Sorption, degradation and mobility of microcystins in Chinese agriculture soils: Risk assessment for groundwater protection

In the present paper, sorption, persistence, and leaching behavior of three microcystin variants in Chinese agriculture soils were examined. Based on this study, the values of capacity factor and slope for three MCs variants in three soils ranged from 0.69 to 6.00, and 1.01 to 1.54, respectively. The adsorption of MCs in the soils decreased in the following order: RR > Dha7 LR > LR. Furthermore, for each MC variant in the three soils, the adsorption rate in the soils decreased in the following order: soil A > soil C > soil B. The calculated half-time ranged between 7.9 and 17.8 days for MC-RR, 6.0-17.1 days for MC-LR, and 7.1-10.2 days for MC-Dha7 LR. Results from leaching experiments demonstrated that recoveries of toxins in leachates ranged from 0-16.7% for RR, 73.2-88.9% for LR, and 8.9-73.1% for Dha7 LR. The GUS value ranged from 1.48 to 2.06 for RR, 1.82-2.88 for LR, and 1.76-2.09 for Dha7 LR. Results demonstrated the use of cyanobacterial collections as plant fertilizer is likely to be unsafe in soils.     

Future private car stock in China: current growth pattern and effects of car sales restriction

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change - Car stock projection is essential to evaluating the energy and environmental impacts of private cars in China. Since the private car...     

自适应滤波法在洪水预测中的应用

尝试用时间序列分析中的自适应滤波法对江河灾害性洪水进行预测，认为加权因子个数和自适应常数的确定是关键。以荆江沙市站１９５０～１９９５年的年最高水位资料为研究对象，借助计算机编程与计算，确定了最优加权因子个数和自适应常数，建立了适合于该站未来年最高水位的预测模型。预测结果与误差分析表明，自适应滤波法用于江河洪水预测是可行的。     

Degradation of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in landscape soils

N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), a potential carcinogen, was commonly found in treated wastewater as a by-product of chlorination. As treated water is increasingly used for landscape irrigation, there is an imperative need to understand the leaching risk for NDMA in landscape soils. In this study, adsorption and incubation experiments were conducted using landscape soils planted with turfgrass, ground cover, and trees. Adsorption of NDMA was negligibly weak (K(d) < 1) in all soils, indicating that NDMA has a high potential for moving with percolating water in these soils. Degradation of NDMA occurred at different rates among these soils. At 21 degrees C, the half-life (t(1/2)) of NDMA was 4.1 d for the ground cover soil, 5.6 d for the turfgrass soil, and 22.5 d for the tree soil. The persistence was substantially prolonged after autoclaving or when incubated at 10 degrees C. The rate of degradation was not significantly affected by the initial NDMA concentration or addition of organic and inorganic nutrient sources. The relative persistence was inversely correlated with soil organic matter content, soil microbial biomass, and soil dehydrogenase activity, suggesting the importance of microorganisms in NDMA degradation in these soils. These results suggest that the behavior of NDMA depends closely on the vegetation cover in a landscape system, and prolonged persistence and increased leaching may be expected in soils with sparse vegetation due to low organic matter content and limited microbial activity.     

氯氟烃替代物的开发研究进展

重点介绍了近年来国内外对氯氟烃替代物的研究开发动向，并简要地介绍了主要替代物的性能及应用情况。     

Influence of the residence time of street trees and their soils on trace element contamination in Paris (France)

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - With the actual increasing interest for urban soils, the evaluation of soil contamination by trace elements and the dynamics of this contamination...     

