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作为一种新兴的纳米材料,羟基多壁碳纳米管(OH-MWCNTs)可能与其他污染物在水环境中共存,并进一步影响它们的毒性、输移和归趋。因此,评价碳纳米管存在下砷的毒性变化需要得到更多的关注。该试验探索了在不同pH值条件下,OH-MWCNTs诱导砷(As(III)和As(V))对水生生物大型蚤的毒性变化的潜在机制。发现了H 2AsO 3-和H 2AsO 4-是对大型蚤毒性最大的As(III)和As(V)。比较As(III)和As(V)的结果,发现pH值是影响砷毒性最重要的因素。此外,OH-MWCNTs影响砷对大型蚤毒性的结果表明,OH-MWCNTs的存在可以提高砷的毒性。通过吸附实验进一步研究了砷与OH-MWCNTs的相互作用。OH-MWCNTs 对As(V)吸附容量高于As(III)。总而言之, OH-MWCNTs对某些形态砷的吸附是解释砷毒性增强的可靠证据。
精选自Xinghao Wang, Ruijuan Qu, Ahmed A. Allam, Jamaan Ajarem, Zhongbo Wei, Zuoyao Wang. Impact of carbon nanotubes on the toxicity of inorganic arsenic [As(III) and As(V)] to Daphnia magna: the role of the certain arsenic species. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry: Volume 35, Issue 7, pages 1852–1859, July 2016.
DOI: 10.1002/etc.3340
详情请见http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/etc.3340/full 相似文献
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A multicommutated flow system was designed and evaluated for the determination of total arsenic and selenium by Hydride Generation
Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (HG-AAS). It was applied to the determination of arsenic and selenium in samples of natural
and drinking water. Detection limits were 0.46 and 0.08 μg l −1 for arsenic and selenium, respectively; sampling frequency was 120 samples h −1 for arsenic and 160 samples h −1 for selenium. Linear ranges found were 1.54–10 μg l −1 ( R = 0.999) for arsenic and 0.27–27 μg l −1 ( R = 0.999) for selenium. Accuracy was evaluated by spiking various water samples and using a reference material. Recoveries
were in the range 95–116%. Analytical precision ( s
r
(%), n = 10) was 6% for both elements. Compared with the Standard Methods, APHA, 3114B manual method, the system consumes at least
10 times less sample per determination, and the quantities of acid and reducing agent used are significantly lower with a
reduction in the generation of pollutants and waste. As an additional advantage, the system is very fast, efficient and environmentally
friendly for monitoring total arsenic and selenium levels in waters. 相似文献
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The bioavailability of arsenic (As) in the soil environment is largely governed by its adsorption–desorption reactions with
soil constituents. We have investigated the sorption–desorption behaviour of As in four typical Bangladeshi soils subjected
to irrigation with As-contaminated groundwater. The total As content of soils (160 samples) from the Laksham district ranged
from <0.03 to approximately 43 mg kg −1. Despite the low total soil As content, the concentration of As in the pore water of soils freshly irrigated with As-contaminated
groundwater ranged from 0.01 to 0.1 mg l −1. However, when these soils were allowed to dry, the concentration of As released in the pore water decreased to undetectable
levels. Remoistening of soils to field moisture over a 10-day period resulted in a significant (up to 0.06 mg l −1) release of As in the pore water of soils containing >10 mg As kg −1 soil, indicating the potential availability of As. In soils containing <5 mg As kg −1, As was not detected in the pore water. A comparison of Bangladeshi soils with strongly weathered long-term As-contaminated
soils from Queensland, Australia showed a much greater release of As in water extracts from the Australian soils. However,
this was attributed to the much higher loading of As in these Australian soils. The correlation of pore water As with other
inorganic ions (P, S) showed a strongly significant ( P < 0.001) relationship with P, although there was no significant relationship between As and other inorganic cations, such
as Fe and Mn. Batch sorption studies showed an appreciable capacity for both As V and As III sorption, with As V being retained in much greater concentrations than As III. 相似文献
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Marmato, Colombia, has been an important centre of gold mining since before the first Spanish colonizers arrived in 1536. The Marmato deposit is hosted in a dacite and andesite porphyry stock as sheeted sulphide-rich veinlet systems. The district is currently experiencing a surge in both major mining projects and artisanal mining, driven by sustained high gold prices. Ore from small-scale and artisanal gold mining is processed in numerous small mills (entables) around Marmato, which impact surface water quality through the discharge of milled waste rock slurry, highly alkaline cyanide-treated effluent, and high dissolved metal loads. To investigate the impact of