3C’s – Cellulose and Cork in the Control of Antibiotics in the Aquatic Environment

3C’s – Cellulose and cork for antibiotics control in aquatic environment, is a project developed by CINTESIS researchers and funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology – FCT with a global budget of almost 200 thousand euros.

The objective of the project is to develop an innovative strategy for antibiotics removal and control in the aquatic environment, where they are spread posing risks to the surrounding ecosystems and to public health.

The intensive use of antibiotics, both in the field of human health and in the fields of plant growing and animal husbandry, has contributed to the dissemination of these compounds in the environment.

Society in general accepts this practice given the absence of regulations for the use and discharge of antibiotics. However, such acceptance has led to the spread of these drugs into the aquatic environment.

This spread has contributed to the organic contamination of water, to the alteration of the surrounding ecosystems and to an increasing concern in the field of public health, following the appearance of pathogenic species that have developed resistance to these antibiotics.

Therefore, it is essential to reduce the impact of antibiotics on the environment. This project aims, therefore, to develop an innovative strategy for the removal and control of antibiotics in the aquatic environment.

FCT

199,879.00€

199,879.00€

Goreti Sales, Ana Cerqueira, Ana Patrícia Tavares Moreira, Felismina Teixeira Coelho Moreira, Gabriela V. Martins, Helena Gomes, Liliana de Almeida Truta

Latest update: 31 December 2017