Proceedings

1. The Challenge: Antibiotic Contamination in the Environment

• Anthropogenic water pollution It is predicted that by 2025, 1,000 million people will not have access to clean water
  due to extreme water pollution.
• Antibiotics in wastewater Antibiotics enter wastewater in many ways and are recognised by the European Commission as pollutants.
• Antibiotics in the environment Remaining antibiotics are released into the environment which promotes antimicrobial resistance.
• Wastewater treatment plant Wastewater treatment plants remove < 10% of pharmaceuticals during the treatment process.