artisanal mining and ore processing, water samples were collected in January 2012 from streams around Marmato. The average dissolved metal concentrations in impacted streams were Zn, 78 mg L?1; Pb, 0.43 mg L?1; Cu, 403 µg L?1 Cd, 255 µg L?1; As, 235 µg L?1; Ni, 67 µg L?1; Co, 55 µg L?1; Sb, 7 µg L?1; and Hg, 42 ng L?1, exceeding World Health Organization drinking water guidelines. In addition, arsenic speciation was conducted in-situ and indicated that 91–95% of inorganic arsenic species is in the form of As(V). Spatial analysis of the data suggests that entables processing ore for artisanal miners are the main contributor to water pollution, with high sediment loads, alkalinity and elevated concentrations of dissolved arsenic, cadmium, mercury and lead, caused by the processing of gold-bearing sulphides in the entables. Geochemical data from surface water were compared to a comprehensive data set of whole rock analyses from drill core and channel samples from the deposit, indicating that the deposit is significantly enriched in gold, silver, lead, zinc, arsenic, antimony, and cadmium compared to crustal averages, which is reflected in the surface water geochemistry. However, elevated mercury levels in surface water cannot be explained by enrichment of mercury in the deposit and strongly suggest that mercury is being added to concentrates during ore processing to amalgamate fine gold. 相似文献
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Adsorption of arsenic (V) by natural zeolitic tuff, modified with iron (III), was investigated. Also, the iron (III) adsorption
characteristics by natural zeolitic tuff was evaluated. It was determined that iron (III) adsorption by starting zeolitic
tuff was best represented by the Freundlich type of isotherm, having correlation coefficient ( r
2) of 0.990. Arsenic (V) adsorption by iron (III)-modified zeolitic tuff followed a nonlinear type of isotherm. The best fit
of the experimental data was obtained using the Langmuir–Freundlich model ( r
2 = 0.99), with the estimated maximum of arsenic (V) adsorption to iron (III)-modified zeolitic tuff of 1.55 mg/g. 相似文献
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Arsenite [As(III)]-oxidizing bacteria play important roles in reducing arsenic [As] toxicity and mobility in As-contaminated
areas. As-resistant bacteria were isolated from the soils of two abandoned mines in the Republic of Korea. The isolated bacteria
showed relatively high resistances to As(III) up to 26 mM. The PCR-based 16S rRNA analysis revealed that the isolated As-resistant
bacteria were close relatives to Serratia marcescensa, Pseudomonas putida, Pantoea agglomerans, and Alcaligenes sp. Among the five As-resistant bacterial isolates, Alcaligenes sp. strain RS-19 showed the highest As(III)-oxidizing activity in batch tests, completely oxidizing 1 mM of As(III) to As(V)
within 40 h during heterotrophic growth. This study suggests that the indigenous bacteria have evolved to retain the ability
to resist toxic As in the As-contaminated environments and moreover to convert the species to a less toxic form [e.g., from
As(III) to As(V)] and also contribute the biogeochemical cycling of As by being involved in speciation of As. 相似文献
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Arsenic contamination in the environment (i.e. surface, well and tube-well water, soil, sediment and rice samples) of central
India (i.e. Ambagarh Chauki, Chhattisgarh) is reported. The concentration of the total arsenic in the samples i.e. water ( n=64), soil ( n=30), sediment ( n=27) and rice grain ( n=10) were ranged from 15 to 825 μg L −1, 9 to 390 mg kg −1, 19 to 489 mg kg −1 and 0.018 to 0.446 mg kg −1, respectively. In all type of waters, the arsenic levels exceeded the permissible limit, 10 μg L −1. The most toxic and mobile inorganic species i.e. As(III) and As(V) are predominantly present in water of this region. The
soils have relatively higher contents of arsenic and other elements i.e. Mg, Al, Si, K, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu,
Zn, As, Ga, Zr, Sn, Sb, Pb and U. The mean arsenic contents in soil of this region are much higher than in arsenic soil of
West Bengal and Bangladesh. The lowest level of arsenic in the soil of this region is 3.7 mg kg −1 with median value of 9.5 mg kg −1. The arsenic contents in the sediments are at least 2-folds higher than in the soil. The sources of arsenic contamination
in the soil of this region are expected from the rock weathering as well as the atmospheric deposition. The environmental
