邵阳市城区大气降尘中的Pb、Cd的污染及环境风险评价

为研究邵阳市城区大气降尘中Pb、Cd的污染程度及环境风险,于2011—2014年在不同功能区采集大气降尘样品,对Pb、Cd的污染程度及环境风险进行评价。结果表明,邵阳市城区大气降尘中Pb、Cd平均值分别为167.29、2.09mg/kg;各功能区大气降尘中Pb的年平均值污染程度级别在2~3级,城区的年平均值污染程度为中度污染,Cd在各个功能区及城区的年平均值污染程度级别均为4级,属于强污染;各功能区Pb、Cd的潜在生态风险指数波动较小,Pb均为轻微生态危害,Cd均为极强生态危害;城区大气降尘中Pb、Cd的总非致癌风险为儿童6.90×10-1、成年女性9.59×10-2、成年男性8.26×10-2;Cd的呼吸系统吸入途径平均致癌风险为成年女性5.42×10-9、成年男性为5.15×10-9,远低于10-6~10-4,不具有致癌风险。     

西安市各功能区7月大气降尘中多环芳烃污染特征及风险评价

为了解西安市7月大气降尘中多环芳烃(PAHs)的污染特征,在对西安市各功能区7月大气降尘样品采集的基础上,测定分析了样品中PAHs的含量、组成、来源、生态健康风险及其与总有机碳(TOC)的关系。结果表明:(1)西安市7月大气降尘中PAHs为0.92～20.60μg/g,平均值为8.10μg/g,其中荧蒽、菲、芘、和苯并[a]芘含量相对较大。各功能区大气降尘中PAHs主要以4环为主。(2)PAHs与TOC之间存在显著相关性,而各单体PAHs与TOC呈现不同程度的相关性。(3)西安市7月大气降尘中PAHs主要来源于机动车排放、燃煤和低温燃烧。(4)依据终生癌症风险增量(ILCR)模型,大气降尘中PAHs对不同暴露人群的风险值均为10~(-6)～10~(-4),存在人体可耐受致癌风险。生态风险评价显示,大气降尘中PAHs污染存在潜在生态风险。     

上海市城区径流污染及控制对策

随着城市点源污染控制程度的提高,雨水径流引起的面源污染日益突出.非渗透性地表径流污染成为城市水体污染的主要来源.对上海市城区非渗透性地表径流进行了为期3年的采样调查,监测了COD、BOD5、SS、NH3-N、TP和TN等污染物指标,并估算了单位面积径流年污染负荷.结合上海市实际情况,提出了城区径流污染控制的综合策略.     

北京城区雨水径流水质及其主要影响因素

掌握城区雨水径流水质及其主要的影响因素是有效地利用城区雨水资源和控制城市非点源污染的基础。根据北京 1998— 2 0 0 0年大量的降雨径流水质数据 ,本文分析了城区屋面和道路雨水径流的水质变化规律及其主要影响因素城市雨水径流的水质很差 ,初期径流的污染程度甚至超过城市污水。除了空气质量的影响外 ,最重要的影响因素是屋面材料、道路类型及路面污染状况、气温、降雨强度、降雨量和降雨间隔时间等     

北京城区雨水径流水质及其主要影响因素

掌握城区雨水径流水质及其主要的影响因素是有效地利用城区雨水资源和控制城市非点源污染的基础，根据北京1998－2000年大量的降雨径流水质数据，本文分析了城区屋面和道路雨水径流的水质变化规律及其主要影响因素。城市雨水径流的水质很差，初期径流的污染程度甚至超过城市污水，除了空气质量的影响外，最重要的影响因素是屋面材料，道路类型及路面污染状况，气温，降雨强度，降雨量和降雨间隔时间等。     

