Antibiotics-heavy metals combined pollution in agricultural soils: Sources, fate, risks, and countermeasures
Agricultural soil is related to food security and human health, antibiotics and heavy metals (HMs), as two typical pollutants, possess a high coexistence rate in the environmental medium, which is extremely prone to inducing antibiotic-HMs combined pollution. Recently, frequent human activities have...
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| description | Agricultural soil is related to food security and human health, antibiotics and heavy metals (HMs), as two typical pollutants, possess a high coexistence rate in the environmental medium, which is extremely prone to inducing antibiotic-HMs combined pollution. Recently, frequent human activities have led to more prominent antibiotics-HMs combined contamination in agricultural soils, especially the production and spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), heavy metal resistance genes (MRGs), antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB), and antibiotics-HMs complexes (AMCs), which seriously threaten soil ecology and human health. This review describes the main sources (Intrinsic and manmade sources), composite mechanisms (co-selective resistance, oxidative stress, and Joint toxicity mechanism), environmental fate and the potential risks (soil ecological and human health risks) of antibiotics and HMs in agricultural soils. Finally, the current effective source blocking, transmission control, and attenuation strategies are classified for discussion, such as the application of additives and barrier materials, as well as plant and animal remediation and bioremediation, etc., pointing out that future research should focus on the whole chain process of “source-process-terminal”, intending to provide a theoretical basis and decision-making reference for future research. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e8d9c21727bf4789a5d1fc401043985f2025-08-20T02:33:18ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Green Energy & Environment2468-02572025-05-0110586989710.1016/j.gee.2024.07.007Antibiotics-heavy metals combined pollution in agricultural soils: Sources, fate, risks, and countermeasuresYuanxiang Shu0Donghao Li1Tong Xie2Ke Zhao3Lu Zhou4Fengxiang Li5College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Remediation and Pollution Control for Urban Ecological Environmental, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China; College of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Songliao Aquatic Environment, Jilin Jianzhu University, Changchun, 130118, ChinaCollege of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Remediation and Pollution Control for Urban Ecological Environmental, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, ChinaCollege of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Remediation and Pollution Control for Urban Ecological Environmental, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, ChinaCollege of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Songliao Aquatic Environment, Jilin Jianzhu University, Changchun, 130118, ChinaCollege of the Environment, State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, ChinaCollege of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Remediation and Pollution Control for Urban Ecological Environmental, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China; Corresponding author. 38 Tongyan Road, Tianjin, 300350, China.Agricultural soil is related to food security and human health, antibiotics and heavy metals (HMs), as two typical pollutants, possess a high coexistence rate in the environmental medium, which is extremely prone to inducing antibiotic-HMs combined pollution. Recently, frequent human activities have led to more prominent antibiotics-HMs combined contamination in agricultural soils, especially the production and spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), heavy metal resistance genes (MRGs), antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB), and antibiotics-HMs complexes (AMCs), which seriously threaten soil ecology and human health. This review describes the main sources (Intrinsic and manmade sources), composite mechanisms (co-selective resistance, oxidative stress, and Joint toxicity mechanism), environmental fate and the potential risks (soil ecological and human health risks) of antibiotics and HMs in agricultural soils. Finally, the current effective source blocking, transmission control, and attenuation strategies are classified for discussion, such as the application of additives and barrier materials, as well as plant and animal remediation and bioremediation, etc., pointing out that future research should focus on the whole chain process of “source-process-terminal”, intending to provide a theoretical basis and decision-making reference for future research.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468025724002097AntibioticsHeavy metalsAgricultural soilsComposite mechanismsPotential risksSoil remediation |
| spellingShingle | Yuanxiang Shu Donghao Li Tong Xie Ke Zhao Lu Zhou Fengxiang Li Antibiotics-heavy metals combined pollution in agricultural soils: Sources, fate, risks, and countermeasures Green Energy & Environment Antibiotics Heavy metals Agricultural soils Composite mechanisms Potential risks Soil remediation |
| title | Antibiotics-heavy metals combined pollution in agricultural soils: Sources, fate, risks, and countermeasures |
| title_full | Antibiotics-heavy metals combined pollution in agricultural soils: Sources, fate, risks, and countermeasures |
| title_fullStr | Antibiotics-heavy metals combined pollution in agricultural soils: Sources, fate, risks, and countermeasures |
| title_full_unstemmed | Antibiotics-heavy metals combined pollution in agricultural soils: Sources, fate, risks, and countermeasures |
| title_short | Antibiotics-heavy metals combined pollution in agricultural soils: Sources, fate, risks, and countermeasures |
| title_sort | antibiotics heavy metals combined pollution in agricultural soils sources fate risks and countermeasures |
| topic | Antibiotics Heavy metals Agricultural soils Composite mechanisms Potential risks Soil remediation |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468025724002097 |
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