Pendrin mediates uptake of perchlorate in a mammalian in vitro system

Perchlorate is a known endocrine disruptor present in groundwater, vegetables and dairy food products in many regions of the United States. It interferes with the uptake of iodide into the thyrocyte by the sodium-iodide symporter at the basolateral surface, thus potentially disrupting the synthesis of thyroid hormone. Because transport of iodide from the thyroid follicular cells to the follicular lumen is mediated by the protein pendrin at the apical surface, we hypothesized that perchlorate may also interact with this protein. Therefore, HeLa cells were transfected with the human SLC26A4 gene, which encodes pendrin, to generate an in vitro mammalian system expressing the recombinant pendrin protein (HeLa-PDS). The HeLa-PDS cells, along with untransfected cells, were then cultured in presence of iodide and/or perchlorate. Intracellular levels of these two chemicals were measured by ion chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. Results from this study show that iodide and perchlorate uptake increases significantly in HeLa-PDS cells as compared to untransfected cells. Thus, recombinant HeLa cells expressing pendrin protein accumulate iodide and perchlorate intracellularly, indicating that pendrin is involved in the uptake of perchlorate. Additional results from this study suggest that iodide and perchlorate competitively inhibit each other for uptake by pendrin. The ability of perchlorate to compete with iodide for uptake by both basal and apical transporters may increase the potential of perturbation of thyroid homeostasis and therefore the estimated risk posed to susceptible human populations.     

水体中高氯酸盐（ClO-4）污染控制技术

系统介绍了现阶段水体中高氯酸盐(ClO4-)污染控制技术;分析了各种技术的优点与局限性;指出离子交换、生物降解与修复是目前处理水体中ClO4-的主要技术,认为探寻有效的组合处理工艺,开发更经济、高效的新处理技术,将是今后控制水体ClO4-污染的研究重点.     

超临界水氧化法处理苯胺废水

水样中苯胺的超临界水氧化（SCWO）表明氧化剂过氧化氢的用量,试验温度,压力和停留时间对水中TOC的去除率有显著影响,在500℃,25MPa和K1．1条件下,停留时间为35s,TOC去除率可达99％以上,TOC去除率随起始浓度的增加而提高,这表明SCWO适于处理高TOC值废水。     

Reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins by zerovalent iron in subcritical water

A new method for reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and remediation of contaminated soils is described that uses zerovalent iron as the dechlorination agent and subcritical water as reaction medium and extractive solvent. It is found that the zerovalent iron can be applied for stepwise dechlorination of octachlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (OCDD) on various matrixes in subcritical water. By using iron powder as matrix higher chlorinated congeners were practically completely reduced to less than tetra-substituted homologues. A significant part of residual OCDD, when it was spiked in to soils, and formed less chlorinated congeners are extracted with water in the given conditions. The solubility of OCDD was increased by a 4–6 orders over its solubility at ambient conditions. The new method of contentious-flow extraction is described.     

超临界水氧化方法处理含酚废水

在亚临界及超临界条件下,在间歇式、连续式反应器中研究了温度、压力、停留时间对苯酚去除率的影响。发现在其他条件不变的情况下,随反应温度和压力的升高,停留时间的延长,苯酚的去除率提高;在很短的停留时间内,苯酚的去除率可达９６％以上。对苯酚氧化中间产物的研究证明了该技术的氧化彻底性。     

超临界水氧化处理含油废水的实验研究

在间歇式超临界水氧化反应装置上进行含油废水的超临界水氧化实验研究,反应温度390～430℃、压力24～28MPa、反应时间30～90s。研究表明:超临界水氧化法是一种高效、快速的有机废弃物处理技术;随反应时间增加、温度升高,废水COD去除率显著增大;以幂函数方程描述了氧化剂过量时含油废水超临界水氧化的反应动力学规律,氧化反应对废水的反应级数为1级,在26MPa时,反应活化能和频率因子分别为(5896.83±243.68)J/mol和(0.0652±0.0028)s-1,模型计算值与实验值的误差为±13%。     

