Golet et al. (2002) used acute ecotoxicity data to develop a risk
assessment for total fluoroquinolone concentrations in WWTPs for
Pseudomonas putida, a common WWTP bacterium, and in surface
The concentrations of SMZ, ICTC and EICTC in the nursery and
slaughter house were higher than the average antibiotic concentrations
in the hospital effluent. Because these classes of antibiotics
were commonly used for animal feeding operation