乌梁素海表层沉积物重金属分布特征及生态风险评价

采样分析了内蒙古乌梁素海表层沉积物中Cu、Zn、Pb、Cr、Cd、Hg和As的含量、分布特征和富集状况,分别以现代工业化前正常颗粒沉积物中重金属含量的最高背景值和河套地区土壤中重金属含量背景值为参照,采用瑞典科学家Lars Hakanson的潜在生态危害指数法对7种重金属的富集系数和生态危害系数以及各采样点的生态危害指数进行了评价。结果表明,乌梁素海表层沉积物中As和Pb的空间变异性较大;以2种背景值为参比得出的重金属污染水平顺序相近,Hg和As为对乌梁素海生态环境具有潜在影响的主要重金属元素;同时表明,以河套地区土壤重金属背景值为参照更能直观地反映出乌梁素海表层沉积物中重金属的污染程度。     

浙江省铅锌矿区土壤重金属污染及重金属超富集植物筛选

分别以浙江省境内富阳某铅锌矿区(FY)、淳安某铅锌矿区(CA)、诸暨某铅锌矿区(ZJ)和三门某铅锌矿区(SM)为研究对象,对铅锌矿区土壤的Zn、Pb、Cu、Cd 4种重金属污染状况及其上生长的16种优势草本植物的重金属富集特征进行了研究。结果表明,FY、ZJ和SM的土壤均受Cd、Zn、Pb重度污染,而CA的土壤受Cd、Zn、Cu重度污染。4个铅锌矿区的Cd污染最严重,其次为Zn污染。CA的伴矿景天(Sedum plumbizincicola)和ZJ的紫花香薷(Elsholtzia argyi)地上部Cd质量浓度分别为571.2、218.7mg/kg,且富集系数和转运系数均超过1,达到了Cd超富集植物的标准,表明这两种植物均可能是Cd超富集植物。     

淮南潘集矿区农田土壤重金属污染特征及在小麦中累积特征研究

为探究淮南潘集矿区内农田土壤和小麦中重金属的污染状况,选取了16块研究样地,测定其农田土壤和小麦不同部位中Cu、Zn、Pb、Cd、As含量,利用生物富集系数(BCF)和转运系数(TCF)分析重金属在小麦中的迁运行为,并进行重金属化学形态分析和潜在生态风险指数分析。结果表明,矿区农田土壤Zn、Pb浓度平均值低于背景浓度,Cu、Cd、As浓度平均值分别是背景浓度的1.03、4.17、1.81倍。5种重金属的化学形态以残渣态为主,Cu、Zn、Pb、Cd、As的残渣态质量分数平均值分别为47.44%、50.33%、43.36%、46.84%、98.86%。矿区农田土壤重金属综合潜在生态风险指数处于轻度或中度等级,相对较轻,主要贡献重金属是Cd。Cu、Zn易于富集在小麦地上部分,Pb、Cd、As大部分富聚在地下部分。     

某铅锌矿坑口周围具有重金属超积累特征植物的研究

针对目前植物修复中Cd-Pb-Cu-Zn复合污染的超富集植物缺乏研究,采用野外采样系统分析方法,对青城子铅锌矿各主要坑口周围17科31种杂草植物进行其积累特性的初步研究。结果表明,全叶马兰(Kalimeris integrifolia)、蒲公英(Taraxacum mongolicum)和鬼针草(Bidens bipinnata)3种植物地上部对Cd的富集系数均>1,且地上部Cd含量大于根部Cd含量,具备了重金属超富集植物的基本特征,进一步研究的价值很大。以杂草为对象筛选超富集植物很可能获得较大突破。     

上海市桃浦垃圾填埋场封场植被的重金属吸收和积累特征

城市垃圾填埋场的生态修复问题越来越受到重视，选择合适的封场植被对生态恢复至关重要。本研究对上海市桃浦垃圾填埋场的土壤和29种优势植物的重金属含量进行检测，结果显示，该填埋埋场土壤呈现Zn和Cd的中度复合污染。在研究的优势植物中，杨树、雪松和夹竹桃吸收Zn的能力较强，杨树、紫薇、金丝桃吸收Cd的能力较强。荆芥表现为重金属Zn的富集型植物；龙葵表现为重金属Cd的富集型植物；麦冬和狗尾巴草则表现为重金属的根部囤积型植物。可综合选择这些植物用于城市垃圾填埋场的植物修复和植被恢复。     

