In-use polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) stocks and atmospheric emissions in Japan

We estimated the in-use stocks of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in Japan using a population balance model. The estimation is based on the domestic demand of PBDEs and the assumed survival rate of these products. Two cases relevant to the future regulation of commercial deca-BDE are considered, namely (1) deca-BDE declines at the same rate as the current rate of decline, and (2) deca-BDE is discontinued after 2020. The estimates of the decreasing rates of in-use penta-, octa-, and deca-BDE stocks were proportional with the measured decreases in the atmospheric concentrations of these substances. The in-use penta- and octa-BDE stocks could be depleted in the near future (500 and 60 tonne in 2013, and an estimated 20 and <1 tonne in 2020, respectively). Relevant to case 1, the in-use stocks of deca-BDE-containing products would be 28,000 tonne in 2013 and an estimated 1900 tonne in 2040, providing an ongoing source of deca-BDE emission to the environment. On the other hand, relevant to case 2, most of the deca-BDE would be phased out by 2040. The atmospheric emissions of deca-BDE were predicted at 84–841 kg/year in 2013 and an estimated 43–425 kg/year in 2020.     

一种水基燃烧新技术及其清除海洋油污应用

针对大面积海洋石油污染难以利用现有方法进行高效治理的问题,针对性地提出了一种简便实用的水基燃烧新技术,介绍了其技术特点和以碳化钙和金属钾为主要原料配方的化学反应原理,进而利用其独特的可长时间持续燃烧这一关键性能,设计开展了对海洋油污进行清除处理的实验研究。结果不仅表明了采用该技术处理海洋油污的有效性,特别是对实际最为常见且采用传统燃烧法根本无法处理的油层厚度不足3 mm的海洋原油污染,通过其对油层持续的点火和加热挥发等多种作用也可达到高效清除的目的,并从油层厚度与燃烧状况之间的关系对相关的理论问题进行了分析,体现了其良好的应用前景。     

炼化企业中水紫外线消毒及其影响因素简

研究水质对254 nm紫外线透射率的影响,通过动态实验考察了照射时间、254 nm紫外线透射率以及紫外线剂量对炼化企业中水消毒效果的影响并同时考察异养菌、硫酸盐还原菌和铁细菌的光复活及暗修复现象。结果表明,有机物是影响炼化企业中水紫外线消毒的重要因素;紫外线对炼化企业中水中的异养菌具有良好的灭活作用;增加照射时间对消毒效果的提升作用受254 nm紫外线透射率的影响;紫外线透射率在较低的范围内时对消毒效果的影响相对较大,在较高的范围内时影响较小;紫外线剂量-响应曲线受254 nm紫外线透射率的影响;剂量的“成分”,即照射时间和透射率的不同组合,也会对消毒效果产生影响;在80 mJ/cm²的剂量下,20 h内异养菌出现了较强烈的光复活和暗修复现象,铁细菌仅出现了明显的光复活现象,硫酸盐还原菌没有表现出明显的复活。     

Measuring and modeling the seasonal changes of an urban Green Treefrog (Hyla cinerea) population

Green Treefrogs (Hyla cinerea) were captured, marked, measured and released at an urban study site in Lafayette, LA, during the 2004 and 2005 breeding seasons. A statistical method based on a generalization of the hypergeometric distribution was used to derive weekly time-series estimates of the population sizes. To describe the population dynamics, a stage structured mathematical model was developed and compared to time-series obtained from the weekly population estimates study using a least-squares approach. Two fitting experiments were done: (1) Using uniform distribution for the birth rate during the breeding season; (2) Using a birth rate distributed according to weekly data on frog calling intensity. Although both model-to-data fits look very promising during the years 2004 and 2005 and result in similar inherent survivorship rates for the tadpoles, juvenile and adult frogs, the fit that uses the calling data predicts a lower number of tadpoles and frogs in the long term than the one that uses uniform birth distribution. The parameter estimates resulting from these fitting experiments are used in the context of stochastic simulations to derive extinction and persistence probabilities for this population. Due to the oscillatory dynamics (with high amplitude) evidenced by the capture-recapture data and corroborated by the model, it is suggested that anuran monitoring efforts should take into account the natural intra-annual variation in population size.     

新型干法水泥生产中二恶英减排的环境技术经济研究

分析了水泥生产过程中多氯二苯并对二恶英和多氯二苯并呋喃(以下简称“二恶英”)的产生机理和国内外排放情况,针对我国部分新型干法水泥窑生产工艺二恶英排放偏高和窑炉能效偏低的问题,选择典型的新型干法水泥窑,开展了二恶英、常规污染物排放情况监测和能效检测及诊断,提出了二恶英协同减排措施,实施了有针对性的技术改造,并对改造后的排放和能效改进情况、环境和经济效益进行了系统评估. 结果表明:采用提高能效、充分燃烧、快速冷却废气及确保进入除尘器的废气温度低于200 ℃等二恶英减排最佳可行技术,烟气中二恶英的量降低了91.8%,单位熟料的能耗水平降低了2.08%;同时,颗粒物等常规污染物和二氧化碳等温室气体也实现了协同减排. 企业通过节能和余热利用获取了经济效益.      

