Ecotoxicity and Risk Assessment Characterization of Veterinary Pharmaceuticals On Anuran Amphibian Larvae

PELTZER P.,; ANA PAULA CUZZIOL BOCCIONI; MARTINUZZI C; BASSO, A., ,; ATTADEMO A.M.,; FERNÁNDEZ, LESLY PARADINA; CULZONI J,; LAJMANOVICH, R.C.,

Non-Conventional Vertebrate Species in Environmental Risk Assessment Strategies

The Royal Society of Chemistry

Año: 2023; p. 1 - 20

The widespread use of veterinary pharmaceuticals and their release intodifferent environments, such as freshwater bodies and groundwatersystems, has increased in the last two decades.1,2 The occurrence of thesecompounds in aquatic systems has become a serious health and environ-mental concern and has been the subject of recent debate in scientificliterature. Due to their massive environmental release, these contaminantsof emerging concern (CECs) have been detected at ng L–1 to µg L–1 levels inseveral environmental sources, including surface water, groundwater,wastewater, and even drinking water.3 Veterinary pharmaceuticals aregenerally used in livestock production for disease prevention and growthpromotion. Significant quantities of antibiotics used as a feed supplementfor growth enhancement of food animals have been found in animal wastemanure (e.g., poultry litter without any treatment) used as organic fertliz-ers.4 The presence of these contaminants in aquatic environments poses anenvironmental risk for both human health and aquatic ecosystems.5