Bioavailability of cyanide in the different environmental compartments

Introduction C yanide, a strong ligand capable of com plexing w ith virtually any heavy m etals, had its beginning in m etallurgical operations in N ew Zealand over a century ago. The basic m echanism for cyanide leaching technique w as defined as the fol…     

Neutron activation method in the analysis of environmental objects

ＮｅｕｔｒｏｎａｃｔｉｖａｔｉｏｎｍｅｔｈｏｄｉｎｔｈｅａｎａｌｙｓｉｓｏｆｅｎｖｉｒｏｎｍｅｎｔａｌｏｂｊｅｃｔｓＧ．Ｍ．Ｋｏｌｅｓｏｖ（Ｖ．Ｉ．ＶｅｒｎａｄｓｋｙＩｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅｏｆＧｅｏｃｈｅｍ。＆Ａｎａｌ．Ｃｈｅｍ．，ＲｕｓｓｉａｎＡｃａｄ...     

Concept of common interests of mankind in the global environmental protection

The concept of common interests of mankind in the environmental protec-tion spurred -by the internationalized and globalized environmental problems are discussed in this paper. While making challenges for many principles and rules of international law and the traditional conception of national security, the concept does play its role in strengthening the environmental protection. However, it cannot be neglected that diflerent national interests pose an obstacle to the realization of the common interests of mankind in the envirormental protection. The article concludes that whether the concept plays its greater role in the environmental protection will depend on many factors, such as the spread of environmental awareness, the revision of the traditional conception and the balanced development of the world economy.     

Ecological and environmental water demand of the lakes in the Haihe-Luanhe Basin of North China

ＩｎｔｒｏｄｕｃｔｉｏｎＴｈｅＨａｉｈｅ ＬｕａｎｈｅＢａｓｉｎｉｓｔｈｅｄｉｓｔｒｉｃｔｆａｃｉｎｇｔｈｅｐｒｏｂｌｅｍｏｆｗａｔｅｒｃｒｉｓｉｓｉｎｔｈｅＮｏｒｔｈＣｈｉｎａ.Ｗａｔｅｒｐｏｌｌｕｔｉｏｎｉｓｓｕｅｓａｎｄａｎｔｈｒｏｐｏｇｅｎｉｃｄｉｓｔｕｒｂａｎｃｅａｒｅｖｅｒｙｓｅｒｉｏｕｓａｔｔｈｅｓａｍｅｔｉｍｅ .Ｗａｔｅｒｄｅｆｉｃｉｅｎｃｙ ,ｐｏｌｌｕｔｉｏｎａｎｄｏｖｅｒｐｏｐｕｌａｔｉｏｎｈａｖｅｒｅｓｕｌｔｅｄｉｎｏｂｖｉｏｕｓｅｃｏｌｏｇｉｃａｌｄｅｇｒａｄａｔｉｏｎａｎ…     

Perspective in development of environmental technology in China

１　ＩｎｃｒｅａｓｉｎｇｅｎｖｉｒｏｎｍｅｎｔａｌｐｒｏｂｌｅｍｓｃａｌｌｆｏｒｔｅｃｈｎｏｌｏｇｉｃａｌｓｏｌｕｔｉｏｎｓＷｉｔｈｔｈｅｒａｐｉｄｅｃｏｎｏｍｉｃｇｒｏｗｔｈｉｎｔｈｅｐａｓｔｔｗｏｄｅｃａｄｅｓ，ａｌｌｔｈｅｍａｊｏｒｅｎｖｉｒｏｎｍｅｎｔａｌｐｒｏｂｌｅｍｓｏｆｗｏｒｌｄｗｉｄｅｃｏｎｃｅｒｎｈａｖｅａｐｐｅａｒｅｄｉｎＣｈｉｎａｉｎｏｎｅｗａｙｏｒａｎｏｔｈｅｒ．Ｔｈｅｙａｒｅｍａｉｎｌｙｒｅｆｌｅｃｔｅｄｉｎｓｏｉｌｅｒｏｓｉｏｎ，ｄｅｓｅｒｔｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎ，ｂｉ…     

Ecological and environmental water demand of the lakes in the Haihe—Luanhe Basic of North China

