Using a batch test to derive sorption data of fluoroquinolone antibiotics in humic acids.

ABSTRACT: Fluoroquinolone antibiotics (FQs) are of concern due to their disrupting effects on environmental bacterial communities. Evaluating FQ sorption by soil components is important to understand their interaction with soils and to address their environmental (bio)availability. However, data in soil organic components, especially humic acids, are scarce. Batch experiments following OECD guidelines are suitable for testing the sorption of pollutants in solid matrices. Here, we applied this methodology, with specific changes in the experimental setup, to derive sorption data and to identify the factors affecting sorption of four common FQs in seven humic acids with contrasting properties. The effect of shaking time, pH, calcium concentration in solution and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) content o

SUBMITTER: Fabregat-Palau J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10033734 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature