Fig. 1: Sources of pharmaceutical contamination in agriculture systems. | npj Science of Food

Fig. 1: Sources of pharmaceutical contamination in agriculture systems.

From: A novel LC-MS/MS multi-group method for simultaneous determination of antimicrobial residues in legume-based alternative proteins

Fig. 1: Sources of pharmaceutical contamination in agriculture systems.

Antimicrobial drugs can spread from point sources, such as run off, untreated sewage, and municipal effluents from wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). These contaminants disperse into water bodies, soil, and agriculture, potentially entering the food chain and affecting human health.

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