Using a physiologically based pharmacokinetic model to link urinary biomarker concentrations to dietary exposure of perchlorate

Exposure to perchlorate is widespread in the United States and many studies have attempted to character the perchlorate exposure by estimating the average daily intakes of perchlorate. These approaches provided population-based estimates, but did not provide individual-level exposure estimates. Until recently, exposure activity database such as CSFII, TDS and NHANES become available and provide opportunities to evaluate the individual-level exposure to chemical using exposure surveillance dataset. In this study, we use perchlorate as an example to investigate the usefulness of urinary biomarker data for predicting exposures at the individual level. Specifically, two analyses were conducted: (1) using data from a controlled human study to examine the ability of a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model to predict perchlorate concentrations in single-spot and cumulative urine samples; and (2) using biomarker data from a population-based study and a PBPK model to demonstrate the challenges in linking urinary biomarker concentrations to intake doses for individuals. Results showed that the modeling approach was able to characterize the distribution of biomarker concentrations at the population level, but predicting the exposure-biomarker relationship for individuals was much more difficult. The type of information needed to reduce the uncertainty in estimating intake doses, for individuals, based on biomarker measurements is discussed.     

超临界水氧化法处理高浓度有机发酵废水

对酒精废水和乙酰螺旋素废水进行了超临界氧化降解的研究,结果表明,超临界水氧化法是处理高浓度有面废水的一种有效方法,在实验的条件范围内,废水ＣＯＤ的去除率最高可达９９．２％。     

离子色谱在饮用水消毒副产物及高氯酸盐分析中的应用

介绍了离子色谱在饮用水中消毒副产物及高氯酸盐分析中的应用。重点介绍了离子色谱测定饮用水中溴酸盐和高氯酸盐的方法。简单介绍了卤代乙酸和氯酸盐的离子色谱测定法及离子色谱-质谱联用技术在饮用水消毒副产物及高氯酸盐分析中的应用。     

钻井废液的超临界水氧化处理及动力学分析

在反应温度为500～600℃、压力为25～30 MPa、停留时间为30～600 s的条件下,在连续式反应器中研究了钻井废液的超临界水氧化反应.结果表明:钻井废液的COD去除率可达90.00%以上;在600℃、停留时间为600 s时,钻井废液氧化后,剩余收集液的COD＜120 mg/L,满足《污水综合排放标准》(GB 8978-1996)中的二级标准.用幂函数方程描述了氧化剂过量时钻井废液超临界水氧化的反应动力学规律,反应速率常数与温度的关系符合Arrhenius公式,随停留时间的增加、温度的升高,有机物的去除率显著增加;反应速率常数随压力升高而增加,但反应速率常数的增幅随压力的升高而减小,反应活化体积不是常数.在25 MPa时,反应活化能和频率因子分别为(17 745.430 40±1 114.983 42)kJ/mol和1.152 3×10-4s-1模型计算值与实验值的误差在±15%以内.     

Removal of toxic ions (chromate, arsenate, and perchlorate) using reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, and ultrafiltration membranes

Rejection characteristics of chromate, arsenate, and perchlorate were examined for one reverse osmosis (RO, LFC-1), two nanofiltration (NF, ESNA, and MX07), and one ultrafiltration (UF and GM) membranes that are commercially available. A bench-scale cross-flow flat-sheet filtration system was employed to determine the toxic ion rejection and the membrane flux. Both model and natural waters were used to prepare chromate, arsenate, and perchlorate solutions (approximately 100 μg L⁻¹ for each anion) in mixtures in the presence of other salts (KCl, K₂SO₄, and CaCl₂); and at varying pH conditions (4, 6, 8, and 10) and solution conductivities (30, 60, and 115 mS m⁻¹). The rejection of target ions by the membranes increases with increasing solution pH due to the increasingly negative membrane charge with synthetic model waters. Cr(VI), As(V), and rejection follows the order LFC-1 (>90%) > MX07 (25–95%)  ESNA (30–90%) > GM (3–47%) at all pH conditions. In contrast, the rejection of target ions by the membranes decreases with increasing solution conductivity due to the decreasingly negative membrane charge. Cr(VI), As(V), and rejection follows the order CaCl₂ < KCl  K₂SO₄ at constant pH and conductivity conditions for the NF and UF membranes tested. For natural waters the LFC-1 RO membrane with a small pore size (0.34 nm) had a significantly greater rejection for those target anions (>90%) excluding (71–74%) than the ESNA NF membrane (11–56%) with a relatively large pore size (0.44 nm), indicating that size exclusion is at least partially responsible for the rejection. The ratio of solute radius (r_i,s) to effective membrane pore radius (r_p) was employed to compare ion rejection. For all of the ions, the rejection is higher than 70% when the r_i,s/r_p ratio is greater than 0.4 for the LFC-1 membrane, while for di-valent ions (, , and ) the rejection (38–56%) is fairly proportional to the r_i,s/r_p ratio (0.32–0.62) for the ESNA membrane.     