The purpose of this paper is to present a brief concept of the ecological and environmental water demand of lake. The present situation and affecting factors of lake ecological system in the Haihe-Luanhe Basin of North China was analyzed. The calculating method of the ecological and environmental water demand of the lake basis on the water body and the calculating method of the ecological and environmental water demand of the lake basis on the aquatic ecosystem, wetland and vegetation were compared and discussed. As the examples of Baiyangdian Lake and Beidagang Lake in Haihe-Luanhe river basin, the ecological and environmental water demand of the two lakes was calculated to be 27 x 10(8) m3. It is 6.75 times to the water demand according to the calculating method of the ecological and environmental water demand of the lake basis on the water body. The research result indicated: (1) The calculating methods of the ecological and environmental water demand of the lake basis on the aquatic ecosystem should be better than only basis on the water body of lake. (2) The data, such as area of the vegetation kind around and in the lake, the vegetation coefficient, the evaporating amount of the vegetation and the vegetation water demand itself around and in the lake are lack and urgent need. Some suggestions for controlling and regulating the water resource of the lake in North China were proposed.     

Establishment of environmental specimen bank in Shanghai

ＩｎｔｒｏｄｕｃｔｉｏｎＡｎｅｎｖｉｒｏｎｍｅｎｔａｌｓｐｅｃｉｍｅｎｂａｎｋ (ＥＳＢ)ｒｅｐｒｅｓｅｎｔｓａｍａｊｏｒｐａｒｔｏｆｔｈｅｎａｔｉｏｎａｌｓｙｓｔｅｍｆｏｒｅｎｖｉｒｏｎｍｅｎｔａｌｃｏｎｔｒｏｌ.Ｉｔｍｅａｎｓｔｈｅｃｏｌｌｅｃｔｉｏｎｏｆｐａｒｔｓｏｆｐｌａｎｔｓ,ａｎｉｍａｌｏｒｇａｎｓ,ｓｏｉｌａｎｄｓｅｄｉｍｅｎｔｓａｍｐｌｅｓ,ｔｈｅｉｒｐｒｏｃｅｓｓｉｎｇ ,ｐａｒｔｉａｌｃｈａｒａｃｔｅｒｉｚａｔｉｏｎａｎｄｌｏｎｇ ｔｅｒｍｓｔｏｒａｇｅｕｎｄｅｒｃｏｎｄｉｔｉｏｎｓｗ…     

A novel kinetic procedure for the determination of iron in environmental samples

ＩｎｔｒｏｄｕｃｔｉｏｎＴｈｅｄｅｔｅｒｍｉｎａｔｉｏｎｏｆｉｒｏｎｒｅｃｅｉｖｅｄｅｘｔｅｎｓｉｖｅａｔｔｅｎｔｉｏｎｂｅｃａｕｓｅｏｆｉｔｓｉｎｃｒｅａｓｉｎｇｉｍｐｏｒｔａｎｃｅｉｎｂｉｏｃｈｅｍｉｃａｌａｎｄｅｎｖｉｒｏｎｍｅｎｔａｌｓｔｕｄ...     

Using the ‘sense of self-in-place’ construct in the context of environmental policy-making and landscape planning

Although it is common practice for resource managers to focus on processes by which human activity in the environment may be adapted to ensure the sustainability of natural ecosystems, we often forget that our perceptions of who we are given where we live greatly influence the political context for regional ecosystem management. These shared ‘senses of selves-in-place’ serve as potent mediators in the process of attending to or embracing conservation-oriented practices. The authors argue that citizens’ senses of selves-in-place form the major link between how people appraise communication appeals and how they behave in the environment. Discussion focuses on the significance of the association between a sense of place, how the self gets related to the environment, and sense making related to conservation-oriented advocacy. Past and contemporary empirical studies reveal various elements of the sense of self-in-place construct. In turn, the analysis focuses on the tension that often develops given the desires of local stakeholders in competition with land-use advocates from afar (e.g. industrialists, nongovernmental organizations) by exploring three case studies of regional natural resource conflicts. Conclusions address how a sense of self-in-place analysis could be incorporated into and add value to ongoing natural resource management efforts.     

