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Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics in the Environment

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Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Part of the book series: Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology ((RECT,volume 191))

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The occurrence of human and veterinary pharmaceuticals in soil and water (Thiele-Bruhn 2003; Snyder et al. 2003; Hamscher et al. 2004; Kay et al. 2004) has led to increased research activities among environmental scientists to find out their possible environmental threats. As antibiotics are used for human and animal medical care, there is a possibility for these drugs to reach the environment via direct or indirect contamination (Thiele-Bruhn 2003; Boxall et al. 2004). As they are produced and applied with the aim of being biologically highly effective, their occurrence is of ecotoxicological interest. In Berlin, Germany, the groundwater wells located near contaminated surface waters showed a concentration of pharmaceuticals at the µg/L level (Heberer 2002). Thus, at such a level of contamination, the use of groundwater for drinking purposes may pose a potential risk. Studies on the behavior of animal drugs and their metabolites after excretion, along with their transport from agricultural sources into surface water and groundwater by overland-flow runoff and leaching, are of utmost importance at present.

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Sukul, P., Spiteller, M. (2007). Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics in the Environment. In: Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol 191. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-69163-3_5

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