淮北市叶菜类蔬菜中硝酸盐含量的调查

通过对淮北市近郊几个大的蔬菜生产基地叶菜类蔬菜中硝酸盐含量的分析,发现淮北市叶菜类蔬菜中硝酸盐含量普遍很高,且有超标状况存在。究其因,主要是化肥的过量使用,使蔬菜中的硝态氮不能及时还原,累积于体内。     

华东某市老城区潜层地下水硝酸盐分布特征

为了解华东某市老城区潜层地下水硝酸盐分布特征,对老城区地下水现场采样,运用统计学软件spss中的Pearson相关系数和sufer软件Kriging插值方法分析数据,研究了无机氮与地球化学因素间的相关性,同时绘制了p H值、总硬度、硝酸盐、亚硝酸盐的空间分布图。结果表明,硝酸盐是该地区地下水中无机氮的主要存在形态,其所占总氮含量为45.5%~74.8%,封口井的硝酸盐的含量明显低于敞口井的含量,其硝酸盐所占比例最低达到2.2%,且敞口井均受到污染;从相关性的角度来看,氮的转化受到Fe影响较弱。同时氮的形态与p H值、矿化度(TDS)、电导率(EC)等地球化学因素相关水平显著;从分布特征来看,地下水环境中硝酸盐和亚硝酸盐含量东北部高于西南部;不同形态氮的相互转化影响地下水p H值和总硬度,致使p H值的高值区为西南部,而总硬度高值区为东北部。     

乌鲁木齐市郊区蔬菜污染现状调查及评价的样品分析方法与实验室内分析质量保证措施

乌鲁木齐市郊区蔬菜污染现状调查及评价涉及上市量大,又易受到污染的九种蔬菜。调查项目主要是大白菜、黄瓜、西红柿中对人体危害性较大的砷、汞、总铬、镉、铅的含量和有机磷农药残留量,此外还包括上述三种蔬菜中的硝酸盐氮和亚硝酸盐氮以及莴笋、小萝卜、芹菜、菠菜、小白菜、韭菜中的硝酸盐氮的含重。调查结果表明,蔬菜中的砷、汞、镉、总铬和铅的含量在10~(-9)-10~(-7)克/克范围内,有机磷农药残留量为     

镉汞齐还原——偶氮光度法测定水中硝酸盐氮

在环境水质监测中,用于测定硝酸盐氮的方法有酚二磺酸法,紫外光度法和镉汞齐还原法等.酚二磺酸法易受共存离子的干扰,处理水样手续烦琐;紫外法对测定硝酸盐含量低、有机物含量高的水样准确性差,而镉柱法具有操作简便、快速、灵敏度高、准确度好、抗干扰能力强等优点.本文提出了镉柱法测定NO_3~--N的最佳实验条件,并与其它几种测定NO_3~--N的方法进行了对比,讨论了对于不同污水选用不同的预处理方法,介绍了干扰离子共存的情况。     

氨氮质控样品的保存方法与时间的探讨

使用标准样品进行准确度控制 ,是目前环境监测分析中最常用的准确度控制方法。但多数标样一般只能一次性使用 ,保存期较短 ,将其用于频繁的日常例行监测分析 ,费用昂贵。在纳氏试剂光度法测定水中氨氮时 ,我们用 30 mg/L Hg Cl2 固定液取代纯水作为保存氨氮的稳定剂来稀释质控样品 ,并置冰箱中保存 ,可延长其使用时间达 50 d左右 ,从而提高了氨氮质控样的使用效率 ,是一种值得推广应用的保存氨氮质控样品的有效方法。30 mg/L Hg Cl2 固定液同样还可用于保存硝酸盐氮、亚硝酸盐氮、化学需氧量等项目的质控标样 ,实践证明效果令人满意氨氮…     

再生镉柱用于水中NO^—3—N的测定

水中硝酸盐氮的测定方法较多,其中镉柱还原法具有还原效率高、抗干扰能力强等特点、被广泛应用于环境监测中硝酸盐氮的测定。镉柱在硝酸盐氮测定中,使用一段时间后,还原能力下降需要更换新柱。今对其进行再生处理,取得较好效果。１再生方法将镉粒倒入烧杯中用２ｍｏｌ...     