南方某铅锌锰冶炼区周边大气降尘重金属污染水平及风险评价

于2016年8月至2017年1月分别对南方某铅锌锰冶炼区周边(污染区)及大新村(对照区)进行大气降尘干法采集,测定了大气降尘中Cd、Zn、Pb、Mn、Cu、As、Ni、Cr含量,采用富集因子法、潜在生态风险指数法和健康风险评价对大气降尘重金属污染进行源解析与风险评价。结果表明,污染区大气降尘中Cd、Cr、Mn、Ni、Pb、As、Zn、Cu均值分别为166.6、104.5、6 109.0、80.9、635.9、53.6、8 838.5、180.3mg/kg,分别为背景值的691.3、2.1、11.6、2.4、24.5、2.9、106.6、6.9倍。富集因子法分析得出,污染区大气降尘中Cd、Zn和Pb主要来源于铅锌冶炼以及电解锰企业;Mn、Cu、As和Ni在大气降尘中富集程度次之,既受自然源,也受人为源影响。生态风险评价表明,污染区大气降尘中Cd为极强生态危害,Pb、Zn属于强生态危害,Cu、As、Ni、Cr均为轻微生态危害,综合潜在生态风险达到很强生态危害等级。健康风险评价表明,污染区大气降尘中重金属主要健康风险来源于非致癌风险,致癌风险可忽略。大气降尘中Pb、As、Cd经手-口摄入途径对儿童存在非致癌风险,应采取措施降低污染区大气降尘中Pb、As、Cd含量,控制手-口摄入途径对儿童的非致癌风险。     

大气降尘污染引起城市供水增加的污染率计量模型

分析了城市缺水及影响城市供水的诸多因素,探讨了供水影响因素与城市供水间的关系,提出了大气降尘污染因素引起的城市供水增加的污染率计算模型.在此基础上,利用该模型对西安市降尘污染引起的城市供水增加比例进行了模拟分析.该模型为城市供水预测和环境污染损失计算提供了一种可借鉴的方法,对城市环境保护及城市供水规划具有一定的参考价值.     

高邮市城区污染强度与北澄子河环境容量的相关性

根据2004年度高邮市主要纳污河流北澄子河流经城区后，污染物增加量、城区段河流的自净量及河流剩余环境容量，计算出城区段河流的总环境容量，再通过各年度河流流经城区后污染物增加量及自净量，计算出各年度城区段河流的剩余环境容量，分析城区污染强度与北澄子河环境容量的相关性，得到线性公式，从而可以根据城区污染强度推算环境容量的变化，或根据环境容量的变化推算城区污染强度。     

新疆准东地区降尘重金属污染分析及健康风险评价

使用单因子污染指数及污染负荷指数计算重金属污染水平,应用美国环境保护署人体暴露风险评价方法对6种降尘重金属(Zn、Cu、Cr、Pb、Hg、As)进行健康风险评价。结果表明:(1)新疆准东地区降尘中6种重金属均值都高于昌吉土壤背景值。(2)健康风险评价表明,手-口摄食途径是儿童和成人致癌及非致癌的最主要暴露途径。As是致癌风险的主要贡献者。对于成人而言,降尘重金属的总非致癌和总致癌风险都在可接受的范围内,但儿童总非致癌风险、总致癌风险分别是成人的7.20、1.34倍,且儿童的总非致癌风险已大于安全阈值。     

破碎站粉尘逸散规律及降尘技术的数值模拟及其应用

针对露天矿破碎站粉尘污染严重、治理技术中存在的缺陷,提出了超声波雾化喷雾降尘技术。以平朔安家岭煤矿为例,根据破碎站区域粉尘污染情况,应用数学模型对破碎站粉尘逸散规律进行解算,将模拟结果与现场实测数据对比,确定对卸载坑采用150~300μm雾滴粒径和对破碎机各产尘点采用1~10μm雾滴粒径的机体梁上外喷雾方式,通过对采取治理方案后破碎站粉尘浓度逸散的数值模拟和现场实际应用后的测试数据,显示全尘和呼吸性粉尘降尘效率分别达到94%和82%。结果表明,超声波喷雾降尘技术能有效降低破碎站粉尘浓度,保障了作业人员工作环境和安全。     