samples i.e. water, soil dust, food, etc. are expected the major exposure for the arsenic contamination. The most of people
living in this region are suffering with arsenic borne diseases (i.e. melanosis, keratosis, skin cancer, etc.). 相似文献
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为了探讨超富集植物蜈蚣草在处理高砷地下水方面的可行性,研究了水培条件下砷的浓度、形态和碳酸氢盐(HCO-3)对超富集植物蜈蚣草吸收砷的影响。实验中使用了浓度为0.1~100mg·L-1的As(III)和As(V)溶液。HCO-3处理中,HCO-3浓度范围为0.5~20mmol·L-1,As(III)或As(V)的浓度为5mg·L-1。结果表明,在水培条件下,蜈蚣草具有明显的耐高砷特征。当介质砷含量高达100mg·L-1时,砷的去除率可达到80%,且对As(III)的吸收效率高于As(V)。植物体内砷形态研究表明,蜈蚣草体内2种形态砷的含量与外源砷形态有一定的关系,As(V)处理条件下,植物体中的As(V)比例较As(III)处理高。高浓度的HCO-3(20mmol·L-1)处理对蜈蚣草地上部分生物量没有明显影响,但是抑制了地下部分的生长,并且对砷的吸收表现出明显的抑制作用。 相似文献
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Arsenic (As) speciation in surface and groundwater from two provinces in Argentina (San Juan and La Pampa) was investigated using solid phase extraction (SPE) cartridge methodology with comparison to total arsenic concentrations. A third province, Río Negro, was used as a control to the study. Strong cation exchange (SCX) and strong anion exchange (SAX) cartridges were utilised in series for the separation and preservation of arsenite (As III), arsenate (As V), monomethylarsonic acid (MA V) and dimethylarsinic acid (DMA V). Samples were collected from a range of water outlets (rivers/streams, wells, untreated domestic taps, well water treatment works) to assess the relationship between total arsenic and arsenic species, water type and water parameters (pH, conductivity and total dissolved solids, TDS). Analysis of the waters for arsenic (total and species) was performed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) in collision cell mode. Total arsenic concentrations in the surface and groundwater from Encon and the San José de Jáchal region of San Juan (north-west Argentina within the Cuyo region) ranged from 9 to 357 μg l ?1 As. Groundwater from Eduardo Castex (EC) and Ingeniero Luiggi (LU) in La Pampa (central Argentina within the Chaco-Pampean Plain) ranged from 3 to 1326 μg l ?1 As. The pH range for the provinces of San Juan (7.2–9.7) and La Pampa (7.0–9.9) are in agreement with other published literature. The highest total arsenic concentrations were found in La Pampa well waters (both rural farms and pre-treated urban sources), particularly where there was high pH (typically > 8.2), conductivity (>2,600 μS cm ?1) and TDS (>1,400 mg l ?1). Reverse osmosis (RO) treatment of well waters in La Pampa for domestic drinking water in EC and LU significantly reduced total arsenic concentrations from a range of 216–224 μg l ?1 As to 0.3–0.8 μg l ?1 As. Arsenic species for both provinces were predominantly As III and As V. As III and As V concentrations in San Juan ranged from 4–138 μg l ?1 to <0.02–22 μg l ?1 for surface waters (in the San José de Jáchal region) and 23–346 μg l ?1 and 0.04–76 μg l ?1 for groundwater, respectively. This translates to a relative As III abundance of 69–100% of the total arsenic in surface waters and 32–100% in groundwater. This is unexpected because it is typically thought that in oxidising conditions (surface waters), the dominant arsenic species is As V. However, data from the SPE methodology suggests that As III is the prevalent species in San Juan, indicating a greater influence from reductive processes. La Pampa groundwater had As III and As V concentrations of 5–1,332 μg l ?1 and 0.09–592 μg l ?1 for EC and 32–242 μg l ?1 and 30–277 μg l ?1 As for LU, respectively. Detectable levels of MA V were reported in both provinces up to a concentration of 79 μg l ?1 (equating to up to 33% of the total arsenic). Previously published literature has focused primarily on the inorganic arsenic species, however this study highlights the potentially significant concentrations of organoarsenicals present in natural waters. The potential for separating and preserving individual arsenic species in the field to avoid transformation during transport to the laboratory, enabling an accurate assessment of in situ arsenic speciation in water supplies is discussed. 相似文献
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A field method is reported for the speciation of arsenic in water samples that is simple, rapid, safe to use beyond laboratory
environments, and cost effective. The method utilises solid-phase extraction cartridges (SPE) in series for selective retention
of arsenic species, followed by elution and measurement of eluted fractions by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
(ICP-MS) for “total” arsenic. The method is suitable for on-site separation and preservation of arsenic species from water.
