典型环境内分泌干扰物的来源、环境分布和主要环境过程

内分泌干扰物(EDCs)作为一种新兴污染物,具有憎水性、低剂量效应和半衰期长等特征,在全球的土壤/沉积物中已被广泛检测到,并发现已给环境带来了严重的威胁。本文重点综合评述了近10年来土壤/沉积物中EDCs的来源、浓度水平、空间分布及吸附特性的研究。结果发现,EDCs来源涉及农业、工业和生活等多个方面;空间分布上,一般呈近海地区沉积物中EDCs浓度水平较河流底泥及土壤低,而高度工业化、城市化地区土壤/沉积物中EDCs浓度亦较高;EDCs的吸附受土壤/沉积物理化性质、EDCs自身性质和环境条件的共同影响,一般土壤有机质的含量和成熟度、土壤颗粒的比表面积与其吸附能力呈正相关,黏土矿物类型对EDCs的吸附也有重要的影响;EDCs的吸附能力与其自身的疏水性和结构特征有关;温度升高和溶液p H值增加都不利于EDCs的吸附,而溶液离子强度的增加对其吸附起着促进作用。土壤/沉积物对EDCs的吸附是一个复杂的过程,因此对其吸附特性需要进一步的探讨。     

环境内分泌干扰物——邻苯二甲酸酯的生物降解研究进展

邻苯二甲酸酯是一类重要的合成有机物.主要用作增塑剂来提高塑料树脂的机械性能尤其是柔韧性.近年来,由于在全球范同内的广泛使用,在环境中的普遍存在,以及其内分泌干扰毒性,邻苯二甲酸酯受到了人们越来越多的关注.微生物降解被认为是邻苯二甲酸酯完全矿化的主要途径.邻苯二甲酸酯的降解机制与途径已经在细菌中得到广泛的研究,但是在真菌领域的报道还很少见.本文主要概述了邻苯二甲酸酯的环境污染现状,介绍了其对人和动物的健康危害,并且综述了邻苯二甲酸酯微生物降解的研究进展,包括降解菌的种类、降解的代谢途径及相应的分子机制,以及真菌对邻苯二甲酸酯的降解研究等.     

环境内分泌干扰物对女性青春期性成熟的干扰作用研究进展

青春期是人一生中生长发育的关键窗口期,易受到外界环境信号的干扰.环境内分泌干扰物能通过干扰人体内天然激素的正常运作,影响青春期发动时相.目前,各种环境内分泌干扰物对女性青春期性成熟的影响均未得到一致结论,且具体诱发机制不明确.本文综述了有机污染物和重金属这两类环境内分泌干扰物对女性青春期性成熟的影响及其造成女性青春期性成熟异常的可能机制,以期为深入研究环境内分泌干扰物对青春期性成熟的影响和分子机制提供思路,为加强环境内分泌干扰物的风险管理提供科学依据,对保障女性健康具有重要的科学意义和社会意义.     

环境内分泌干扰物低剂量-效应研究进展

环境内分泌干扰物(EDCs)的低剂量-效应已成为生态毒理学界的研究热点.环境内分泌干扰物在接近或低于无可见不良效应浓度水平(NOAEL)时仍可诱发生物效应并存在非单调剂量-效应关系,这对现行的动物繁殖和发育毒理学检测规程以及环境内分泌干扰物风险评价的理论和方法提出了挑战.此外,由于环境中内分泌干扰物呈低剂量长期暴露的特征,研究低剂量-效应对正确进行生态风险评价具有重大的科学意义.在总结国内外相关研究的基础上,对当前环境内分泌干扰物低剂量-效应的研究进展进行了综述.     

环境内分泌干扰物对鱼类性别决定的影响研究进展

水体中的环境内分泌干扰物能够影响鱼类性别决定过程,对鱼类产生明显的雌、雄性化效应.为深入研究环境内分泌干扰物对鱼类性别决定的影响及其机制,论文介绍了鱼类性别决定基因SRY和DMY基因在鱼类性别决定中的作用,以及Sox、DMRT、CYP和Vasa、Dax1、Foxl2等鱼类性别决定相关基因对鱼类性别决定的调控作用,综述了各类环境内分泌干扰物引起的鱼类雌、雄性化效应的最新研究进展,在此基础上探讨了环境内分泌干扰物影响鱼类性别决定的作用机制,并展望了该领域今后的重点研究方向.     

