Toxic trace elements emitted during coal combustion are the main sources of air pollution. They are released into the atmosphere
mainly in the forms of fine ash, smoke and flue, and thus adversely affect plant, animal and human health. Selenium is one
of toxic and the most volatile in coal. Large amount of atmospheric emission of selenium, as well as selenium present and
scrubber stockpiles in ash may create serious environmental problems. In the paper, on the basis of investigating the abundance
and distribution of selenium in plant-rings during recent 20 years, the bioaccumulation of selenium is explained that selenium
in plant, which were collected from the village of selenium-rich coal combustion, is much higher than that in plants collected
away from the village of selenium-rich coal combustion. The main origins of selenium are selenium-rich coal combustion and
high-selenium rock weathered. The selenium recycle by food chain and selenium will accumulate and redistribute in environments. 相似文献
As the embodiment of human activities, the change of regional industrial structure is an essential driving factor of global
environmental change. Consequently, the research on the change of regional industrial structure and associated effects on
the environment is one of the key issues of researches on sustainable development, human–environment relationship, and regional
response to global environment change. However, compared to the flourish of researches on environmental impact assessment
of industrial departments, few studies have been conducted to assess the environmental impact of regional industrial structure.
In this study, based on a synthetic analysis of environmental disturbances of different industrial departments, the environmental
impact coefficient of industrial department associated with the index of environmental impact of industrial structure was
constructed, so as to make a quantitative assessment of environmental impact of the change of regional industrial structure.
And the results of the case study in Lijiang City, a rural region of China, have showed that there are two obvious changes
of industrial structure in the study area from 1992 to 2003, associated with a continuous decreasing of the index of environmental
impact of industrial structure, which indicated a positive environmental effects of the change of regional industrial structure. 相似文献
Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Corrosion has made petrochemical infrastructure becomes a significant hazard of the surrounding environment. It is an excellent approach to reduce the... 相似文献
Currently, the correlation between ambient temperature and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) hospital admissions remains not determined. The aim of this study was to explore the correlation between ambient temperature and SLE hospital admissions in Hefei City, China. An ecological study design was adopted. Daily data on SLE hospital admissions in Hefei City, from January 1, 2007, to December 31, 2017, were obtained from the two largest tertiary hospitals in Hefei, and the daily meteorological data at the same period were retrieved from China Meteorological Data Network. The generalized additive model (GAM) combined with distributed lag nonlinear model (DLNM) with Poisson link was applied to evaluate the influence of ambient temperature on SLE hospital admissions after controlling for potential confounding factors, including seasonality, relative humidity, day of week, and long-term trend. There were 1658 SLE hospital admissions from 2007 to 2017, including 370 first admissions and 1192 re-admissions (there were 96 admissions with admission status not stated). No correlation was observed between ambient temperature and SLE first admissions, but a correlation was found between low ambient temperature and SLE re-admissions (RR: 2.53, 95% CI: 1.11, 5.77) (3.5 °C vs 21 °C). The effect of ambient temperature on SLE re-admissions remained for 2 weeks but disappeared in 3 weeks. Exposure to low ambient temperature may increase hospital re-admissions for SLE, and thus it is important for SLE patients to maintain a warm living environment and avoid exposure to lower ambient temperature.