Competitive adsorption of tetracycline, oxytetracycline and chlortetracycline on soils with different pH value and organic matter content.

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2019
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Abstract
Antibiotics spread into the environment can cause soil and water degradation. Specifically, tetracycline antibiotics (TCs) are among those most consumed in veterinary medicine, and near 90% of the doses administered to animals are excreted as original compounds, due to poor absorption. In this study we investigated competitive soil adsorption/desorption for three tetracycline antibiotics (tetracycline: TC, oxytetracycline: OTC, and chlortetracycline: CTC), usually spread on soils by slurry fertilization, affecting to soil degradation due to chemical pollution. The study was carried out on six soils selected according to their pH values (4.49-7.06), and organic matter contents (1.07-10.92%). The competitive experiments were performed in ternary systems (adding all three TCs simultaneously, using five equal and increasing concentrations, from 17 to 200 μmol L). The results were compared with those obtained in simple systems (adding individual antibiotics separately), for the same final concentration (in this case, 200 μmol L) and for different concentrations (200 μmol L in the simple systems, versus 600 μmol L in the ternary systems, resulting from the sum of 200 μmol L of each of the three antibiotics). In all cases, batch-type adsorption/desorption experiments were carried out, with 24 h as contact time. Those soils with higher organic matter content adsorbed 100% of the TCs, with desorption being always lower than 3%. In soils with less organic matter, adsorption decreased as the dose of added antibiotic increased, due to competition for adsorption sites. CTC was the most retained among the three TCs (up to 20% more than the other when high doses of antibiotic were added). In the simple systems, percentage adsorption was always high (>85%) for the three TCs; however, percentage adsorption decreased in the ternary systems, reaching just 65% and 40% (for equal and different ionic strength, respectively) in soils with low organic matter contents. These results show the environmental and public health relevance of competition among the three TCs. In fact, the highest risk of entering the food chain takes place when these antibiotics are spread together on soils with low organic matter content, especially in the case of TC and CTC, which are the least adsorbed and the most desorbed molecules.
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Authors Conde-Cid, Manuel;Ferreira-Coelho, Gustavo;Núñez-Delgado, Avelino;Fernández-Calviño, David;Arias-Estévez, Manuel;Álvarez-Rodríguez, Esperanza;Fernández-Sanjurjo, María J;
Journal Environmental research
Year 2019
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S0013-9351(19)30466-9
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