生物学方法在环境内分泌干扰物检测及评价中的应用

环境内分泌干扰物(EEDs)不仅对人类和动物本身机体具有潜在危害,还可通过生殖系统影响后代.因此,对EEDs的检测与评价非常重要.本文主要从个体、组织、细胞和分子水平对筛选与评价EEDs的生物学方法进行综述.     

环境内分泌干扰物对鱼类性别分化的影响

鱼类性别分化是在性别决定机制的控制下,鱼类未分化的性腺向卵巢或精巢发育,并出现第2性征的过程,受自身内分泌系统的精确调控。环境内分泌干扰物能通过干扰内源激素的合成、释放、转运、代谢、结合和作用等过程影响鱼类的内分泌机能,从而对鱼类的性别分化产生影响。介绍了鱼类性别分化的模式和过程以及内分泌系统对鱼类性别分化的调控作用,综述了环境内分泌干扰物对鱼类性别比例、配子发生、性腺发育和第2性征的影响,从性类固醇激素的合成以及性别分化相关基因的表达两个方面探讨了环境内分泌干扰物影响鱼类性别分化的作用机制,并展望了该领域未来的研究方向。     

环境内分泌干扰物与DNA相互作用的光谱研究

采用紫外光谱、荧光光谱和共振光散射光谱,研究了农药类环境内分泌干扰物双酚A以及重金属类内分泌干扰物Cd2 和Pb2 与DNA的相互作用,结果表明,双酚A和重金属离子均能与DNA发生相互作用,双酚A与DNA的作用模式为嵌入模式,金属离子与DNA作用后形成复杂的超分子配合物.     

环境内分泌干扰物影响垂体促性腺激素的研究进展

通过工业和农业生产活动排入环境的多种农药、阻燃剂、多氯联苯、塑料包装成分、防腐剂、工业副产物和重金属等化学物质,已被证明是内分泌干扰物(endocrine-disrupting chemicals, EDCs),通过各种途径干扰内分泌系统,例如作用下丘脑-垂体-性腺(hypothalamic-pituitary-gonad, HPG)轴。垂体是HPG轴中联系下丘脑与性腺的重要内分泌器官,合成和分泌2种促性腺激素,即黄体生成素(luteinizing hormone, LH)和卵泡刺激素(follicle-stimulating hormone, FSH),在调控性成熟与生殖发育过程中起到不可或缺的作用。如果垂体促性腺细胞作为EDCs作用的靶标,LH和FSH的合成、分泌、转运或者代谢受到干扰,可能会引起生殖系统的内分泌紊乱,影响性成熟和生殖功能,甚至增加生殖障碍等相关疾病风险。已有一些环境流行病学调查和动物实验报道EDCs暴露与人体及哺乳动物体内LH和FSH水平改变相关,但影响促性腺激素的作用机制研究却相对有限。本文对近年来EDCs影响促性腺激素的环境流行病学调查、动物实验以及毒理学机制...     

对活性污泥中6种内分泌干扰物的定量测定

针对活性污泥中6种内分泌干扰物（Endocrine Disrupting Compounds,EDCs）：双酚A（BPA）,雌酮（E1）,17β-雌二醇（E2）,雌三醇（E3）,17α-乙炔雌二醇（EE2）和己烯雌酚（DES）,建立了快速溶剂萃取（Accelerated Solvent Extractor,ASE）,固相萃取（SPE）净化,GC-MS检测的测试方法.对比分析了不同衍生化试剂、衍生化条件对分析结果的影响,同时优化了净化步骤.通过所建立的方法对6种EDCs在污泥中的浓度进行分析,检测回收率为77.2%—118.3%,相对标准偏差小于9%.应用该方法测定了重庆某2个污水处理厂剩余污泥中的EDCs浓度.     

