The massive use of antibiotics and the consequent antibiotic pollution have become a major risk to river ecosystems, water quality, and human health. In this study, 28 antibiotics were analyzed in the rural-urban river water of Suzhou City, the inflow rivers of Hongze Lake. The total concentration...

Perfluorooctanoic acid is ubiquitous in wastewater, bioaccumulative and biotoxic, and interferes with biological wastewater treatment. Extracellular polymeric substances are important components of microbial cells. The effects of perfluorooctanoic acid (0 mg L -1, 0.1 mg L -1, 0.5 mg L -1, 1.0 mg L...