农药厂周边有机磷农药在生物体中残留的检测方法研究

测定南京某农药厂附近大米、蔬菜及肉类中11种有机磷农药含量,通过使用气相色谱/质谱联用的方法,建立GC／MS定性定量分析方法,检出限达到0．05μg／kg（肉类）和0．1μg／kg（大米和蔬菜）,回收率均符合测定要求。环境样品监测结果显示,大米和蔬菜中有机磷农药的含量高于肉类中的含量,说明在大米和蔬菜表面残留的农药量要高于进入生物体体内的含量。南京蔬菜样品中有机磷农药高于常州蔬菜样品,说明农药厂对蔬菜表面残留农药量有影响。不同的有机磷农药在不同的介质中,检出情况不一样,说明不同的环境介质对有机磷农药的保留水平不一样。     

分光光度法测定水中NO^—3和NO^—2述评

硝酸盐和亚硝酸盐是水质监测中的两项重要指标,其分析方法主要有分光光度法、离子色谱法和离子选择电极法等,其中分光光度法最为常用,被推荐为主要的标准分析方法.人们对分光光度法测定硝酸盐和亚硝酸盐进行了大量的研究工作,其中包括方法、试剂的选择,干扰物的去除,样品的预富集以及自动化分析和两项指标的同时测定等等,提出了许多具有实用价值的方法.本文根据近年来有关资料,对分光光度法测定水中硝酸盐和亚硝酸盐的方法作一简单的归纳和评述.1 可见分光光度法1.1 亚硝酸盐的测定测定水中亚硝酸盐的显色剂种类比较多,在常用方法中,测定原理采用重氮—偶联反应     

硫酸肼还原法测定硝酸盐氮

水中硝酸盐的测定方法颇多,其中酚二磺酸法测定范围较宽,手续麻烦,掌握较难;镉柱还原法适用于测定水中低含量的硝酸盐,再生镉柱过程中有汞的污染;离子色谱法的应用,适宜于清洁的水体,污染及含有机物的水体,前处理时间较长,但可同时测定其它多种阴离子;紫外法也适宜用于清洁的水体,否则,必须经过前处理,除去影响紫外测定的有机物质.     

HPLC测定蔬菜中硝酸盐

硝酸盐广泛分布在水、土壤、粮食、蔬菜、水果中。当硝酸盐还原为亚硝酸盐后,无论对人和对牲畜都是有害的。亚硝酸盐除与二级胺生成致癌的亚硝胺外,还可导致正铁血红蛋白症。分析蔬菜中硝酸盐有多种方法。本实验采用HPLC法,取得较好的分析结果。实验方法一、HPLC装置及设备1.日立635A型液相色谱仪;日立200-10紫外检测器;日立200型记录器。2.150×4mm不锈钢柱,内装天津试剂二厂生产的YWG-NH_2填料,粒径5微米。     

Groundwater stress and vulnerability in rural coastal aquifers under competing demands: a case study from Sri Lanka

Rural coastal aquifers are undergoing rapid changes due to increasing population, high water demand with expanding agricultural and domestic uses, and seawater intrusion due to unmanaged water pumping. The combined impact of these activities is the deterioration of groundwater quality, public health concerns, and unsustainable water demands. The Kalpitiya peninsula located northwest of Sri Lanka is one area undergoing such changes. This land area is limited and surrounded almost completely by sea and lagoon. This study consists of groundwater sampling and analysis, and vulnerability assessment using the DRASTIC method. The results reveal that the peninsula is experiencing multiple threats due to population growth, seawater intrusion, land use exploitation for intensive agriculture, groundwater vulnerability from agricultural and domestic uses, and potential public health impacts. Results show that nitrate is a prevalent and serious contaminant occurring in large concentrations (up to 128 mg/l NO₃?CN), while salinity from seawater intrusion produces high chloride content (up to 471 mg/l), affecting freshwater sources. High nitrate levels may have already affected public health based on limited sampling for methemoglobin. The two main sources of nitrogen loadings in the area are fertilizer and human excreta. The major source of nitrogen results from the use of fertilizers and poor management of intense agricultural systems where a maximum application rate of up to 11.21 metric tons N/km² per season is typical. These findings suggest that management of coastal aquifers requires an integrated approach to address both the prevalence of agriculture as an economic livelihood, and increasing population growth.     

occurrence and distribution of nitrate and pesticides in bowdle aquifer, south dakota

A shallow aquifer in central South Dakota was monitored for thepresence of nitrate and pesticides. A total of 593 nitrate samples and428 pesticide samples were analyzed from nine different sites and 14wells between 1989 and 1994. Nested wells were installed at four sitesto characterize the distribution pattern of nitrate and pesticidemovement in ground water. Nitrate concentrations and pesticidedetections were qualitatively compared with area precipitation and watertable fluctuations. The results indicate that nitrates tend to betransported by a leaching mechanism in a matrix flow and may appearin ground water within months after the fertilizer application in thefields. The pesticide movement is primarily controlled by geologicaland chemical characteristics of medium and pesticides.     

