Mass balance of arsenic and antimony in municipal waste incinerators

The arsenic and antimony balance in two municipal waste incinerators was investigated. Initially, the production rates of ash and wet scrubber effluent were estimated. Then the arsenic and antimony in the ash and wet scrubber effluent were determined, which gave an estimate of the elemental balance. The total amounts of arsenic and antimony in the municipal waste were 0.9 g/t and 30–44 g/t, respectively. The distributions to fly ash were 45–47% and 33–74% for arsenic and antimony, respectively. The distribution mechanisms of arsenic and antimony are discussed from the viewpoints of their thermodynamics as well as their initial valencies, which greatly affect their behaviour. Received: July 2, 1998 / Accepted: February 27, 1999     

环境砷污染与健康

本文论述了环境砷污染对健康的影响,包括砷中毒、机理、危害及分析方法。     

联用技术在砷形态分析中的研究进展

摘要：目前用于元素砷的形态分析技术主要是色谱与原子光谱、质谱等的联用,最常用的是HPLC与ICP—OES、ICP—MS的联用,方法准确可靠,灵敏度高,但是不能提供砷化合物的分子结构信息。因此以色谱一电喷雾质谱（ESI—MS）的联用作为定性分析的主要手段,但是ESI—MS灵敏度低,易受基体干扰,因此需要复杂的前处理技术。     

Pristine/magnesium-loaded biochar and ZVI affect rice grain arsenic speciation and cadmium accumulation through different pathways in an alkaline paddy soil

Cadmium(Cd)and arsenic(As)co-contamination has threatened rice production and food safety.It is challenging to mitigate Cd and As contamination in rice simultaneously due to their opposite geochemical behaviors.Mg-loaded biochar with outstanding adsorption ca-pacity for As and Cd was used for the first time to remediate Cd/As contaminated paddy soils.In addition,the effect of zero-valent iron(ZVI)on grain As speciation accumulation in alkaline paddy soils was first investigated.The effect of rice straw biochar(SC),magnesium-loaded rice straw biochar(Mg/SC),and ZVI on concentrations of Cd and As speciation in soil porewater and their accumulation in rice tissues was investigated in a pot experiment.Addi-tion of SC,Mg/SC and ZVI to soil reduced Cd concentrations in rice grain by 46.1％,90.3％and 100％,and inorganic As(iAs)by 35.4％,33.1％and 29.1％,respectively,and reduced Cd con-centrations in porewater by 74.3％,96.5％and 96.2％,respectively.Reductions of 51.6％and 87.7％in porewater iAs concentrations were observed with Mg/SC and ZVI amendments,but not with SC.Dimethylarsinic acid(DMA)concentrations in porewater and grain increased by a factor of 4.9 and 3.3,respectively,with ZVI amendment.The three amendments affected grain concentrations of iAs,DMA and Cd mainly by modulating their translocation within plant and the levels of As(Ⅲ),silicon,dissolved organic carbon,iron or Cd in porewater.All three amendments(SC,Mg/SC and ZVI)have the potential to simultaneously mitigate Cd and iAs accumulation in rice grain,although the pathways are different.