Characteristics and provenance of dustfall during an unusual floating dust event

This study aims to investigate the characteristics, provenance, and particle-related pollution of an intense dustfall event that occurred in Beijing on 16–17 April 2006. Satellite images reveal that the aeolian dust originated in northeastern Alxa League of Inner Mongolia and passed southeastward across northern Ningxia, middle Inner Mongolia, northern Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Hebei provinces. The dust then moved out of continental China in the vicinity of Beijing and Tianjin. The floating dust led to severe air pollution in Huhhot, Datong, and Beijing. We measured dustfall by collecting dust samples, investigated particle morphology, and calculated the mass medium diameter (MMD) of the dustfall using a scanning electron microscope (SEM). Major elements and mineral content of the dust particles were determined by electron probe and powder X-ray diffractometer, respectively. The relative abundance of dustfall during this event was 12.5–15.0 g m^?2, making up about 10% of the total annual dustfall in Beijing. Dustfall amounted to 205 thousand tons in Beijing, the largest amount observed in recent years. The dust particles were mostly angular, subangular and subrounded in morphology, and the MMD was nearly 12 μm. Particles <10 μm accounted for 54.7% by number, but fine sand particles (larger than 50 μm) made up 53.7% by volume. Particles with diameters larger than 20 μm made up of the predominant volume of the samples (90.35%). Hence, this dustfall event was characterized by a high content of fine sand and coarse silt particles. The principal elements in the dust particles were C, O, Si, Al, Fe, and Ca, whereas the major minerals were quartz, Na-feldspar, calcite, and clay minerals.     

The Variability of Dustfall Analysis Due to the Container and the Collecting Fluid

As part of their air pollution control program, many communities monitor the coarse dust content of the atmosphere by simply exposing an open vessel to the atmosphere for an extended period of time. The material collected and retained by a fluid layer is then weighed and chemically analyzed. In this study a statistical approach was used to separate the real and significant effects of different container-fluid combinations on both the magnitude of dustfall and its composition.     

冶金企业无组织排放颗粒物影响评价

以上海市某冶金企业为例,该厂有正常运行的冶炼炉13座,每年向大气中排放大量颗粒污染物.基于高斯倾斜烟羽模式,整理了2003年上海市全年的气象资料,运用气象概率矩阵法计算了该厂直排点源及无组织面源排放颗粒物的影响,得出了厂区内无组织排放颗粒物落地浓度等值线图.计算结果表明,厂区内颗粒物污染主要来自无组织面源,污染集中在厂区中心的污染源附近;直排点源对环境的影响较小,污染主要集中在下风向.     

Potentially toxic metal contamination of urban soils and roadside dust in Shanghai, China

A detailed investigation was conducted to understand the contamination characteristics of a selected set of potentially toxic metals in Shanghai. The amount of Pb, Zn, Cu, Cr, Cd and Ni were determined from 273 soil/dust samples collected within urban area. The results indicated that concentration of all metals except Ni in soils was significant, and metal pollution was even severer in roadside dust. A series of metal spatial distribution maps were created through geostatistical analysis, and the pollution hotspots tended to associate with city core area, major road junctions, and the regions close to industrial zones. In attempt of identifying the source of metals through geostatistical and multivariate statistical analyses, it was concluded as follows: Pb, Zn and Cu mainly originated from traffic contaminants; soil Ni was associated with natural concentration; Cd largely came from point-sourced industrial pollution; and Cr, Ni in dust were mainly related to atmospheric deposition.     

Indoor metallic pollution related to mining activity in the Bolivian Altiplano

The environmental pollution associated with mining and metallurgical activities reaches its greatest extent in several Andean cities and villages. Many locations in this area have accumulated through centuries a large amount of mining wastes, often disregarding the magnitude of this situation. However, in these naturally mineralized regions, there is little information available stating the exact role of mining and metallurgical industries in urban pollution. In this study, we demonstrated that the various metallic elements present in indoor dust (As, Cd, Cu, Pb, Sb, Sn, Zn) had a common origin and this contamination was increased by the proximity to the mines. Lead dust concentration was found at concerning levels for public health. In addition, wrong behaviors such as carrying mining workwear home contributed to this indoor dust pollution. Consequently, the constant exposure of the population could represent a potential health hazard for vulnerable groups, especially children.     

Biomonitoring spatial and temporal impact of atmospheric dust from a cement industry

The objective of this work was to evaluate the spatial and temporal impact of dust-pollution in the vicinity of a cement industry, located in an area with dry climate. The spatial impact integrated over time was evaluated from the concentrations of Ca, Fe and Mg in in-situ Xanthoria parietina. The temporal pattern was assessed through one-month transplants of the lichen Ramalina canariensis. Four potential sources of atmospheric dust were evaluated: the limestone-quarry; the unpaved roads, the deposit area and the cement mill. Calcium concentration in lichens was considered the best cement-dust indicator. Different types of dust (clinker and grinded-limestone-dust) resulted in different time-patterns of Ca accumulation, which was also related with the different influence that wet and dry periods have in the lichen accumulation process. The dust pollution was found to be deposited locally and dependent on: the nature of dust particles and the volume and frequency of precipitation.     

