Municipal sludge management: Health aspects of crop uptake of cadmium from sludge-amended soil and recommendations for regulation

Regulations have been proposed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to promote the proper management of sludge disposal on croplands. The application of municipal sludge to croplands raises serious questions concerning the increase in dietary levels of metals resulting from metal uptake by crops. A model is presented that affords a quantitative estimate of the dietary increase of metals when foods are derived from sludge-amended soil. If a diet or part of a diet is derived completely from sludge-amended soil, it is likely to be excessive in cadmium and pose a clear health hazard. Recommendations designed to reduce the potential health threat of excessive metals in the diet are presented.     

模拟酸雨对华南典型树种生长及营养元素含量的影响

我国是世界上的第3大酸雨区,而华南地区是我国酸雨比较严重的地区之一。越来越严重的酸雨将对森林生态系统林木生长产生负面影响。本文采用盆栽试验模拟研究酸雨对华南典型树种尾叶桉和马尾松幼树生长及营养元素含量的影响。酸雨水平有4个:pH6.8(CK)、pH5、pH4和pH3。幼树生长期间观察并记录其酸雨受害症状,每隔10a测量一次树高,4个月后统计生物量、叶面积情况,并分析植株样品中的N、P、K、Ca、Mg等元素的质量分数。试验结果表明,在不同酸度酸雨的协迫下,尾叶桉和马尾松幼苗表现出不同程度的受害症状,酸度越高受害越严重。酸雨显著地抑制尾叶桉和马尾松的树高生长,降低幼苗生物量,减少叶面积生长。与对照相比,生长四个月后,pH5、pH4和pH3处理分别导致尾叶桉生物量降低10.79%、19.21%和27.25%,马尾松降低12.78%、22.98%和28.70%。尾叶桉植株内P、Mg、Ca质量分数不同程度地受到酸雨的影响,而N、K质量分数不受酸雨影响;马尾松除了P元素以外,其它元素质量分数在各个酸雨处理之间差异不显著。     

不同氮肥与磷肥的互作效应

利用盆栽试验研究了潮土中不同氮肥与磷肥的互作效应，结果表明：不同氮肥与磷肥的配合施用对潮土中油菜的生长和养分吸收有显著的交互作用。生长初期，施氮并不能促进、甚至会抑制油菜的生长，氯化铵较其它氮肥作用突出。随着生长期的延长，氮肥对油荣生长的促进作用逐渐显现，但氯化铵的促进作刚仍低于其它氮肥。植株养分累积受不同氮肥影响的规律与植株干物质累积表现的规律基本一致。土壤有效磷含最受不同氮肥影响较小，而水溶性磷含量因施用不同氮肥表现出显著的差异，特别是在生长初期的土壤中。相关分析结果表明，油菜生长初期的干物质质量与土壤水溶性磷含量达到极显著相关（r=0．727^＊＊）。因此推测，不同氮肥对油菜生长的影响可能因氮肥降低土壤中磷的有效性所致，这些结果对今后的合理施肥提供了重要的参考依据。     

蔬菜对硒的吸收及适宜补硒食用量

以小白菜、番茄和萝卜为研究对象，通过施用外源硒，研究了不同蔬菜对硒的吸收特性。结果表明，施硒均明显提高了蔬菜可食部分的含硒量，且含硒量随施硒量的增加而增加；随生长时间的增加，小白菜的含硒量逐渐增加，而萝卜的含硒量逐渐降低。随着采收时间延后，番茄的含硒量逐渐降低；为保证合理补硒，确定了本试验所生产富硒蔬菜的适宜食用量。     

Elemental sulfur effects on Pb and Zn uptake by Indian mustard and winter wheat

A pot experiment was conducted to investigate the influence of elemental sulfur to contaminated soil on plant uptake by a heavy metal hyperaccumulator, Indian mustard( Brassica juncea ) and a field crop, winter wheat( Triticum. aestivum). Elemental sulfur(S) with different rates was carried out, they were 0(S0 ), 20(S20 ), 40(S40 ), 80(S80 ), and 160(S160 ) mmol/kg respectively. Extra pots with the same rates of S but without plants were used for soil sampling to monitor pH and CaCl2-extractable heavy metal changes. The results showed that S enhanced phytoextraction of Pb and Zn from contaminated soil. Application S effectively decreased soil pH down to 1.1 as the most at the rate of Sl60. The concentrations of CaCl2-extractable Pb and Zn in soil and uptake of Pb and Zn by the plants were increased with soil pH decreased. A good correlation between CaCl2-extractable Pb/Zn and soil pH was found( Rpb^2 = 0.847 and RZn^2 = 0,991, n = 25). With S application, soil CaCl2-extractable Pb and Zn concentrations, concentration of Pb and Zn in plants and the amount of removal by plant uptake were significanfly higher than those without S. Under the treatment of S160, the highest CaCl2-extmctable Pb and Zn were observed, they were 4.23 mg/kg and 0.40 mg/kg, 2.7 and 2.0 times as that of the control(So ) respectively. At the highest rates of S( Sl~0 ), both Indian mustard and winter wheat reached the highest uptake of Pb and Zn. The highest Pb concentrations in wheat and Indian mustard were 32.8 mg/kg and 537.0 mg/kg, all 1.8 times as that of the control, and the highest Zn concentrations in wheat and Indian mustard were 215.5 mg/kg and 404.0 mg/kg, 2.4 and 2.0 times as that of the control respectively. The highest removals of Pb and Zn from the contaminated soil were 0.41 rag/pot and 0.31 nag/pot by Indian mustard in the treatment of S160 through 50 days growth.     