纳米铁催化分解高氯酸盐废水的反应动力学

通过实验考察了酸性条件下纳米铁催化分解高氯酸盐过程中的影响因素,对其分解的动力学进行了研究,并对纳米铁催化剂结构及微观形貌进行SEM、EDS和XRD表征分析。利用阿仑尼乌斯方程和幂指数方程拟合反应动力学方程,获得了高氯酸盐分解动力学方程Ct=C0exp{-0.03773exp(-201.65/T)[H]0.191t},理论的计算值与实验值吻合较好,误差在15%以内。     

Comparison of biotic and abiotic treatment approaches for co-mingled perchlorate, nitrate, and nitramine explosives in groundwater

Biological and abiotic approaches for treating co-mingled perchlorate, nitrate, and nitramine explosives in groundwater were compared in microcosm and column studies. In microcosms, microscale zero-valent iron (mZVI), nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI), and nickel catalyzed the reduction of RDX and HMX from initial concentrations of 9 and 1 mg/L, respectively, to below detection (0.02 mg/L), within 2 h. The mZVI and nZVI also degraded nitrate (3 mg/L) to below 0.4 mg/L, but none of the metal catalysts were observed to appreciably reduce perchlorate ( approximately 5 mg/L) in microcosms. Perchlorate losses were observed after approximately 2 months in columns of aquifer solids treated with mZVI, but this decline appears to be the result of biodegradation rather than abiotic reduction. An emulsified vegetable oil substrate was observed to effectively promote the biological reduction of nitrate, RDX and perchlorate in microcosms, and all four target contaminants in the flow-through columns. Nitrate and perchlorate were biodegraded most rapidly, followed by RDX and then HMX, although the rates of biological reduction for the nitramine explosives were appreciably slower than observed for mZVI or nickel. A model was developed to compare contaminant degradation mechanisms and rates between the biotic and abiotic treatments.     

Changes in water quality after addition of sea salts to fresh water: implications during toxicity testing

Sea salts (seven brands from six commercially-available sources) were dissolved in water to develop 30 g/l solutions, and selected water quality characteristics were then monitored for 96 h. One or more water quality characteristics changed significantly during the 96 h period in six of the reconstituted sea salts. Measured characteristics of sea water diluted to 30 g/l demonstrated no changes during the observation period. The sea salts from different sources also demonstrated differences in absolute concentrations of some characteristics measured. Application of the Biotic Ligand Model to predict copper toxicity to the bivalve Mytilus edulis in solutions of the salts tested yielded 96-h median-lethal concentrations that ranged from 2 to 13 μg/l. Since water quality affects toxicity of many environmental pollutants, the source of the sea salt and equilibration time should be considered when planning toxicity tests.     

Reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins by zerovalent iron in subcritical water

A new method for reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and remediation of contaminated soils is described that uses zerovalent iron as the dechlorination agent and subcritical water as reaction medium and extractive solvent. It is found that the zerovalent iron can be applied for stepwise dechlorination of octachlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (OCDD) on various matrixes in subcritical water. By using iron powder as matrix higher chlorinated congeners were practically completely reduced to less than tetra-substituted homologues. A significant part of residual OCDD, when it was spiked in to soils, and formed less chlorinated congeners are extracted with water in the given conditions. The solubility of OCDD was increased by a 4–6 orders over its solubility at ambient conditions. The new method of contentious-flow extraction is described.     

