Antibiotics in soil and water in China–a systematic review and source analysis

J Lyu, L Yang, L Zhang, B Ye, L Wang - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
With the high production and consumption of antibiotics in recent years due to increasing
economic development and improving population health, China is facing serious antibiotic …

The potential implications of reclaimed wastewater reuse for irrigation on the agricultural environment: the knowns and unknowns of the fate of antibiotics and …

A Christou, A Agüera, JM Bayona, E Cytryn… - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
The use of reclaimed wastewater (RWW) for the irrigation of crops may result in the
continuous exposure of the agricultural environment to antibiotics, antibiotic resistant …

Pharmaceuticals in the soil and plant environment: a review

B Gworek, M Kijeńska, J Wrzosek… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2021 - Springer
Pharmaceuticals are a class of biologically active compounds used in human and veterinary
medicine, while some of them may be applied for feed production and plant growth …

Organic contamination and remediation in the agricultural soils of China: A critical review

J Sun, L Pan, DCW Tsang, Y Zhan, L Zhu… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Soil pollution is a global problem in both developed and developing countries. Countries
with rapidly developing economies such as China are faced with significant soil pollution …

Root uptake of pharmaceuticals and personal care product ingredients

EL Miller, SL Nason, KG Karthikeyan… - … Science & Technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Crops irrigated with reclaimed wastewater or grown in biosolids-amended soils may take up
pharmaceuticals and personal care product ingredients (PPCPs) through their roots. The …

Plant uptake of pharmaceutical and personal care products from recycled water and biosolids: a review

X Wu, LK Dodgen, JL Conkle, J Gan - Science of the Total Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
Reuse of treated wastewater for agricultural irrigation is growing in arid and semi-arid
regions, while increasing amounts of biosolids are being applied to fields to improve …

Emerging contaminants of public health significance as water quality indicator compounds in the urban water cycle

A Pal, Y He, M Jekel, M Reinhard, KYH Gin - Environment international, 2014 - Elsevier
The contamination of the urban water cycle (UWC) with a wide array of emerging organic
compounds (EOCs) increases with urbanization and population density. To produce …

Irrigation of root vegetables with treated wastewater: evaluating uptake of pharmaceuticals and the associated human health risks

T Malchi, Y Maor, G Tadmor, M Shenker… - … science & technology, 2014 - ACS Publications
To meet mounting water demands, treated wastewater has become an important source of
irrigation. Thus, contamination of treated wastewater by pharmaceutical compounds (PCs) …

Long-term wastewater irrigation of vegetables in real agricultural systems: concentration of pharmaceuticals in soil, uptake and bioaccumulation in tomato fruits and …

A Christou, P Karaolia, E Hapeshi, C Michael… - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
Wastewater (WW) reuse for vegetable crops irrigation is regularly applied worldwide. Such a
practice has been found to allow the uptake of pharmaceutical active compounds (PhACs) …

Emerging contaminants in soil and water

HK Bayabil, FT Teshome, YC Li - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The global population increase puts tremendous pressure on the already dwindling natural
resources such as soil and freshwater. Healthy and productive soils as well as the …