黄浦江上游水源地中31种内分泌干扰物的分布特征以及生态风险评价

本文研究了雄激素、雌激素、孕激素、糖皮质激素和工业化合物等5类31种环境内分泌干扰物(endocrine disrupting chemicals, EDCs)在黄浦江上游水源地中的空间分布特征,并采用风险熵值法(risk quotient, RQ)对水体中EDCs的生态风险进行了评价.黄浦江上游水源地9个采样点糖皮质激素和孕激素均未检出,工业化合物双酚类检出率100%.大多物质最高检出浓度10 ng·L~(-1),而双酚A (BPA)检出浓度最高(26.00—64.32 ng·L~(-1)).黄浦江以工业化合物和雌激素类物质污染为主,BPA为各采样点的主要污染物.莲西大桥EDCs总浓度最高(103.66 ng·L~(-1)),水库入口总浓度最低(40.16 ng·L~(-1)).太浦河上游工业化合物类浓度较下游高,雌激素类最高浓度检出点为汾湖大桥(11.70 ng·L~(-1)).与国内外地表水中EDCs检出浓度比较,黄浦江上游水源地中EDCs处于中低等污染水平.对己烯雌酚(DES)、雌三醇(E3)、BPA、双酚S (BPS)等4种EDCs进行生态风险评价,RQ范围为0.006-2.5,BPS表现出较高的环境风险(RQ=2.5).     

Remediation and toxicity of endocrine disruptors: a review

Environmental Chemistry Letters - Endocrine disruptors are hazardous chemicals with chronic health effects for most living organisms, inducing homeostasis, hormonal imbalances, cancer, reproductive...     

Stochastic environmental research risk assessment

In a briefly approach, sustainability can be defined as the ability to achieve economic prosperity while protecting the natural systems of the planet, and providing a higher quality of life for its people. Nowadays it is a prime and very active area of research, fundamental for human development. Several concepts based on economics, social and environmental concerns have been considered in the development of sustainability indices. The sustainability concept is, not only but necessarily, dependent on “quantification of the environment health”, necessary to determine its effectiveness in achieving or increasing the environmental capacities of ecosystems, as well as to compare alternative plans and policies, to influence decision-makers.Environmental indices are a very important tool for the analysis of some environmental assessment factors, providing quantitative criteria and synthesizing the available information. A good index should be simple to use, transparent, and expandable across other issues. In particular, environmental indices are a useful tool for several audiences, to aid environmental decision making and to allow the media to keep score of and reduce complex information to a smaller, more easily retained, amount of information [Hardi, P., DeSouza-Huletey, J.A., 2000. Issues in analyzing data and indicators for sustainable development. Ecol. Model. 130, 59–65].The goal of this work is the development of environmental indices, based on stochastically simulated scenarios, using probabilistic approaches. This study was applied to assess the impact of particulate air contamination on the Setúbal Peninsula ecosystems (South of Lisbon, Portugal).     

Occurrence,distribution and risk assessment of abused drugs and their metabolites in a typical urban river in north China

We developed a method for determining 11 abused drugs in water and sediment. METH and EPH were the dominant drugs in water and sediment in Beiyunhe River. Abuse drugs in Beiyunhe River were mainly from hospitals and sewage effluents. Abused drugs in the water would not impair the aquatic ecosystem biologically. This study investigated the presence of 11 abused drugs and their metabolites, including amphetamine, methamphetamine (METH), ketamine, ephedrine (EPH), cocaine, benzoylecgonine, methadone, morphine, heroin, codeine, and methcathinone in the surface water and sediment samples of Beiyunhe River, a typical urban river flowing through Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei provinces in North China. An analytical method of determining these abused drugs and their metabolites in water and sediment was developed and validated prior to sample collection in the study area. Results showed that METH and EPH were predominant in water and sediment samples. The total drug concentrations ranged from 26.6 to 183.0 ng/L in water and from 2.6 to 32.4 ng/g dry weight in sediment, and the drugs mainly originated from hospitals and sewage treatment plants. The average field-based sediment water distribution coefficients of abused drugs were calculated between 149.3 and 1214.0 L/kg and corrected by organic carbon. Quotient method was used to assess the risks. The findings revealed that these drugs and their metabolites at determined concentrations in water samples will not impair the aquatic ecosystem biologically, but their potential harmful effect on the function of the ecosystem and human health should not be overlooked.     

