Open AccessAntibiotics in Drinking Water and Health Risks — China, 2017
Author(s) -
Jie Lyu,
Yongyan Chen,
Lan Zhang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
china cdc weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2097-3101
pISSN - 2096-7071
DOI - 10.46234/ccdcw2020.106
Subject(s) - antibiotics , environmental health , human health , raw water , contamination , public health , action plan , microbiome , environmental science , medicine , environmental engineering , biology , ecology , microbiology and biotechnology , bioinformatics , nursing
Antibiotic contaminations in the environment are understood to pose human health risks including disturbing the microbiome in the human body and producing antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which pose serious public health risks. Antibiotics have been detected in aquatic environments and drinking water worldwide.