Using a targeted ecopharmacovigilance intervention to control antibiotic pollution in a rural aquatic environment.

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Abstract
The "targeted ecopharmacovigilance (EPV)" strategy emphasizes the control of environmental pollution by high-priority hazardous pharmaceuticals from principal pollution sources especially in areas that are high risk as a result of drug administration. We conducted a prospective empirical study to explore the possibility of using a targeted EPV intervention as an optimized management tool for the control of aquatic pollution by antibiotics, a common type of pharmaceutical residue, in a rural area in China. Because of the notably high levels of ofloxacin in the studied aquatic environment and the well-accepted environmental risks posed by fluoroquinolone residues, ofloxacin was selected as the targeted high-priority antibiotic pollutant. Based on the main sources of antibiotic pollution in the studied rural aquatic environment, which had been traced previously, a five-step targeted EPV intervention was designed and conducted from Feb 2018 to Jan 2019. The results showed that the residual levels of ofloxacin in the studied Chinese rural aquatic environment significantly decreased during the targeted EPV intervention. Importantly, the EPV measures targeting ofloxacin were found to effectively reduce the environmental pollution by other non-targeted antibiotics. The data from a survey of 45 participants (42 residents and 3 clinicians) and 12 program committee members revealed that the targeted EPV intervention was acceptable to both participants and organizers and could be used as an economical and feasible solution for addressing antibiotic pollution in aquatic environments.
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Authors Wang, Jun;Zhang, Meng-Ya;Liu, Juan;Hu, Xian-Min;He, Bing-Shu;
Journal The Science of the total environment
Year 2019
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S0048-9697(19)33984-1
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