A review of perchlorate (ClO<Subscript>4</Subscript><Superscript>−</Superscript>) occurrence in fruits and vegetables

Since the 1990s, a large number of studies around the world have reported the presence of perchlorate in different types of environmental matrices. In view of their inherent characteristics, such as high solubility, mobility, persistence, and low affinity for the surface of soil, perchlorates are mobilized through the water-soil system and accumulate in edible plant species of high human consumption. However, the ingestion of food products containing perchlorate represents a potential health risk to people due to their adverse effects on thyroid, hormone, and neuronal development, mainly in infants and fetuses. At present, research has been centered on determining sources, fates, and remediation methods and not on its real extension in vegetables under farming conditions. This review presents a comprehensive overview and update of the frequent detection of perchlorate in fruits and vegetables produced and marketed around the world. Additionally, the impact of fertilizer on the potential addition of perchlorate to soil and its mobility in the water-soil-plant system is discussed. This review is organized into the following sections: sources of perchlorate, mobility in the water-soil system, presence in fruits and vegetables in different countries, international regulations, and toxicological studies. Finally, recommendations for future studies concerning perchlorate in fruits and vegetables are presented.     

Assessment of potential hazards of fluoride contamination in drinking groundwater of an intensively cultivated district in West Bengal, India

We assessed the potential of fluoride (F) contamination in drinking groundwater of an intensively cultivated district in India as a function of its lithology and agricultural activities. Three hundred and eight groundwater samples were collected at different depths from various types of wells and analyzed for pH, EC, NO(3)-N load and F content. A typical litholog was constructed and database on fertilizer and pesticide uses were also recorded for the district. The water samples were almost neutral in reaction and non-saline in nature with low NO(3)-N content (0.02 to 4.56 microg mL(-1)). Fluoride content in water was also low (0.01 to 1.18 microg mL(-1)) with only 2.27% of them exceeding 1.0 microg mL(-1) posing a potential threat of fluorosis. On average, its content varied little spatially and along depth of sampling aquifers because of homogeneity in lithology of the district. The F content in these samples showed a significant positive correlation (r = 0.12, P < or = 0.05) with the amount of phosphatic fertilizer (single super phosphate) used for agriculture but no such relation either with the anthropogenic activities of pesticide use or NO(3)-N content, pH and EC values of the samples was found. The results suggest that the use of phosphatic fertilizer may have some role to play in F enrichment of groundwater.     

Assessment of the potential hazards of nitrate contamination in surface and groundwater in a heavily fertilized and intensively cultivated district of India

We made an inventory of nitrate (NO3-N) enrichment in surface and groundwater systems in the Hooghly district of India owing to intensive farming with high fertilizer doses as a function of quantity of fertilizers use, soil characteristics, types of crop grown, depth of groundwater sampling and also N-load in soil profiles. Water samples were collected from different sources at 412 odd sites spread over in 17 blocks of the district along with representative soil profiles. On average, the study area had high clay and NO3-N in soil profiles with an increasing and decreasing trends along depth, respectively. The NO3-N content both in surface and groundwater varied from 0.01 microg mL(-1) to 4.56 microg mL(-1), being well below the threshold limit of 10 microg mL(-1) fixed by WHO for drinking purpose. The content decreased with increasing depth of wells (r = -0.39**) and clay content of soil profiles (r = -0.31**). It, however, increased with increasing rate of fertilizer application (r = 0.72**), NO3-N load in soil profiles (r = 0.85**) and was higher in areas where shallow--rather than deep-rooted crops are grown. Results indicated even under fairly high quantity of fertilizer use, groundwater of the study area is safe for drinking purpose.     

Geospatial approaches to characterizing agriculture in the Chincoteague Bay Subbasin

Most agricultural information is reported by government sources on a state or county basis. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate use of geospatial data, the 2002 Agricultural Cropland Data Layer (CDL) for the mid-Atlantic region, to characterize agricultural, environmental, and other scientific parameters for the Chincoteague Bay subbasin using geographic information systems. This study demonstrated that agriculture can be characterized accurately on subbasin and subwatershed bases, thus complimenting various assessment technologies. Approximately 28% of the dry land of the subbasin was cropland. Field corn was the largest crop. Soybeans, either singly or double-cropped with wheat, were the second most predominant crop. Although the subbasin is relatively small, cropping practices in the northern part were different from those in the southern portion. Other crops, such as fresh vegetables and vegetables grown for processing, were less than 10% of the total cropland. A conservative approximation of the total pesticide usage in the subbasin in 2002 was over 277,000 lbs of active ingredients. Herbicides represented the most frequently used pesticides in the subbasin, both in number (17) and in total active ingredients (over 261,000 lbs). Ten insecticides predominated in the watershed, while only small quantities of three fungicides were used. Total pesticide usage and intensity were estimated using the CDL. Nutrient inputs to cropland from animal manure, chemical fertilizer, and atmospheric deposition were modeled at over 30 million pounds of nitrogen and over 7 million pounds of phosphorous. Crops under conservation tillage had the largest input of both nutrients.     