Willingness to pay for agricultural flood insurance in the Mekong River Delta

Increasing urbanization and industrial development upstream of the Mekong River Delta of Vietnam (MRD) including the construction of a series of dams for hydroelectricity generation is changing the downstream risk of flooding. Concerns about the likely influence of global climate change and rising sea levels add further uncertainty to this risk that threatens the livelihood of farmers. With this in mind and in view of the under-developed state of the market for crop insurance in the MRD, we survey rice growers to explore their willingness-to-pay (WTP) for crop insurance by using a choice experiment. The experimental design comprised five attributes, including the type of peril covered – riverine flooding (flooding); flooding triggered by tidal regimes (inundation); or flooding, inundation and wind damage – type of provider; extent of cover and deductible and premium. Two hundred and twenty-six rice-growing farmers were surveyed with each farmer responding to six different choices. Our study shows that WTPs for an insurance plan covering a loss up to 2 million VND/1000m²/farming season and having a deductible of 25% of the potential (profit) crop value varied between 200,000 and 500,000?VND/1000m² (1USD?=?22,550 Vietnamese Dong – VND) for each rice growing season, implying a potential market for crop insurance.     

四联疗法治疗消化性溃疡的疗效观察

观察奥美拉唑、枸橼酸铋钾、阿莫西林及呋喃唑酮四联疗法对消化性溃疡的疗效.方法选取96例消化性溃疡、幽门螺杆菌(HP)阳性患者,给予口服奥美拉唑20 mg+枸橼酸铋钾240 mg+阿莫西林1 g+呋喃唑酮200mg2,次/日,共14日,观察症状,并复查胃镜和HP感染情况.结果绝大部分患者症状消失,行胃镜检查和HP检测,显示溃疡面治愈或明显好转,并HP转为阴性.结论四联疗法治疗消化性溃疡的疗效可靠,副作用少,价格便宜,值得临床推广.参10.     

广东乐昌铅锌尾矿的酸化潜力

利用净产酸试验(NAG)和净产酸潜力试验(NAPP)方法,研究了广东乐昌铅锌尾矿的产酸潜力.该尾矿的黄铁矿的硫和总硫含量分别为12.57%和18.68%,NAG和NAPP值分别为H₂SO₄ 220 kg·t^-1和326 kg·t^-1,NAG和NAPP的试验结果都表明该尾矿有着很高的产酸潜力.由于黄铁矿硫不会完全被氧化,NAG比NAPP可更为准确地预测尾矿的产酸潜力.2个剖面的分析表明,因氧化难以进入尾矿深部,酸化主要发生在尾矿表面0～20cm,且对下层尾矿的影响很小.尾矿的pH值与EC值显著负相关,表明酸化促进乐昌尾矿中盐分的溶解和重金属的迁移,在酸化的表层,有效态Pb、Zn、Cu和Cd含量显著高于未酸化的下层,而Pb、Zn、Cu和Cd的总量却显著低于未酸化的下层.     

无机抗菌剂在建筑涂料中的应用研究

研究了5种无机抗菌剂:锌型沸石抗菌剂、银型沸石抗菌剂、氧化锌晶须复合抗菌剂、纳米TiO2光催化抗菌剂和Ca10-x-yTixZny(PO4)6(OH)2复合抗菌剂在涂料中的应用。以对大肠杆菌(E.coli)的灭菌效果评价抗菌性能。结果表明:锌型抗菌涂料的抗菌效果较差,后4种类型抗菌涂料具有很好抗菌效果。但是,银型抗菌剂和氧化锌晶须复合抗菌剂在涂料中存在易引起涂料变色和难分散问题;纳米TiO2光催化型抗菌剂在涂料中易加快涂料老化;而Ca10-x-yTixZny(PO4)6(OH)2复合抗菌剂既具有良好的抗菌性能,又对涂料的基本性能没有影响,它能够应用到抗菌涂料中。     

Lead in paddy soils and rice plants and its potential health risk around Lechang lead/zinc mine, Guangdong, China

As part of a project on phytoextraction of lead (Pb) in paddy soils around a lead/zinc (Pb/Zn) Mine in Lechang of Guangdong Province, South China, the concentration distribution of Pb in paddy soil-rice system was investigated, and its potential health risk to animal/human was evaluated. Total and diethylenetetraminepentaacetic acid (DTPA)-extractable Pb in soils averaged 1486 and 268 microg/g, respectively. According to sequential extraction procedure, soil Pb occurred primarily in the residual, carbonate and exchangeable fractions (30.2%, 26.7% and 19.1%, respectively). Lead extracted by the gastric juice simulation test (GJST) was 1068 microg/g and accounted for 75.4% of the total concentration. Mean Pb concentrations of 419 microg/g in rice root, 69.1 microg/g in whole straw, 51.0 microg/g in part straw (without two leaves near above the root), 44.9 microg/g in stalk, 21.9 microg/g in hull, 13.2 microg/g in grain with hull and 4.67microg/g in grain without hull (namely, unpolished rice) were found. Lead concentrations in both soil and rice plant were far above the corresponding tolerable levels. Lead daily intakes by local residents were 2.6 mg for adults and 1.2 mg for children, which were much higher than the allowable level. Thus, Pb in this area might pose a potential health risk to the local population.