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Occurrence and drivers of Antibiotics in the rural-urban River Network: A case study of Hongze Lake basin, China

by Xi S. He R. Jiang R. Zhang J. Zhang H. Shuai Z.

Air pollution and health

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...

Antibiotics drivers and sources +1 more

Effect and mechanism of perfluorooctanoic acid on extracellular polymeric substances of microorganisms during biological wastewater treatment

by Huang J. Zheng X. Zhang H. Luo T. Cao J. Lin M. Liu G. Shuai Z.

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

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...

Biological wastewater treatment extracellular polymeric substances +3 more