Mean percentage accuracies ( n = 25) for synthetic solutions of arsenite (As III), arsenate (As V), monomethylarsonic acid (MA), and dimethylarsinic acid (DMA) containing 10 μg l −1 As, were 98, 101, 94, and 105%, respectively. Data are presented to demonstrate the effect of pH and competing anions on
the retention of the arsenic species. The cartridges were tested in the UK and Argentina at sites where arsenic was known
to be present in surface and groundwaters, respectively, at elevated concentrations and under challenging matrix conditions.
In Argentinean groundwater, 4–20% of speciated arsenic was present as MA and 20–73% as As III. In UK surface waters, speciated arsenic was measured as 7–49% MA and 12–42% DMA. Comparative data from the field method
using SPE cartridges and the laboratory method using liquid chromatography coupled to ICP-MS for all water samples provided
a correlation of greater than 0.999 for As III and DMA, 0.991 for MA, and 0.982 for As V ( P < 0.01). 相似文献
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大同盆地是典型的高砷地下水分布区。利用从地方性砷中毒严重病区山阴县采集的高砷地下水样品,用稀释培养法实验研究了外加砷源对地下水中微生物数量的影响;同时基于生物学可培养法和16S rDNA序列比对法,选取代表性高砷水样,研究了耐砷菌的种群特征。结果表明,外加砷源对地下水中微生物数量影响显著,高浓度砷会抑制大部分微生物生长,使微生物数量减少;低浓度砷对微生物生长具有一定促进作用。通过多次分离、纯化从3个不同砷含量地下水样中分离到多株砷抗性菌,经鉴定属于主要为 Bacillus、 Pseudomonas、 Paenibacillus、 Aeromonas、 Enterobacter5个属。从RDP(Ribosomal Database Project)分析显示3个水样可培养微生物组成不同,都有生存能力强能够耐低浓度NaAsO 2的Bacillales,优势耐砷菌是γ-proteobacteria,其中 Enterbacter具有耐高浓度NaAsO 2的能力。 相似文献
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We examined arsenic (As) uptake by vegetable crops (amaranth, Amaranthus
gangeticus, and silverbeet, Beta
vulgaris) as affected by As speciation (As III and As V) and their concentrations in nutrient solution. Amaranth and silverbeet were grown in a nutrient solution containing four
levels of arsenate (As V): 0, 1, 5, and 25 mg As/l and three levels of arsenite (As III): 0, 5, 10 mg As/l. Both As V and As III are phytotoxic to these crops with the latter being five times more toxic. Amaranth treated with As III exhibited As toxicity symptoms within 48 h of exposure and was close to death within 1 week. However, As V treatment did not show clear toxicity symptoms other than wilting and yield reduction at the highest dose rate of 25 mg As V/l. The main mechanism used by vegetable crops to tolerate As V is probably avoidance—limiting As transport to shoots and increasing As accumulation in the root system. When As V was added to the nutrient solution, the uptake of As in shoots increased and, at the highest dose (25 mg As V/l), 60 μg As/g DW (3.6 mg/kg FW) accumulated in the edible portion, which exceeds the WHO recommended limit for food stuffs
(2 mg/kg FW) as the water contents of the crops were 94%. It is therefore important to determine the nature of the As species
and their bio-accessibility. Iron treatment with 0.5 mg NaFe(III)EDTA/l dose decreased silverbeet As uptake by 45% given its
affinity to bind As at the root surface or root rhizosphere and so restrict As translocation to the shoots. 相似文献
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In the present study arsenic contaminated simulated water and groundwater was treated by the combination of biological oxidation of tri-valent arsenite [As (III)] to penta-valent arsenate [As (V)] in presence of Acidothiobacillus ferrooxidans bacteria and its removal by adsorptive filtration in a bioreactor system. This method includes the immobilisation of A.ferrooxidans on Granulated Activated Carbon (GAC) capable of oxidising ferrous [Fe (II)] to ferric [Fe (III)]. The Fe (III) significantly converts the As (III) to As (V) and ultimately removed greater than 95% by the bed of GAC, limestone, and sand. The significant influence of Fe (II) concentration (0.1–1.5?gL ?1), flowrate (0.06–0.18?Lh ?1), and initial As (III) concentration (100–1000?µgL ?1) on the arsenic removal efficiency was investigated. The simulated water sample containing the different concentration of As (III) and other ions was used in the study. The removal of other co-existing ions present in contaminated water was also investigated in column study. The concentration of arsenic was found to be <10?µgL ?1 which is below Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) as per WHO in treated water. The results confirmed that the present system including adsorptive-filtration was successfully used for the treatment of contaminated water containing As (III) ions. 相似文献