活性污泥数学模型中异养菌产率系数的测定研究

利用活性污泥数学模型预测污水生物处理系统,首先必须确定其参数和水质组分。采用间歇活性污泥法和呼吸计量法对活性污泥数学模型中异养菌产率系数γ_H进行测定研究。结果表明,间歇活性污泥法测定结果重现性较差,试验控制条件比较严格;呼吸计量法测定结果准确性较高,重现性良好,因而,呼吸计量法是比较可行的γ_H测定方法。     

城市街道常绿灌木植物叶片滞尘能力及滞尘颗粒物形态

城市园林植被中街道常绿灌木受工业排放、机动车尾气和道路扬尘等多重污染影响,其叶片生长高度恰好接近人体呼吸带,叶片受污染程度可反映人体污染暴露水平,是良好的环境质量代用指标。对于北方城市环境而言,常绿植被叶片的滞尘效应尤其重要。作者选择大气颗粒物污染严重的石家庄市为代表,对北方地区园林常用灌木植物大叶黄杨叶片的滞尘效应进行了研究。在石市4条主交通干道两旁样点首先对选定的大叶黄杨叶片进行冲洗,5日后取回载尘叶片进行滞尘量测量,重复进行5次,获得5个周期内叶片滞尘量数据;并对叶片表面滞尘颗粒物形态进行扫描电镜观察。结果表明,晴朗微风天气条件下,大叶黄杨叶片平均滞尘量为0.8614g·m-2·d-1,单叶最大饱和滞尘量为11.6197g·m-2,累积达到叶片饱和滞尘量的时间是15日。大叶黄杨叶片滞尘量大于同时期环境监测的大气降尘量,差额来自机动车排放和道路扬尘影响,这种影响约占叶片全部滞尘量的34.7%。大叶黄杨叶片表面滞尘为粒径小于10μm的颗粒物,深度清洗后叶片表面仍滞留粒径小于5μm的颗粒物,说明大叶黄杨叶片可以固定有害悬浮颗粒物并使之从大气环境中清除。本研究表明大叶黄杨强滞尘能力是城市近地面层环境中清除颗粒物污染的重要机制。     

Mass balance modeling of arsenic processes in cropland soils

This study delineated the mathematical forms for the reactions involved in the mass balance of As in cropland soils. Even mathematically simplified, many model parameters are required to define the reactive processes involved. Example simulations were conducted based on the range of parameter values and initial conditions derived from published literature. The outcomes showed that the As inputs due to fertilizers and irrigation water caused total As content of the root zone to gradually increase over time. The plant uptake and leaching were equally important as pathways for removal of the added As. In turn, the dissolution kinetics of the mineral phase and the distribution coefficient of the adsorbed phase affected the availability of the As for plant uptake and leaching. Parameters based on laboratory-derived data on the dissolution of As mineral phase, mineralization and oxidation of As(III), and the As plant uptake however appeared to overestimate the As transformations in soils. While the development of mathematical model was a straightforward process, its application to realistic situations was hindered by difficulties of defining model parameter values with confidence. Current knowledge on the processes and reactions of As transformation in the soil–plant system is inadequate to calibrate or validate the model. Studies are needed to understand the kinetics of soil As mineral dissolution and precipitation and the dynamics of root growth and As uptake by plant in soils.     

Nutrients Can Enhance Phytoremediation of Copper-Polluted Soil by Indian Mustard

An orthogonally designed experiment was conducted to study the single and combined effects of N, P and K on phytoremediation of Cu-polluted soil by Indian mustard. Addition of fertilizer N and P significantly increased Indian mustard shoot yield. Two high treatments combined with N resulted in the highest yields, followed by low-P combined with N. In contrast, high P with no N gave no yield increase and K had no effect on yield of Indian mustard. Nitrogen and P increased the amount of chlorophyll in the leaves, indicating that the yield increases were due to enhanced photosynthesis. Nitrogen application had no effect on plant Cu concentrations but addition of P slightly decreased plant Cu concentrations, likely a dilution effect resulting from the increase in yield. Among the treatments, N and P applied at 100 and 200 mg kg^–1 respectively with no K application resulted in the highest Cu uptake. Thus, a combination of low N and high P produced a yield increase in Indian mustard that was more than adequate to compensate for a slight decrease in Cu concentration, resulting in the highest Cu removal from the contaminated soil.