A profile of environmental science in China

This paper concisely introduced the eco-environmental survey in China and the Chinese scientific programme for environmental research which is being practiced or being planned. China has established a nation-wide system relating to environmental scientific research and environmental administration and has taken the following strategies for solving the environment problems: (1) a series of laws and regulations for environmental protection has been promulgated so as to strengthen the legal administration and economic punishment. (2) the idea of ecological construction has been proposed for the purpose of taking the environmental protection work into the consideration of the national and provincial (or regional) economic construction planning. (3) spreading ecological engineering and ecological technologies have reduced the pollutant sources and have increased the industrial and agricultural economic profit.     

Study of primary production of phytoplankton and the environmental factors in C haohu Lake water

Primary productivity was measured by the oxygen method．When there was no algal bloom，the lake water appeared clean and there was no difference between the upper and lower part of the lake water．The dissolved oxygen(DO)approached saturate around 7．0 mg/L．The average productivity rate was 0.2—0.6 g O₂/m³d，and slightly larger than respiration rate．During the period of heavy algal bloom in late September 1987，the productivity even reached 1.6g O/m³ d．The average net productivity was 0.22g O₂/m³ d，equivalent to 0.07 g C／m³d．Meanwhile，the respiration rate was also high and pH reached 9—10．The variation of water temperature，pH and DO，at various depths of the lake，are not large due tO its shallowness and turbulent mixing．     

Coping with the environmental effects of point-source discharges

Current methods for assessing the environmental impact of point source discharges in the United States are reviewed. The emphasis of many assessments of damage from pollution is shifting from chemical or technological standards to biological standards, i.e., the protection of biological integrity in the receiving system. The importance of integrating information from chemical measurements, toxicity tests, and field surveys in impact assessment is re-emphasized. Ways in which environmental professionals can improve methods for assessing damage from pollution and its control are discussed.     

Have a correct understanding of the attribute of geologicenvironment give full play to the role ofgeoscience in environmental protection

ＨａｖｅａｃｏｒｒｅｃｔｕｎｄｅｒｓｔａｎｄｉｎｇｏｆｔｈｅａｔｔｒｉｂｕｔｅｏｆｇｅｏｌｏｇｉｃｅｎｖｉｒｏｎｍｅｎｔｇｉｖｅｆｕｌｌｐｌａｙｔｏｔｈｅｒｏｌｅｏｆｇｅｏｓｃｉｅｎｃｅｉｎｅｎｖｉｒｏｎｍｅｎｔａｌｐｒｏｔｅｃｔｉｏｎＨａＣｈｅｎｇ...     

Determination of dissolved selenium species in environmental samples

This article reports on the technique for the determination of selenium at ppt level and the procedure for the speciation of dissolved selenium in the environmental samples. By combining the high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and a fluorescent detector (FLD), this technique permits the determination of selenium at 0.001 μg/L for Se(IV) and 0.005 μg/L for Se(VI) and the total concentration of selenium for a sample volume of 20 ml. In the speciation procedure, Se(IV) is firstly determined based on the selectivity of 2, 4 - diaminonaphthalene (DAN), the Se (VI) and the total element concentration are determined after reduced to Se(IV) by boiling in 4 mol/L HCl and by digesting in HNO3-HClO4 mixture, respectively. Discussions are given on the relationship between selenium speciation in waters and soil water extract and solution pH, EH and total organic carbon concentration (TOC).     

Determination of polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in environmental samples

Ｄｅｔｅｒｍｉｎａｔｉｏｎｏｆｐｏｌｙｃｈｌｏｒｉｎａｔｅｄｂｉｐｈｅｎｙｌｃｏｎｇｅｎｅｒｓｉｎｅｎｖｉｒｏｎｍｅｎｔａｌｓａｍｐｌｅｓ￥ＣｈｕＳｈａｏｇａｎｇ；ＹａｎｇＣｈｕｎ；ＸｕＸｉａｏｂａｉ（ＲｅｓｅａｒｃｈＣｅｎｔｅｒｆｏｒＥｃｏ－Ｅｎｖ...     