Air Quality Impact of Aircraft at Ten U.S. Air Force Bases

Data on visits to New York City metropolitan area hospital emergency rooms for asthmatic attacks were analyzed to identify asthma “events”: days when the number of such visits was unusually high. In the fall season such days tended to occur simultaneously at all hospitals of the study, and thus can be plausibly associated with some environmental agent acting simultaneously throughout the city. Data on sulfur dioxide and particulate concentrations from the 40-station New York City Aerometric Network were used as pollution measures, and a search for a relationship between asthma “events” and air pollution levels on the same day and on the preceding day was made using standard statistical techniques. No relationship was found.     

The morphological structure of leaves and the dust-retaining capability of afforested plants in urban Guangzhou, South China

Purpose

Air pollution is a serious health problem throughout the world, exacerbating a wide range of respiratory and vascular illnesses in urban areas. The mass artificial plantation is very helpful to absorb dust and reduce pollution for conservation of the urban environment. The foliar surface of plants is an important receptor of atmospheric pollutants. Therefore, selection of suitable plant species for urban environment is very important.

Methods

The dust-retaining capability of urban trees in Guangzhou was determined at four different types of urban area, and the morphological traits of their leaves such as wax, cuticle, stomata, and trichomes were observed under a scanning electron microscope.

Results

It was determined that the dust-retaining capability of any given tree species is significantly different in the same place. Of the four studied tree species in the industrial area (IA) and commercial/traffic areas (CTA) type urban areas, the highest amounts of dust removed by Mangifera indica Linn was 12.723 and 1.482?g/m², respectively. However, in contrast, the equivalent maxima for Bauhinia blakeana is only 2.682?g/m² and 0.720?g/m², respectively. Different plant species have different leaf morphology. The leaf of M. indica has deep grooves and high stomata density which are in favor of dust-retained, and thus, their dust-retained capability is stronger, while B. blakeana has the cells and epicuticular wax with its stomata arranging regularly, resulting in poor dust catching capability. Leaf size was also shown to be related to dust capture for the four studied tree species.

Conclusions

The dust removal capacity of individual tree species should be taken into account in the management of greening plantation in and around an urban area. It was also shown that temporal variation in dust accumulation occurred over the 28-day observation period and this was discussed. Furthermore, spatial contrasts in dust accumulation were evidenced by the data. This reflected the differing pollution loadings of the four urban-type areas. The highest amount of dust accumulation was associated with the industrial area in which shipyard and steelworks occurred whilst the lowest dust accumulation was associated with the grounds of the University which was the control area.     

Atmospheric Corrosion Studies in Two Metropolitan Areas

Atmospheric corrosion studies using established air monitoring network sites were conducted in metropolitan St. Louis and Chicago to obtain information on the quantitative relation between mean pollution levels and corrosion losses. The studies are described and data are presented showing the good correlation found between corrosion losses and sulfur-related pollutants and the insignificant effect of dustfall and suspended particulate matter.     

Determination of buffering capacity of total suspended particle and its source apportionment using the chemical mass balance approach

The samples of total suspended particle (TSP) from sources and TSP in the ambient atmosphere were collected in 2006 at Tianjin, People's Republic of China and analyzed for 16 chemical elements, two water-soluble ions, total carbon, and organic carbon. On the basis of the chemical mass balance (CMB) model, the contributions of different TSP sources to the ambient TSP were identified. The results showed that resuspended dust has the biggest contributions to the concentration of ambient TSP. The buffering capacity of each TSP source was also determined by an analytical chemistry method, and the result showed that the constructive dust (the dust emitted from construction work) had the strongest buffering capacity among the measured sources, whereas the coal combustion dust had the weakest buffering capacity. A calculation formula of the source of buffering capacity of ambient TSP was developed based on the result of TSP source apportionment and the identification of the buffering capacity of each TSP source in this study. The results of the source apportionment of the buffering capacity of ambient TSP indicated that open sources (including soil dust, resuspended dust, and constructive dust) were the dominant sources of the buffering capacity of the ambient TSP. Acid rain pollution in cities in Northern China might become serious with a decrease of open source pollution without reducing acidic sources. More efforts must be made to evaluate this potential risk, and countermeasures should be proposed as early as possible.