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Arsenic is subject to microbial interactions, which support a wide range of biogeochemical transformations of elements in
natural environments such as wetlands. The arsenic detoxification potential of the bacterial strains was investigated with
the arsenite oxidation gene, aox genotype, which were isolated from the natural and constructed wetlands. The isolates were able to grow in the presence of
10 mM of sodium arsenite (As(III) as NaAsO 2) and 1 mM of d+glucose. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing indicated that these isolated strains resembled members
of the genus that have arsenic-resistant systems ( Acinetobacter sp., Aeromonas sp., Agrobacterium sp., Comamonas sp., Enterobacter sp., Pantoea sp., and Pseudomonas sp.) with sequence similarities of 81–98%. One bacterial isolate identified as Pseudomonas stutzeri strain GIST-BDan2 (EF429003) showed the activity of arsenite oxidation and existence of aoxB and aoxR gene, which could play an important role in arsenite oxidation to arsenate. This reaction may be considered as arsenic detoxification
process. The results of a batch test showed that P. stutzeri GIST-BDan2 (EF429003) completely oxidized in 1 mM of As(III) to As(V) within 25–30 h. In this study, microbial activity was
evaluated to provide a better understanding of arsenic biogeochemical cycle in both natural and constructed wetlands, where
ecological niches for microorganisms could be different, with a specific focus on arsenic oxidation/reduction and detoxification. 相似文献
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Stawell Gold Mine in NW Victoria, Australia, mines ores that contain large concentrations of As and significant quantities of the metals Pb and Cr. The aim of this research was to understand the dispersion, enrichment and probable exposure of these potentially hazardous elements around the mine site. Fifty-five surface soil samples were collected near the mine (<15 km) and analysed by ICP-MS/OES following bioavailable and four-acid extractions. Soils near the mine show greater concentrations of As, Cr and Pb than those near a regionally determined background. This is attributed to the combination of a natural geochemical halo around mineralization and anthropogenic dispersion due to mining and urbanization. Total As concentrations were between 16 and 946 mg kg −1 near the mine in a regional background of 1–16 mg kg −1. Total Cr concentrations were between 18 and 740 mg kg −1 near the mine in a regional background of 26–143 mg kg −1. Total Pb concentrations were between 12 and 430 mg kg −1 near the mine in a regional background of 9–23 mg kg −1. Dispersion of contaminant elements from the present ore processing is <500 m. The most enriched soils occur close to the town and are unrelated to present mining practices. The bioavailable As, Cr and Pb, soil ingestion rates and Risk Reference Doses were used to estimate health risks. An average toddler (12 kg) would need to consume at least 1.5 g, and most likely 12 g, of soil per day to show some symptoms of As toxicity. The maximum measured bioavailable As would pose a risk at average ingestion rates of 200 mg per day. Individuals with soil-eating disorders would exceed the safe daily consumption limits for As, and potentially Cr and Pb. Small children are not typically exposed to soil everyday, very few have soil eating disorders, and, therefore, the health risk from the soils around the mine is minimal. 相似文献
