Wenhui Li

TL;DR: Investigation of the presence and distribution of antibiotics in the water, sediments, and biota samples from Baiyangdian Lake, China revealed that antibiotics were widely distributed and Salvinia natans exhibited the highest bioaccumulation capability for quinolones among three species of aquatic plants.

TL;DR: The occurrence, removal efficiency and seasonal variation of 22 antibiotics, including eight fluoroquinolones, nine sulfonamides and five macrolides, were investigated in eight sewage treatment plants (STPs) in Beijing, China, with ofloxacin having the highest concentration in all the sludge samples.

TL;DR: Higher levels of OPEs were observed in urban surface water in the summer, and the wet deposition (rainfall) was confirmed to be an important factor for this observation.

TL;DR: The occurrence, distribution and bioaccumulation of 22 antibiotics, including eight fluoroquinolones (FQs), nine sulfonamides (SAs) and five macrolides (MLs), in the Haihe River were investigated and sediments are an important reservoir for FQs as they are strongly adsorbed onto sediments.

TL;DR: The results indicated that the antibiotic levels in sewage sludge depend to a great extent on wastewater characteristics, and correlation between total organic carbon (TOC) and total concentrations of antibiotics was also found in studied WWTPs, indicating that TOC could affect the sludge adsorption capability to the antibiotics to some extent.