典型灌区稻田多氯联苯残留特征及生态风险评估

以南方典型小灌区的两块稻田为试验小区,采用GC-ECD对其田间水体和土壤中EPA优控14种多氯联苯（PCBs）进行了检测和定量分析。结果表明,14种PCBs同系物有不同程度检出,优势残留物主要以3氯和5氯取代PCBs为主,水和土壤占PCBs总量的88.24%、90.13%。水中∑PCBs质量浓度为24.09～310.34ng·L^-1,其中地表水均值为245.84ng·L^-1,地下水均值为96.46ng·L^-1;土壤中∑PCBs质量分数为10.01～54.63ng·g^-1,均值为33.92ng·g^-1。稻田地表水中的PCBs质量浓度远高于地下水,垂向迁移明显但速度较慢;稻田地表及地下水中PCBs质量浓度有随时间衰减的趋势,可能与水稻的生育周期有关;淹灌处理稻田PCBs质量分数高于节水灌溉。研究区毒性当量TEQ在2.65×10^-2～7.54×10^-2pg·g^-1之间,生态风险处于中等水平。地表及地下水均遭到污染,再加上PCBs具有生态累积效应,危害不容忽视。     

Sorption of the natural endocrine disruptors,oestrone and 17 beta-oestradiol in the aquatic environment

Adsorption of hydrophobic contaminants at the particle/water interface is one of the key processes controlling their fate in the aquatic environment. The sorption of the natural female hormones oestrone and 17-oestradiol has been studied under simulated riverine conditions. Both the kinetics and the effects of varying fundamental environmental parameters (e.g. sediment properties) on the thermodynamic equilibrium partition coefficient (K _p) have been studied in continuous and batch sorption experiments, respectively. Results showed that the sorption of oestrone and 17-oestradiol by sediment was relatively slow, reaching equilibrium in 50 days. In addition, relatively small adsorption of both oestrone and 17-oestradiol onto the sediment was observed, with K _p values between 200 and 250 mL g^–1. The comparable K _p values of the two compounds reflect their structural similarity. It can be concluded that the two endocrine disruptors, oestrone and 17-oestradiol remain primarily in association with the aqueous phase.     

北京市密云县耕地畜禽粪便负荷估算及风险评价

以北京市密云水库水体环境保护为出发点,以土壤-植物营养学原理和科学施肥理论为指导,根据作物所需畜禽粪尿肥的最大量,估算密云县各乡镇耕地的畜禽粪便最大负荷量,并与当地畜禽粪便实际负荷量进行比较,对各乡镇畜禽养殖规模进行潜在环境风险评价。结果表明:该流域中古北口、石城和番字牌3个乡镇风险最大,北庄较大。     

Spatial health risk assessment and hierarchical risk management for mercury in soils from a typical contaminated site,China

Due to rapid urbanization and the implementation of ecological civilization construction in China, many industrial factories have been closed or relocated. Therefore, numbers of contaminated sites were generated with contaminated soils which may pose a risk to receptors living nearby. This study presented a spatial health risk assessment and hierarchical risk management policy making for mercury (Hg) in soils from a typical contaminated site in the Hunan Province, central China. Compared with the second class value (0.3 mg/kg) of the Chinese Environmental Quality Standard for Soils, the mean concentrations of Hg in the three soil depths exceeded the second class value. The non-carcinogenic risk of Hg probably posed adverse health effects in 41, 30 and 36 % of the surface soil, the moderate soil and subsoil, respectively, under a sensitive land scenario. The non-carcinogenic risk temporarily posed no adverse health effects in most areas under an insensitive land scenario except for the area around sampling site S29. Spatially, the central, southwest and northeast parts of the contaminated land under a sensitive land scenario should be regarded as the priority regions. For non-carcinogenic effects, the exposure pathways that resulted in the higher levels of exposure risk were ingestion and inhalation of vapors, followed by dermal contact and inhalation of particles. A risk-based integrated risk management policy including the hierarchical risk control values for different soil depths and the calculated remediation earthwork was proposed with consideration of the cost-benefit effect for the related decision-makers.