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Five arsenic-resistant bacterial strains designated MT1, MT2, MT3, V1 and V2 were isolated from sediments of the Oliveri-Tindari Lagoon (Italy), which comprises six small lakes whose sediments contain low arsenic concentrations. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16 S rRNA gene sequences assigned them to the genus Bacillus. Bacillus sp. strain MT3 showed higher tolerance to As(III) and As(V), as indicated by minimum inhibitory concentrations of 14 and 135 mmol ?1, respectively. Bacillus sp. strain V1 showed growth inhibition at 14 mmol ?1 in the presence of As(III) and at 68 mmol ?1 in the presence of As(V), whereas the arsenic resistance of Bacillus sp. strain MT1 was 10 and 27 mmol ?1 for As(III) and As(V), respectively. The strains Bacillus spp. MT2 and V2 showed low levels of As(III) and As(V) resistance, as it was unable to grow at concentrations>7 and 14 mmol ?1, respectively. The isolated arsenic-resistant Bacillus spp. strains were able to reduce As(V) to As(III), especially Bacillus spp. strain MT3. This study suggests that the isolated bacterial strains play a role in the arsenic biogeochemical cycle of arsenic-poor sediments in the Oliveri-Tindari Lagoon. 相似文献
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Historical mining in Alaska has created a legacy of approximately 6,830 abandoned mine sites which include adits, tailing piles and contaminated land that continue to impact surface and groundwater quality through run-off and leaching of potentially toxic metals, especially arsenic (As). One such site is the Lucky Shot Gold Mine in Hatcher Pass, south-central Alaska, which operated from 1920 until 1942, mining gold-bearing quartz veins hosted in a Cretaceous tonalite intrusion. Arsenopyrite (FeAsS) and pyrite (FeS 2) present in the quartz veins contribute to elevated As levels in water draining, abandoned mine adits. As future underground mining at Lucky Shot may further adversely impact water quality, baseline geochemical studies were undertaken to assess As mobility in the vicinity of the mine adits. Water samples were collected from streams, adits and boreholes around the mine and analysed for major and minor elements using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and for anions by ion chromatography (IC). Arsenic species separation was performed in the field to determine the ratio of inorganic As(III)/As(V) using anion-exchange chromatography, following established methods. It was determined that water draining the adits had elevated levels of As roughly seventy times the United States Environmental Protection Agency Drinking Water Standard of 10?μg?L ?1, although this was rapidly diluted downstream in Craigie Creek to <2?μg?L ?1. Adit and surface water pH was circum-neutral and displayed no characteristics of acid mine drainage. Despite being well oxygenated, As(III) is the dominant As species in adit water, accounting for close to 100?% of total As. The proportion of As(V) increases downstream of the adits, as some As(III) is oxidized, but the speciation enhances arsenic mobility at the site. The δ 18O measurements indicate that the water in the system has a short residence time as it is very similar to meteoric water, supporting the observation that the predominance of As(III) in adit water results from the lack of thermodynamical equilibrium being attained and preferential absorbance of As(V). 相似文献
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Arsenic contamination in groundwater is of increasing concern because of its high toxicity and widespread occurrence. This
study is an effort to trace the factors responsible for arsenic enrichment in groundwater of the middle Gangetic Plain of
India through major ion chemistry, arsenic speciation, sediment grain-size analyses, and multivariate statistical techniques.
