Human exposure to a mixture of endocrine disruptors and serum levels of thyroid hormones: A cross-sectional study

Exposure to endocrine disruptors (EDCs) could disrupt thyroid hormone homeostasis. However, human epidemiological studies reported inconsistent observations, and scarce information on the effect of a mixture of chemicals. The aim of the present study was to examine the associations of multiple chemicals with thyroid hormones among adults from China. We measured serum levels of thyroid hormones and urinary levels of 11 EDCs, including six phthalate metabolites, bisphenol A (BPA), bisphenol F (BPF), bisphenol S (BPS), perchlorate, and thiocyanate among 177 healthy adults without occupational exposure. Associations of multiple urinary analytes with serum thyroid hormones were examined by performing general linear regression analysis and bayesian kernal machine regression analysis. These EDCs were detected in almost all samples. After adjusting for various covariates, we observed only BPF significantly associated with total thyroxin (TT4) (β=-0.27, 95% confidence interval (CI) [-0.41, -0.14]), total triiodothyronine (TT3) (β=-0.02 95% CI [-0.03, -0.01]), free T4 (fT4) (β=-0.02, 95% CI [-0.03, -0.01]), and free T3 (fT3) (β=-0.04, 95% CI [-0.07, -0.01]), and mono-(2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl) phthalate (MEOHP) and monoethyl phthalate (MEP) positively associated with TT4 (β=0.24, 95% CI [0.01, 0.48]) and fT4 (β=0.02, 95% CI [0.01, 0.04]), respectively. Moreover, we observed significant dose-response relationships between TT4 and the mixture of 11 EDCs, and BPF was the main contributor to the mixture effect, suggesting the priority of potential effect of BPF on disrupting thyroid function under a real scenario of human exposure to multiple EDCs. Our findings supported the hypothesis that human exposure to low levels of EDCs could alter thyroid hormones homeostasis among non-occupational healthy adults.     

运用生物循环理论建立多元生物污水处理新工艺

以活性污泥法为主流工艺的现代污水处理技术,存在着工程投资大，运行费用高，管理复杂等缺点，按照生物循环基本理论要示是不完善的。多元生物污水处理是按照食物链代谢规律,运有生物循环理论，设计成微生物－植物－水生动物3个处理单元。污水中的有机物作为微生物人良料在第1单元被套氧微生物消化降解成CO2，H2O，NH^ 4,CH^-4等，除CH4作为生物能源可回收利用外，其它物质是植物的营养物质，在第2单元藻类等多种植物吸收，通过光合作用合成植物细胞，并释放氧气，在第1单元和第2单元增殖的细胞和藻类成为水生动物的食料，在第3单元被浮游动物和鱼类捕食，转化成动物蛋白，污水中的有机物在3个单元组成的生态净化系统中，被多样生物逐级利用，最终转化成植物细胞和动物蛋白，使污水得到净化，达到三级处理水平，不产生二次污 ，是一种安全的，对环境友好的污水处理新技术，在国外被誉为21世纪的新科技。该污水净化系统，按照生物循环基本理论进行工艺设计，通过生态平衡自我调控，具有工艺流程简单，投资省，运行费用低，管理简便等优点，适合我国国情，有广阔的应用前景，尤其适有于小城镇污水处理。     

涡凹气浮机在炼油污水处理中的应用

对涡凹气浮机在炼油污水气浮工艺的改造的应用进行了总结，改造后该气浮机具有投资省、运行费用低、操作维护简单、工作效率高等优点，且运行稳定，效果比较理想，应用前景十分广阔。     

Climatic change and urbanization effect in China

Climatic change and urbanization effect in China during the last 39 years were investigated. It is found that a warming of about 0.23℃ for the annual temperature has been noticed from 1951 to 1989. The warmings of about 0.78 ℃ in winter and 0.34 3℃ in spring have been shown. It is also presented that a cooling of about -0.27℃ in summer has been indicated. The bigger cities are warmer than smaller cities in China. The dried trends in the annual precipitation during the last 39 years were presented. The precipitation decreased obviously in summer all over China. The bigger cities were drier than smaller cities.     

Sensitivity experiments and assessment of climatic changes in China induced by greenhouse effect

Climatic changes can be separated into two parts: natural changes -and human activity influenced on climatic changes. The observed data could not only show the effects caused by human activity. Several simulated results as simulated by the GCMs induced by the greenhouse effects in China .have been analysed. It is shown that an obvious warming of about 3-6℃ in winter and 2-5℃ in summer in China as simulated by the GCMs induced by doubling CO2 have been found. There are getting drier or wetter regions in China due to doubled CO2 as simulated by most of models. Comparing the simulated results with the observed data in China, some simulated results are able to be believed. The GCMs should be improved, especially in the regional areas.     

黄磷尾气净化方法探讨

黄磷尾气的主要成分是CO，可作为燃料和碳一化工原料。综合论述了黄磷尾气的几种净化方法，对其净化效果进行比较，并对净化后的尾气用途作了简单介绍。分析了黄磷尾气净化的难点。     

青藏铁路工程对高原生态环境的影响

分析了青藏铁路工程建设生态环境的特点，探讨了青藏铁路建设对沿线冻融侵蚀、植被、冻土上限、沙漠化以及野生动物的影响，最后提出了铁路建设过程中的一些环境保护意义。     

活性炭吸附-光催化氧化深度净水工艺实验研究

以光催化氧化作为活性炭吸附工艺出水通常存在的亚硝酸盐、余氯与细菌总数超标等问题,并能去除铁穿透炭层的极性短链有机污染物,使出水达到《饮用净水水质标准》（CJ94－1999）。与目前常用的活性炭－反渗透组合工艺相比,该工艺具有可保留水中有益的矿物成分的特点,具有良好的应用前景。     

新疆农用地变化的环境效应

土地生态环境问题一直都是专家、学者研究的热点话题,土地利用的生态环境效应更是人们日益关注的问题,以新疆1996-2004年农用地详查数据为依据,在分析研究土地利用的变化特点的基础上,阐述了农用地变化产生的环境效应.尽管农用地数量在整体上是增加的,但是土地沙化、退化,水土流失、生物多样性减少等一系列生态环境恶化现象仍在继续.因此,新疆农用地要在水资源的承载范围内适度增加.目前,新疆农用地变化给整体环境带来负面的效应,仅使局部生态环境改善,整体环境变坏.因此,新疆在土地利用中,要以此为鉴,加强生态环境建设,注重各种功能用地的结合.     

膜生物反应器技术的研究和应用展望

膜生物反应器是将膜分离技术与生物上结合而开发的新型系统，该文就膜生物反应器的特征、研究现状、不同形式反应器的技术参数与处理效果等。进行了综述、由于膜生物反应器具有明显的优点，故愈来愈受到人们的重视、成为研究的热点之一。膜生物反应器的研究和范围不断拓宽，有的已进入污水处理实用阶段，建议今后在开发适合于分离的特种膜方面，在组件形式，操作条件，清洗方式等对膜通量的影响方面，以及生物作用与膜分离工艺的相互