Modeling the fate of paddy field pesticide in surface water and environmental risk assessment

ＩｎｔｒｏｄｕｃｔｉｏｎＭｉｃｒｏ ｏｒｇａｎｉｃｃｏｍｐｏｕｎｄｓｈａｖｅｂｅｅｎｉｄｅｎｔｉｆｉｅｄａｓｏｎｅｏｆｔｈｅｍａｉｎｒｉｓｋａｇｅｎｔｇｒｏｕｐｓｉｎｄｒｉｎｋｉｎｇｗａｔｅｒ.Ｉｎｓｕｒｆａｃｅｗａｔｅｒ,ａｇｒｉｃｕｌｔｕｒａｌｃｈｅｍｉｃａｌｓａｃｃｏｕｎｔｆｏｒａｌａｒｇｅｐａｒｔｏｆｔｈｅｏｒｇａｎｉｃｃｏｍｐｏｕｎｄｃｏｎｔｅｎｔｓ.ＩｎＥａｓｔａｎｄＳｏｕｔｈｅａｓｔＡｓｉａ ,ｉｎｃｌｕｄｉｎｇＣｈｉｎａａｎｄＪａｐａｎ ,ｃｕｌｔｉｖａｔｉｎｇｏｆｒｉｃｅ,ｔｈｅｍａｉ…     

A critical analysis of environmental evolutionin the loess-plateau area

Ａｃｒｉｔｉｃａｌａｎａｌｙｓｉｓｏｆｅｎｖｉｒｏｎｍｅｎｔａｌｅｖｏｌｕｔｉｏｎｉｎｔｈｅｌｏｅｓｓ－ｐｌａｔｅａｕａｒｅａＬｕＺｈｏｎｇｃｈｅｎ（ＲｅｓｅａｒｃｈＣｅｎｔｅｒｆｏｒＥｃｏ－ＥｎｖｉｒｏｎｍｅｎｔａｌＳｃｉｅｎｃｅｓ．Ｃｈｉｎｅｓｅ...     

Application of closed-vessel microwave digestion method for the determination of multi-elements in environmental samples by sequential ICP-AES

A closed-vessel microwave digestion method is described for the rapid dissolution of environmental samples such as foods, soils and sediments. Depending on the sample type, 0.1-0.2 g sample was decomposed with HNO3/H2O2 or HNO3 / H2O2/HF acid mixture in a PTFE digestion vessel by using microwave heating for 2-3 min at 500W of microwave power. The solution, or to which 0.5 g of boric acid was added, was diluted to 25-50 ml and directly determined by sequential ICP-AES. The accuracy of the procedure was validated by the analysis of six standard reference materials for 10 elements. Ail results were in a good agreements with the certified values.     

Progress in the research on aquatic environmental nonpoint source pollution in China

ＰｒｏｇｒｅｓｉｎｔｈｅｒｅｓｅａｒｃｈｏｎａｑｕａｔｉｃｅｎｖｉｒｏｎｍｅｎｔａｌｎｏｎｐｏｉｎｔｓｏｕｒｃｅｐｏｌｕｔｉｏｎｉｎＣｈｉｎａＢａｏＱｕａｎｓｈｅｎｇ，ＭａｏＸｉａｎｑｉａｎｇ，ＷａｎｇＨｕａｄｏｎｇＩｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅｏｆＥｎｖｉｒｏ...     

Review of the progress in preparing nano Ti02： An important environmental engineering material

TiO2 nanomaterial is promising with its high potential and outstanding performance in photocatalytic environmental applications, such as CO2 conversion, water treatment, and air quality control. For many of these applications, the particle size, crystal structure and phase, porosity, and surface area influence the activity of TiO2 dramatically. TiO2 nanomaterials with special structures and morphologies, such as nanospheres, nanowires, nanotubes, nanorods, and nanoflowers are thus synthesized due to their desired characteristics. With an emphasis on the different morphologies of TiO2 and the influence factors in the synthesis, this review summarizes fourteen TiO2 preparation methods, such as the sol-gel method, solvothermal method, and reverse micelle method. The TiO2 formation mechanisms, the advantages and disadvantages of the preparation methods, and the photocatalytic environmental application examples are proposed as well.