Separating the Impacts of a Corrosion Inhibitor from Copper Corrosion Products on Antibiotic Resistance in Drinking Water.

ABSTRACT: Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to public health, and environmental factors, including metals in drinking water distribution systems, are increasingly recognized as contributors to the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Zinc orthophosphate, a common corrosion inhibitor, and copper corrosion products (CuO and Cu₂O) are frequently present in drinking water systems. While each has been shown to increase ARB and ARGs individually, their combined effects remain unknown. The objective of this study was to evaluate the combined impact of copper corrosion products and the corrosion inhibitor zinc orthophosphate on antibiotic resistance. Two sets of lab-scale microcosms were used, in which CuO and Cu₂O were added wit

SUBMITTER: Folvarska V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12439300 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature