The Safety of Consuming Water Dropwort Used to Purify Livestock Wastewater Considering Accumulated Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Genes

Research is lacking on the health risks of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in water dropwort grown in livestock wastewater. Our results showed that antibiotics from livestock wastewater were absorbed and bioaccumulated by water dropwort. The concentration of antibiotics was higher...

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Published in:	Antibiotics
Main Authors:	Dongrui Yao, Yajun Chang, Wei Wang, Linhe Sun, Jixiang Liu, Huijun Zhao, Weiguo Zhang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2022-03-01
Subjects:	antibiotic antibiotic resistance gene health risk water dropwort livestock wastewater
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/11/4/428