Preparation of Liquid Epoxidized Natural Rubber by Oxidative Degradations Using Periodic Acid,Potassium Permanganate and UV-Irradiation

Epoxidized natural rubber (ENR) needs to be degraded into shorter chain lengths, to form liquid epoxidized natural rubber (LENR), for applications such as coating and adhesives. Since ENR contains both C=C and epoxide groups as reactive sites for degradation reactions, thus, LENR could be prepared by different methods through cleavages of C=C or epoxide groups, or a combination of both sites. Different mechanisms would produce different terminals on the LENR. This paper reports the oxidative degradation by (a) periodic acid, (b) potassium permanganate and (c) ultra violet (UV) irradiation. The degraded rubbers were characterized by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy (FTIR). Ester and ketone terminals were formed in all the three methods, but lactone and hydrofuranic structures were observed only in degradation by UV irradiation. NMR spectrum reveals that cyclization of ENR has occurred during degradation by periodic acid. At lower periodic acid concentration, degradation takes place only via C=C cleavage, but at higher concentration, the attack to the epoxide groups becomes more prominent. Potassium permanganate has attacked both the double bonds and epoxide groups. On the other hands, epoxide group was not affected during degradation by UV irradiation, which cleaved only the C=C bonds.     

Quantification of polychlorinated biphenyl contamination using human placenta as biomarker from Punjab Province,Pakistan

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The present study biomonitored the placental polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) concentrations in women from Punjab Province, Pakistan, that provides the...     

生态环境损害责任确立的理论基础研究——以马克思主义生态文明观为视角

中共中央办公厅和国务院办公厅印发的《生态环境损害赔偿制度改革试点方案》已经明确提出了生态环境损害的赔偿问题,对生态环境本身造成损害需要承担责任将成为中国法治时代又一个崭新的命题,对生态环境造成损害担责因何而生、又因何而立?生态环境损害责任确立的理论根据到底是什么?笔者认为只有明确生态环境损害责任确立的理论基础,才能促进生态损害赔偿制度的有效构建与救济机制的健康运行,才能为"美丽中国"建设提供法治保障。本文以马克思主义生态文明观为研究视角,探讨了生态文明观作为中国生态环境损害责任确立的理论基础之科学性与合理性。本文研究发现,马克思主义生态文明观不仅扫清了环境损害责任确立的思想和认识障碍,而且回应了个别学者对环境损害责任成立的质疑,为环境损害责任的确立奠定了思想和理论基础;不仅如此,生态文明观还为环境损害责任的实施提供了政治、经济、文化、技术和法治保障,是生态文明观孕育了环境损害责任。本文进一步分析了生态文明观之所以能够孕育环境损害责任制度的原因,是因为生态文明观与环境损害责任有诸多内在的共同性:生态文明观与环境损害责任之间同根同源,都起源于生态环境危机的时代背景,直接目的就是为了实现环境保护,共同的手段就是环境法治,最深层次的共同价值追求是实现人与自然的和谐共生。中国未来生态环境损害责任制度的建立与运行,应当自觉坚持以马克思主义生态文明观为指导,自觉将马克思主义生态文明观作为思想指南和理论渊源。     

苏丹红Ⅰ对小鼠卵巢的损伤作用及对Caspase-3和Ki-67表达的影响

苏丹红是一种人工合成偶氮染料,可引起肝脏及泌尿系统等多个脏器的肿瘤,但苏丹红对生殖系统的毒性研究较少.本研究以昆明小鼠为受试对象,探讨苏丹红Ⅰ对小鼠卵巢组织Caspase-3和Ki-67表达的影响.将24只昆明小鼠随机分为:对照组、低剂量(60 mg· kg-1)、中剂量(120 mg·kg-1)、高剂量(240 mg· kg-1)4组,6只/组.胃灌4周,4周末处死.HE染色观察各组卵巢组织病理变化,免疫组化法检测卵巢组织Caspase-3和Ki-67表达,Real time PCR检测卵巢组织Caspase-3和Ki-67 mRNA表达,Western blotting检测卵巢组织中Ki-67及Caspase-3蛋白表达.与对照组比较,实验组卵巢中Caspase-3阳性细胞率显著升高(Jp＜O.05),而Ki-67阳性细胞率显著降低(P＜0.05),Real time PCR及Western blotting结果与免疫组化法结果一致.本实验发现苏丹红染毒后颗粒细胞的Caspase-3表达增加,且Caspase-3表达呈剂量依赖性,但Ki-67表达受到抑制.