The intensive use of antibiotics for human, veterinary and agricultural purposes, results in
their continuous release into the environment. Together with antibiotics, antibiotic-resistant …

Antimicrobial pharmaceuticals are classified as emergent micropollutants of concern,
implying that even at low concentrations, long-term exposure to the environment can have …

Landfill are important reservoirs of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). They
harbor diverse contaminants, such as heavy metals and persistent organic chemicals …

Waste water and waste water treatment plants can act as reservoirs and environmental
suppliers of antibiotic resistance. They have also been proposed to be hotspots for …

The increasing amount of sewage sludge produced in wastewater treatment plants
(WWTPs) poses a great challenge to both environment and economy globally. As a requisite …

The agricultural ecosystem creates a platform for the development and dissemination of
antimicrobial resistance, which is promoted by the indiscriminate use of antibiotics in the …

Background There is concern that the microbially rich activated sludge environment of
wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) may contribute to the dissemination of antibiotic …

Motivation Much global attention has been paid to antibiotic resistance in monitoring its
emergence, accumulation and dissemination. For rapid characterization and quantification …

In this critical review, we explored the most recent advances about the fate of antibiotics on
biological wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). Although the occurrence of these pollutants …

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are implicated as hotspots for the dissemination of
antibacterial resistance into the environment. However, the in situ processes governing …