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Abiotic Removal with Adsorption and Photocatalytic Reaction
Published in Jayant K. Singh, Nishith Verma, Aqueous Phase Adsorption, 2018
Robert Chang-Tang Chang, Bor-Yann Chen, Ke-Fu Zhou, Qiao-Jie Yu, Xiao-Dan Xie, Mridula P. Menon, Arun Kumar Subramani
Antibiotics have found extensive use in promoting growth, treatment, and prevention of various diseases both in humans and in animals. The abuse and overuse of antibiotics in animal husbandry as well as aquaculture have led to the presence of antibiotics in food products for human consumption. According to the reports to date, more than 70 antibiotic traces have been observed in various human foods such as chicken, beef, pork, and fishes. The intake of such contaminated food products causes the exposure of antibiotics to human body. Removing antibiotics from the environment is a necessary step towards rejuvenation of the environment. Highlighting this issue in the society is of great importance because of various reasons. One among them is its adverse effect on human health. The entry of antibiotics into the human body is via consumption of contaminated animal products, contaminated dust inhalation, drinking water contaminated with traces of antibiotics, and drug intake. The adverse effects of antibiotics to human health include allergic reactions, nephrotoxicity, childhood obesity, and tooth discoloration. In addition to human adverse effects, antibiotics also cause alterations in the genes of bacteria, which lead to the formation of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Such antibiotics-resistant bacterial strains are exposed to human beings through the food chain. According to an estimation by WHO in 2014, > 1,000,000 deaths are likely to occur annually by 2050 due to antibiotic resistance.
Comparative Evaluation of Cavities Disinfected with Ozone Gas and Photodynamic Therapy and Restored with Two Different Reinforced Glass Ionomer Cements on Microleakage and Color Change
Published in Ozone: Science & Engineering, 2022
Therefore, the aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of different cavity disinfectants on reinforced glass ionomer cements in terms of microleakage and discoloration. The hypothesis of this study is that the cavity disinfectants may not affect the microleakage of two different reinforced glass ionomer cements and may not cause any tooth discoloration.