Solubilities of selected organic electronic materials in pressurized hot water and estimations of aqueous solubilities at 298.15 K

Increasing production and disposal of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays for smartphones and tablets may have impact on the environment depending on the aqueous solubility of the pertinent chemicals. Here, aqueous solubilities are presented for several compounds, mostly aromatic amines, used as hole transport materials in the OLED displays. Solute selection includes 1,4-bis(diphenylamino)benzene, tetra-N-phenylbenzidine, 4,4′-bis(N-carbazolyl)-1,1′-biphenyl, 1,3,5-tris(diphenylamino)benzene, and 9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene. The solubilities are those in pressurized hot water (PHW), i.e., measured at elevated temperature (up to 260 °C) and pressure. The semi-quantitative estimates of room-temperature solubilities of the solutes have been obtained from extrapolations of the solubilities in PHW. For the compounds studied, the estimated aqueous solubilities at room temperature do not exceed 2 × 10^?11 g of the solute per 1 kg of water. Aqueous solubilities of triphenylamine have also been measured and used to upgrade a recent group-contribution model of aqueous solubilities of organic nonelectrolytes with the parameters for the nitrogen atom in aromatic amines.     

超临界水氧化活性艳红M-2B染料废水动力学研究

用H2O2作为氧化剂,在595～704 K、18～30 MPa条件下,对活性染料废水进行超临界水氧化反应.实验结果表明,COD去除率随温度、压力、停留时间和氧化剂量的增加而上升,在704 K、28 MPa时,COD去除率可达到98.4%,停留时间小于35 s.COD、H2O2和水的反应级数分别为1、0和0;反应活化能Ea为37.21 kJ/mol;指前因子A为76.69 s-1.     

环境中全氟有机物的毒性、检测分析及降解

自全氟有机物广泛使用50多年以来,已经在世界范围内发现一定浓度的全氟有机物,各国研究人员针对该类物质特别是全氟辛酸(PFOA)、全氟辛烷基磺酸(PFOS)进行了一定的研究.介绍了该类物质的污染现状,阐述了全氟有机物的毒性、检测分析技术及降解技术,在此基础上提出了今后的研究方向.     

介质阻挡放电和水吸收联合降解挥发性有机化合物

依据介质阻挡放电(DBD)和溶液吸收处理气态污染物的原理,设计出一种DBD和水吸收联合降解挥发性有机化合物(VOCs)的实验装置.研究其对甲苯的降解效果.考察了放电电压、甲苯初始浓度、模拟废气流量对甲苯降解效果的影响.分析了DBD和水吸收的相互作用.结果表明.DBD和水吸收联合可以提高甲苯的降解率.在放电电压为15.9 kV时甲苯的降解率为81.5%.比单独放电时提高了13.3百分点;甲苯的降解率随着放电电压增大而升高,随着气体流量和甲苯初始浓度增大而降低.该技术可以作为放电等离子体前处理工艺,为高效处理上业废气提供参考.     

Chlorpyrifos causes decreased organic matter decomposition by suppressing earthworm and termite communities in tropical soil

Effects of pesticides on structural and functional properties of ecosystems are rarely studied under tropical conditions. In this study litterbag and earthworm field tests were performed simultaneously at the same tropical field site sprayed with chlorpyrifos (CPF). The recommended dose of CPF (0.6 kg a.i. ha⁻¹) and two higher doses (4.4-8.8 kg a.i. ha⁻¹) significantly decreased litter decomposition during the first 3 months after application, which could be explained from lower earthworm and termite abundances during this period. Species-specific effects of CPF on organism abundance and biomass were observed, with termites being mostly affected followed by the earthworm Perionyx excavatus; the earthworm Megascolex sp. was least affected. Recovery was completed within 6 months. Decomposition in the controls and lowest two treatments was completed within 4 months, which suggests the need for modification of standard test guidelines to comply with faster litter degradation under tropical conditions.