某矿区土壤和地下水重金属污染调查与评价

为了解湘南某矿区土壤和地下水重金属污染状况，对该矿区东河流域附近重金属污染源进行了调查，同时，对地下水和土壤样品进行了采样分析，结果表明：（1）该矿区东河流域附近的主要污染源有18个，其中有色金属选厂、尾矿库、采矿场和冶炼厂是排放重金属较多的污染源；（2）20个采样点中土壤重金属Pb、Cd、Zn、As和Hg大部分超过国家土壤环境质量标准（GB15618-1995），综合污染指数P综〉1，该矿区主要的重金属污染元素为Cd、As和Hg，且土壤中Cd、Zn和As的含量两两之间存在着极显著的正线性相关关系；（3）重金属元素在土壤中的纵向迁移不明显，该矿区附近20个采样点的地下水并未受到污染，综合污染指数P综〈1。20个采样点地下水Pb、Cd、Zn、As、Hg浓度均能达到地下水质量标准（GB／T14848．9）中的Ⅲ类标准。     

黑麦草修复重金属污染土壤与废水及富集植物的微生物降解

为了研究黑麦草(Lolium perenne)修复复合重金属污染土壤与废水的综合利用效应,探索微生物对富集重金属黑麦草的降解效果,以复合重金属污染的土壤与废水为修复对象,利用黑麦草对土壤和废水进行修复,并考察了黑麦草的重金属含量、富集量、富集系数和转移系数。采用8种微生物对富集重金属黑麦草进行降解,考察黑麦草的失重率,黑麦草纤维素、半纤维素和木质素的变化情况以及重金属的浸出效果。结果表明:黑麦草对重金属污染的土壤与水体均具有较好的修复效果;在土壤修复阶段,黑麦草对U的富集系数最大,达到7.43;而对Cd的富集系数为2.61,对Pb和Sr的修复效果不明显;在废水修复阶段,黑麦草对U的富集量达到1 213.70 mg·kg-1DW,U、Cr、Sr、Co的富集系数和转移系数均大于1,其中U的富集系数达到11.24。另外,里氏木霉(Trichoderma ressei)和黄孢原毛平革菌(Phanerochaete chrysosporium)对富集黑麦草的总降解率达到60%以上;里氏木霉(Trichoderma ressei)、枯草芽孢杆菌(Bacillus subtilis)和地衣芽孢杆菌(Bacillus lincheniformis)对重金属的平均浸出率分别达到87.19%、90.58%和90.33%。在重金属污染的土壤和水体中,通过对黑麦草的循环使用,可以提高黑麦草的综合利用效率,有效减少富集生物质的产生;同时微生物对富集生物质有较好的降解能力。研究为重金属富集生物质微生物处置以及重金属回收技术奠定基础。     

花生和油菜对重金属的积累及其成品油的安全性

土壤重金属污染日益严重,植物修复作为一种环境友好型的技术越来越受到关注.选取种植在郴州重金属污染土壤地区的花生和油菜2种油料作物,研究了重金属在这2种油料作物各部位的分布情况,再利用2种有机溶剂(正己烷和石油醚)对果实进行索氏萃取,探讨油中重金属的残留情况.结果表明,花生和油菜对重金属有一定的耐性和积累能力,花生根、茎、叶对重金属Pb、Cu、Cd积累性较强,其中Cd在根、茎、叶中的富集系数都高于4,为土壤本底值的5～6倍.花生红皮则对Cu表现出较强的富集能力,富集系数为3.30,浓度达到了358.26 mg/kg;油菜中重金属Zn、Cu、Cd在各部位的分布为:叶＞根＞果荚＞茎＞籽,说明油菜叶对Zn、Cu、Cd的积累能力更强.通过2种有机溶剂对花生果实和油菜籽进行萃取,结果发现,石油醚对花生油的萃取率高于正己烷,正己烷对油菜的萃取率大于石油醚,且花生和菜籽的毛油中重金属As和Pb的含量都符合国家《食用油卫生标准》GB2716-2005(≤0.1 mg/kg).     