A Mathematical Model for the Effects of Fertilization on Nitrogen Concentrations in Unsaturated Soil on Blueberry Farms in Southern New Jersey

Nitrogen is commonly known as a food source for crops. However, the nitrogen compounds used in crop fertilizers, most commonly nitrate (NO₃) and ammonium (NH₄), are not widely understood. Blueberry plants do not take up these compounds as efficiently as organic nitrogen so varying amounts of leaching into the soil and groundwater will occur. A biogeochemical model consisting of ordinary and partial differential equations is implemented to computationally predict the concentrations of nitrate and ammonium in unsaturated soil of blueberry plants, specifically in the southern region of New Jersey. The model takes into account the type of soil of the region, the nitrate uptake of the plant, the water content in the roots region, the pressure heads in the soil pores, and the application rates of fertilizers containing nitrate, ammonium, and organic nitrogen. Computational simulations demonstrate that the model accounts for natural processes and, in addition, show that commonly used fertilizer application rates cause unnecessarily high concentrations of both nitrate and ammonium in the unsaturated soil level. Further, simulations show that decreasing nitrate fertilizer applications by 85.7% in annual and 91.8% in bi-annual schedules provides an optimal system for safe reapplication.     

Use of continuous monitoring to assess stream nitrate flux and transformation patterns

Delivery of nitrogen from farmed fields to the stream network is an ongoing water quality issue in central North America and other parts of the world. Although fertilization and other farming practices have been refined to produce environmental improvements, stemming loss of nitrogen, especially in the soluble nitrate form, is a problem that has seemingly defied solution. The Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy is a policy initiative designed to implement conservation and other farm management practices to produce reductions in nitrate loading. The strategy does not focus on how the streams themselves may or may not be processing nitrogen and reducing downstream loading. We used continuous high-frequency nitrate and discharge monitoring over 3 years at two sites separated by 18 km in a low-order, agricultural stream in eastern Iowa to estimate how nitrogen is processed, and whether or not these processes are reducing downstream loading. We conclude that the upstream to downstream nitrate concentration decline between the two sites was not driven by denitrification. These data also show that nitrate concentrations are closely coupled to discharge during periods of adequate moisture, but decoupling of concentration from discharge occurs during dry periods. This decoupling is a possible indicator of in-stream nitrate processing. Finally, nitrate concentrations are likely diluted by water sourced from non-row crop land covers in the lower reaches of the watershed.     

Does irrigation with reclaimed water significantly pollute shallow aquifer with nitrate and salinity? An assay in a perurban area in North Tunisia

In Tunisia, reclaimed water is increasingly used for irrigation in order to mitigate water shortage. However, few studies have addressed the effect of such practice on the environment. Thus, we attempted in this paper to assess the impact of irrigation with reclaimed water on the nitrate content and salinity in the Nabeul shallow aquifer on the basis of satellite images and data from 53 sampled wells. Ordinary and indicator kriging were used to map the spatial variability of these groundwater chemical parameters and to locate the areas where water is suitable for drinking and irrigation. The results of this study have shown that reclaimed water is not an influential factor on groundwater contamination by nitrate and salinity. Cropping density is the main factor contributing to nitrate groundwater pollution, whereas salinity pollution is affected by a conjunction of factors such as seawater interaction and lithology. The predictive maps show that nitrate content in the groundwater ranges from 9.2 to 206 mg/L while the electric conductivity ranges from 2.2 to 8.5 dS/m. The high-nitrate concentration areas underlie sites with high annual crop density, whereas salinity decreases gradually moving away from the coastline. The probability maps reveal that almost the entire study area is unsuitable for drinking with regard to nitrate and salinity levels. Appropriate measures, such as the elaboration of codes of good agricultural practices and action programs, should be undertaken in order to prevent and/or remediate the contamination of the Nabeul shallow aquifer.     

Spatial patterns of nitrate,chloride, sulfate,and fluoride concentrations in the Woodbine Aquifer of north-central Texas

A geographic information system was used to map and analyze nitrate, chloride, sulfate, and fluoride concentrations in 110 wells tapping the Woodbine Aquifer. The study area, covering ninecounties in north-central Texas, includes large percentages of both urban and agricultural land uses. Land use maps were compared with solute concentration data, and statistics were applied to detect associations between solutes, well depth, andland use. Anthropogenic sources such as fertilizer applications and natural sources such as gypsum, lignite, and clay deposits controlled nitrate, chloride, and sulfate concentrations, each inversely correlated with well depth. However, only one nitrate observation – from a shallow well in the aquifer's outcrop zone – surpassed the maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 44.3 mg L^-1. By comparison, nearly half of the sulfate and several of the chloride observations surpassed the MCL of 250 mg L^-1for each of those ions. Volcanic ash deposits influenced fluorideconcentrations, which directly correlated with well depth. There were no statistically significant associations between solute concentrations and land use. Low recharge rates and confining layers have mitigated anthropogenic impacts on solute levels in the aquifer.