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Mitigation of Antibiotics in Nature: A Case Study of a Purification Device

Mitigation of Antibiotics in Nature: A Case Study of a Purification Device

Carla Maria Batista Ferreira Pires
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781668451137|ISBN10: 1668451131|EISBN13: 9781668451144
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5113-7.ch010
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Pires, Carla Maria Batista Ferreira. "Mitigation of Antibiotics in Nature: A Case Study of a Purification Device." Handbook of Research on SDGs for Economic Development, Social Development, and Environmental Protection, edited by Cristina Raluca Gh. Popescu, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 184-205. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5113-7.ch010

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Pires, C. M. (2022). Mitigation of Antibiotics in Nature: A Case Study of a Purification Device. In C. Popescu (Ed.), Handbook of Research on SDGs for Economic Development, Social Development, and Environmental Protection (pp. 184-205). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5113-7.ch010

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Pires, Carla Maria Batista Ferreira. "Mitigation of Antibiotics in Nature: A Case Study of a Purification Device." In Handbook of Research on SDGs for Economic Development, Social Development, and Environmental Protection, edited by Cristina Raluca Gh. Popescu, 184-205. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5113-7.ch010

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Abstract

Antimicrobial medicines are taken orally or parenterally. These molecules are primarily eliminated by kidneys. However, several studies indicate that the methods of wastewater treatment are not sufficient to effectively remove these drugs from the environment, such as excreted antibiotics and antifungals in urine. Thus, antimicrobials can pollute the food chain. Mutations of bacteria and/or fungi may be responsible for the emergence of new drug resistances, with irreparable global consequences. The chapter's aim is to present a new and inventive purification device of human urine during treatment with antimicrobials. The regular use of this device by citizens during treatment with antimicrobials may lead to a reduction of more than 30% to 50% of these molecules in urine, with the reduction of antibiotic or antifungal pollution.

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