农用地重金属污染植物提取修复技术研究进展

农用地重金属污染具有污染范围广、风险筛选值和风险管制值相对较低等特点,使常规土壤修复技术如客土法、化学淋洗法、固化稳定化等的应用受到限制,植物提取技术是修复农用地重金属污染的有效手段。介绍了富集植物种类、超富集植物的评判依据、富集植物对重金属提取机制,重点分析了植物提取技术在农用地修复应用中的效果、影响因素、存在的问题及强化措施,最后对植物提取技术修复重金属污染农用地的未来发展方向进行了展望。     

水葱修复土壤镉污染潜力的研究

野外观察与研究发现水葱(Scirpus tabernaemontani G.)可以耐受土壤中高浓度的重金属污染,并对镉(Cd)有很高的生物富集量.实验室水培试验研究了两个主要因素,营养液pH与Cd含量,对水葱生物量以及Cd富集效果的影响.结果表明,它可耐受高浓度Cd (30 mg/L)和大范围pH变化 (3.7～7.7).当营养液pH为4.7, Cd为25 mg/L时,水葱富集的Cd达到最大值:地上部分264.71 mg/kg,地下部分234.39 mg/kg,平均转运系数1.13.这显示了它用于植物修复Cd污染土壤的潜力.     

Modelling trace metal partitioning in forest floors of northern soils near metal smelters

Trace metal (TM) mobility and toxicity varies with changing soil conditions. Geochemical models can account for the influence of soil characteristics on TM behaviour. We tested the effectiveness of the Stockholm humic model (SHM), and the NICA-Donnan model (NDM) to estimate partitioning coefficients (logKd) in 26 forest floor horizons of podzolic soils enriched in trace metals from deposition by metal smelters. We wanted to know if a consistent approach could be applied to model metal partitioning in forest floors without optimizing each individual soil. When optimized, the SHM reproduced the partitioning of Cd, Cu and Zn but not Pb. It was necessary to revise the affinity constants for the NDM to simultaneously simulate the partitioning of the four metals. Revised affinity constants for the NDM model based on a fixed definition of soil organic carbon, i.e., a fixed ratio of fulvic and humic acids per unit carbon, reproduced metal partitioning more effectively in an independent data set of 16 soils than the use of generic affinity constants available for these models. From the perspective of the applicability of these models to risk assessment, this result suggests geochemical models using affinity constants that have been verified and/or modified against multiple soils from a region can provide good estimates of metal partitioning on a regional scale.     

Heavy metal accumulation in Halimione portulacoides: intra- and extra-cellular metal binding sites

Salt marsh plants can sequestrate and inherently tolerate high metal concentrations found in salt marsh sediments. This work intended to understand the Halimione portulacoides (L.) Aellen strategies to prevent metal toxicity, by investigating the metal location in different plant organs and in the cell. A sequential extraction was performed on leaves, stems and roots of H. portulacoides in order to determine and compare the metal (Zn, Pb, Co, Cd, Ni and Cu) concentration in several fractions of the plant material (ethanolic, aqueous, proteic, pectic, polissacaridic, lenhinic and cellulosic). This study shows that all plant organs of H. portulacoides mostly retain metals in the cell wall (65% is the average for all studied metals stored in the root cell wall, 55% in the stems and 53% in the leaves), and the metal content in the intracellular compartment is much lower (21% in roots, 25% in stems and 32% in leaves). High levels of heavy metal in the sedimentary environment do not cause toxicity to H. portulacoides, because H. portulacoides immobilizes them in different cell compartments (cell wall+proteic fraction+intracellular) outside key metabolic sites.     

燃煤电厂重金属排放与周边土壤重金属污染评价

为研究燃煤电厂重金属排放对周边土壤重金属污染的影响,测定了某燃煤电厂烟囱入口烟气中Cd、Cr、Hg、Ni、Pb、As含量,同时根据当地气象及地形条件,在燃煤电厂周边采集19个土壤样品,分析了土壤中重金属含量及分布情况,并对其污染程度进行评价.结果表明,燃煤电厂烟气中6种重金属元素的质量浓度为0.02～2.00μg/m3...     

Dynamics of metal adaptation in riverine chironomids

The ability of the non-biting midge Chironomus riparius to survive and reproduce in metal polluted lowland rivers facilitates the opportunity to study micro-evolutionary processes in situ. However, due to larval drift, adapted midge populations are subject to regular immigration of non-adapted specimens from clean upstream river reaches. To examine the influence of non-adapted genes in adapted midge populations on the level of metal adaptation, an upstream and downstream chironomid population were crossbred on eight separate occasions in the laboratory to mimic gene flow. Several life-history characteristics, indicating adaptation to metals, were followed seasonally in the parental strains as well as in the reciprocal crossings. Such crossings were done over a 14-month period and maternal effects were found to be absent, indicating a major genetic component for the increased metal tolerance in the exposed midge populations. Furthermore, results confirmed the presence of adaptation to metals in exposed chironomids. However, a rapid loss of metal adaptation in the first generation hybrid offspring was clearly demonstrated. Consequently, the large temporal variation in metal adaptation in midge populations from the river can be explained by the earlier reported seasonal variations in selection pressure and immigration rates from non-adapted sub-populations.     

