastewater

“…Pharmaceuticals are classified as the socalled "microcontaminants", which have been causing significant concern within the environmental area during past years. (Beausse 2004;Gómez et al ,2006) The most pharmaceuticlas are not completely removed in the wastewater treatment plant (Beausse, 2004;Gómez et al, 2006;Ramirez et al, 2007). They are partially eliminated by s o r p t i o n t o w a s t e w a t e r s l u d g e o r b y b i o d egradadion.…”