Photonics Examines Pharmaceuticals at Environmental Interfaces
Dec 1, 2005 — With the increased use of antibiotics, hormones, herbicides and pesticides in agriculture, the environmental effects of these substances have become a concern. The discharge of veterinary antibiotics can lead to drug resistance in target microbes, and herbicides, pesticides and hormones could affect humans, resulting in premature puberty, decreased fertility, neurological disease and other conditions.
Optical techniques offer information about the mobility of an antibiotic commonly fed to...