The study focuses on the distinction between the contributions of natural weathering and anthropogenic inputs of arsenic with
its spatial distribution and seasonal variations in the plain of the state Bihar of India. Thirty-six groundwater and one
sediment core samples were collected in the pre-monsoon and post-monsoon seasons. Various graphical plots and statistical
analysis were carried out using chemical data to enable hydrochemical evaluation of the aquifer system based on the ionic
constituents, water types, hydrochemical facies, and factors controlling groundwater quality. Results suggest that the groundwater
is characterized by slightly alkaline pH with moderate to strong reducing nature. The general trend of various ions was found
to be Ca 2+ > Na + > Mg 2+ > K + > NH 4
+; and HCO 3
− > Cl − > SO 4
2− > NO 3
− > PO 4
3− > F − in both seasons. Spatial and temporal variations showed a slightly higher arsenic concentration in the pre-monsoon period
(118 μg/L) than in the post-monsoon period (114 μg/L). Results of correlation analyses indicate that arsenic contamination
is strongly associated with high concentrations of Fe, PO 4
3−, and NH 4
+ but relatively low Mn concentrations. Further, the enrichment of arsenic is more prevalent in the proximity of the Ganges
River, indicating that fluvial input is the main source of arsenic. Grain size analyses of sediment core samples revealed
clay (fine-grained) strata between 4.5 and 7.5 m deep that govern the vertical distribution of arsenic. The weathering of
carbonate and silicate minerals along with surface-groundwater interactions, ion exchange, and anthropogenic activities seem
to be the processes governing groundwater contamination, including with arsenic. Although the percentage of wells exceeding
the permissible limit (50 μg/L) was less (47%) than that reported in Bangladesh and West Bengal, the percentage contribution
of toxic As(III) to total arsenic concentration is quite high (66%). This study is vital considering that groundwater is the
exclusive source of drinking water in the region and not only makes situation alarming but also calls for immediate attention. 相似文献
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The sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus is capable of surviving chronic exposure to sodium phosphate (inorganic phosphate) concentrations as high as 3.2 mg l −1, and triethyl phosphate (organic phosphate) concentrations of 1,000 mg l −1. However, chronic exposure to low (0.8 mg l −1 inorganic and 10 mg l −1 organic phosphate), medium (1.6 mg l −1 inorganic and 100 mg l −1 organic phosphate) or high (3.2 mg l −1 inorganic and 1,000 mg l −1 organic phosphate) sublethal concentrations of these phosphates inhibits feeding, fecal production, nutrient absorption and
allocation, growth and righting behavior. Food consumption and fecal production declined significantly in individuals exposed
to medium and high concentrations of inorganic phosphates and all levels of organic phosphates. Feeding absorption efficiencies
for total organics and carbohydrates decreased significantly in individuals held in the highest concentration of organic phosphate.
Feeding absorption efficiencies for lipids were significantly reduced in the highest inorganic phosphate concentration only,
while they decreased significantly for protein with increasing phosphate exposure. Carbohydrate and lipid levels in gonad
and gut tissues decreased significantly with exposure to increasing phosphate concentrations, potentially impairing both gametogenesis
and nutrient storage in the gut. Moreover, gonad indices significantly decreased in individuals exposed to the highest concentrations
of either phosphate. Growth rates decreased significantly under the influence of all phosphate concentrations, while increasing
in seawater alone. Individuals exposed to increasing phosphate concentrations showed reduced righting responses (a measure
of stress) and no acclimation in righting times during chronic exposure to phosphates over a 4 week period. These findings
indicate that shallow-water populations of L. variegatus subjected to inorganic and organic phosphate pollutants will exhibit stress and be inhibited in their growth and performance
due to reductions in feeding, nutrient absorption and allocation of nutrients to key somatic and reproductive tissues.
Received: 10 April 2000 / Accepted: 2 October 2000 相似文献
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Soil ingestion is an important human exposure pathway of heavy metals in urban environments with heavy metal contaminated
soils. This study aims to assess potential health risks of heavy metals in soils sampled from an urban environment where high
frequency of human exposure may be present. A bioaccessibility test is used, which is an in vitro gastrointestinal (IVG) test
of soluble metals under simulated physiological conditions of the human digestion system. Soil samples for assessing the oral
bioaccessibility of arsenic (As) and lead (Pb) were collected from a diverse range of different land uses, including urban
parks, roadsides, industrial sites and residential areas in Guangzhou City, China. The soil samples contained a wide range
of total As (10.2 to 61.0 mg kg −1) and Pb (38.4 to 348 mg kg −1) concentrations. The bioaccessibility of As and Pb in the soil samples were 11.3 and 39.1% in the stomach phase, and 1.9
and 6.9% in the intestinal phase, respectively. The As and Pb bioaccessibility in the small intestinal phase was significantly
lower than those in the gastric phase. Arsenic bioaccessibility was closely influenced by soil pH and organic matter content
( r
2 = 0.451, p < 0.01) in the stomach phase, and by organic matter, silt and total As contents ( r
2 = 0.604, p < 0.001) in the intestinal phase. The general risk of As and Pb intake for children from incidental ingestion of soils is
low, compared to their maximum doses, without causing negative human health effects. The exposure risk of Pb in the soils
ranked in the order of: industrial area/urban parks > residential area/road side. Although the risk of heavy metal exposure
from direct ingestion of urban soils is relatively low, the risk of inhalation of fine soil particulates in the air remains
to be evaluated. 相似文献
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