| The article reviews the type, source and affects of antibiotic contamination in water environment on ecological environment and human health. Such antibiotics as used for medicine, agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery and discharged from industrial wastewater were pointed out to be the main pollution source. The antibiotic contamination in water environment has changed the aquatic microbial flora, led to the emergence of drug resistant strains. It also has caused the residues in agricultural products and then brought severe allergic reactions and toxic side effects. Those increase the economic burden of patients. Some protective and management measures were put forward, such as to strengthen management, to improve the professional skills of that who engaged in medicine, to select the best treatment, to strengthen the health education and to properly utilize the antibiotics in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery. |