Heavy metal contamination in bats in Britain

Toxic metals are bioaccumulated by insectivorous mammals but few studies (none from Britain) have quantified residues in bats. We measured renal mercury (Hg), lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) concentrations in bats from south-west England to determine how they varied with species, sex, age, and over time, and if they were likely to cause adverse effects. Residues were generally highest in whiskered bats (Myotis mystacinus). Compared with other species, pipistrelle (Pipistrellus spp) and Natterer's bats (Myotis nattereri) had significantly lower kidney Hg and Pb concentrations, respectively. Renal Hg increased over time in pipistrelles but the contributory sources are unknown. Kidney Pb did not decrease over time despite concurrent declines in atmospheric Pb. Overall, median renal metal concentrations were similar to those in bats from mainland Europe and 6- to 10-fold below those associated with clinical effect, although 5% of pipistrelles had kidney Pb residues diagnostic of acute lead poisoning.     

Significance of metal exchange in EDDS-flushing column experiments

Chelating agents have been widely studied for extracting heavy metals from contaminated soils, and the effectiveness of EDDS ([S,S]-ethylene-diamine-disuccinic acid) has aroused extensive attention because of its biodegradability in the natural environment. However, in the course of EDDS-flushing, metal exchange of newly extracted metal-EDDS complexes with other sorbed metals and mineral cations may result in metal re-adsorption on the soil surfaces. Therefore, this study investigated the relative significance of metal exchange under different travel distances of chelant complexes, characteristics of soil contamination, and solution pH in the column experiments. As a result of metal exchange, the elution of Zn and Pb was retarded and the cumulative extraction was lower than those of Ni and Cu, especially over a longer travel distance. Compared with the field-contaminated soils, the effects of metal exchange were even more substantial in the artificially contaminated soil because of a greater amount of extractable metals and a larger proportion of weakly bound fractions. By contrast, metal exchange was insignificant at pH 8, probably due to less adsorption of metal-EDDS complexes. These findings highlight the conditions under which metal exchange of metal-EDDS complexes and the resulting impacts are more significant during EDDS-flushing.     

Effect of new soil metal immobilizing agents on metal toxicity to terrestrial invertebrates

Application of 5% (w:w) novel metal immobilizing agent reduced the water soluble, the calcium chloride extracted as well as the pore water concentration of zinc in soils from Maatheide, a metal contaminated site in the northeast of Belgium. Addition of the metal immobilizing agents also eliminated acute toxicity to the potworm Enchytraeus albidus and the earthworm Eisenia fetida and chronic toxicity to the springtail Folsomia candida. Cocoon production by E. fetida, however, was still adversely affected. These differences may be explained by the species dependent routes of metal uptake: F. candida is probably mainly exposed via pore water while in E. fetida dietary exposure is probably also important. From these results it is clear that organisms with different exposure routes should be used simultaneously to assess the environmental risk of metal contaminated soils.     

Heavy metal contamination from mining sites in South Morocco: 2. Assessment of metal accumulation and toxicity in plants

Metalliferous soils cover a relatively large surface area in Morocco, and up to now no hyperaccumulating plants have been identified on these mining or these industrial sites. The aim of this work was to assess the extent of metal accumulation by plants found in three mining areas in southern Morocco with the ultimate goal of finding metal hyperaccumulating species by using the MetPAD biotest. The biotest helps to obtain information on the selective metal toxicity of aqueous extracts from the plants. A strong metal toxicity, as revealed by the biotest is an indication of a hyperaccumulating plant. Toxicity tests were run concurrently with chemicals analyses of metals in plants and their water extracts. The chemical analyses allow the determination of the hyperaccumulated metal(s). Specimens of the plant species mainly growing on and in the vicinity of the three mines were sampled with their corresponding soils. The results show that all plants analyzed had lower heavy metal content and toxicity despite the relatively very high soil concentrations. A comparison of our results with the criterion used to classify the hyperaccumulator plants indicates that plants we collected from mining sites were hypertolerant but not hyperaccumulators. This was confirmed by transfer factors generally lower than 1. Nevertheless, these tolerant plants species can be used as tools for revegetation for erosion control in metals-contaminated sites (phytostabilization).