Evaluating the PM damage cost due to urban air pollution and vehicle emissions in Seoul, Korea

This study evaluated the prospective damage costs of PM(2.5) inhalation. We performed a health risk assessment based on an exposure-response function to estimate the annual population risk in the Seoul metropolitan city, Korea. Also, we estimated a willingness-to-pay (WTP) amount for reducing the mortality rate in order to evaluate a statistical life value. We combined the annual population risk and the value-of-statistical-life to calculate the damage cost estimate. In the health risk assessment, we applied the PM(2.5) relative risk to evaluate the annual population risk. We targeted an exposure population of 5,401,369 persons who were over the age of 30. Using a Monte-Carlo simulation for uncertainty analysis, we estimated that the population risk of PM(2.5) inhalation during a year in Seoul is 2181 premature deaths for acute exposure and 18,510 premature deaths for chronic exposure. The monthly average WTP for 5/1000 mortality reduction over ten years is $20.20 USD (95% C.I: $16.60-24.50) and the implied value-of-statistical-life (VSL) is $485,000 USD (95% C.I: $398,000-588,000). The damage cost estimate due to risk from PM(2.5) inhalation in Seoul is about $1057 million USD per year for acute exposure, and $8972 million USD per year for chronic exposure. It is important to note that this cost estimate does not reflect all health damage cost estimates in this urban area. This recommendation is a model for evaluating a mortality risk reduction and as such we must re-evaluate an integrated application of morbidity risk.     

武江 (乐昌段)水体底泥重金属污染调查

对武江乐昌段由上游矿山废水排泄沟、中游霜降河和下游武江段3段水道底泥中Pb、Zn、Cu进行测定.结果表明,Pb的质量比为2.54×103 mg/kg、1.33×103 mg/kg和30.7 mg/kg,Zn的质量比为1.01×103 mg/kg、2.48×103 mg/kg和156 mg/kg,Cu的质量比为42.9 mg/kg、68.8 mg/kg和69.4 mg/kg.3段支水道底泥污染负荷指数(IPL值)分别是14.0、10.6和1.46,整个区域IPL值为6.19,达到极强度污染程度.Pb、Zn总体污染程度比Cu严重,对武江乐昌段及其下游地区存在潜在生态风险.指出,霜降河和废水排泄沟段底泥不能农用,需特别谨慎地疏浚、转运和处置,而武江段底泥则可农用.     

Enhanced catalytic degradation process of o-nitrochlorobenzene by palladium-catalyzed Fe0 particles

Over Pd/Fe bimetallic catalyst, o-nitrochlorobenzene（o-NCB）, at a concentration of 20 mg/L in aqueous solutions, is rapidly converted to o-chloroaniline（o-CAN） first, and then quickly dechlorinated to aniline（AN） and Cl^- , without other intermediate reaction products. The aminated and dechlorinated reactions are believed to take place on the surface site of the Pd/Fe. The o-NCB removal efficiency and the next dechlorination rate increase with an increase of bulk loading of palladium and catalysts addition due to the increase of both the surface loading of palladium and the total surface area. These results indicate that reduction, amination and dechlorination of o- NCB by palladium-catalyzed Fe^0 particles, can be designed for remediation of contaminated groundwater.     

咸阳市单位GDP能耗空间分异特征分析研究

以地统分析为基础,在GIS技术平台下分析"十一五"期间咸阳市各区县单位GDP能耗空间分异特征.单位GDP能耗重心与几何中心偏移较大,在西北-东南向最为分散,不均衡性大;全局相关性属随机分布模式,自相关性一般,局部相关性呈区域性分布,具有较强相关性的区域为东南方向的泾阳和三原县、西北方向的彬县和长武县;微弱相关性区域主要分布在旬邑县、咸阳中南部地区;5年间单位GDP能耗重心向西北方向偏移,向高纬度、低经度方向移动.     

新疆阿克苏平原区地下水水化学演化特征

地下水作为新疆平原区重要的饮用水水源。为了解新疆阿克苏平原区地下水化学演化过程，运用数理统计、Piper三线图、Gibbs图、离子比法、矿物稳定场图和反向水文地球化学模拟，对研究区2017年30组地下水取样点的检测结果进行分析。其结果表明：阿克苏平原区地下水中阳离子平均含量总体为Na⁺ > Ca²⁺ > Mg²⁺ > K⁺，阴离子平均含量总体为SO₄^2- > HCO₃^- > Cl^-；从山前倾斜平原到冲积平原地下水中各离子表现出累积作用；地下水各化学成分不仅来源于蒸发盐岩和碳酸盐岩的溶滤，钠长石、钙长石等硅酸盐岩对地下水中化学成分也存在一定影响，各矿物溶解强度表现为岩盐岩 > 蒸发盐岩 > 碳酸盐岩 > 硅酸盐岩；在反应路径中，含水介质岩土颗粒越细，反应路径越长，越有利于离子交换。     

秦岭镇旬盆地南羊山组沉积物C/S值与沉积环境

介绍了正常海相硅质细碎屑沉积物有机碳与硫化物硫比值（C／S）的含义。以秦岭镇旬盆地南羊山组不同沉积环境沉积物C／S值为例，讨论了还原环境中活性铁的不足对沉积物C／S值的影响，以及有深部成矿物质参与的沉积物具后期发生流化物化沉积物特征的可能性。     

Thyroid disruption by technical decabromodiphenyl ether （DE-83R） at low concentrations in Xenopus laevis

Decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE), as a flame retardant, is widely produced and used. To study the thyroid disruption by technical decaBDE at low concentrations, Xenopus laevis tadpoles were exposed to technical decaBDE mixture DE-83R (1–1000 ng/L) in water from stage 46/47 (free swimming larvae, system of Nieuwkoop and Faber) to stage 62. DE-83R at concentration of 1000 ng/L significantly delayed the time to metamorphosis (presented by forelimb emergence, FLE). Histological examination showed that DE- 83R at all tested concentrations caused histological alterations – multilayer follicular epithelial cell and markedly increased follicle size accompanied by partial colloid depletion and increase in the peripheral colloid vacuolation, in thyroid glands. All tested concentrations of DE-83R also induced a down-regulation of thyroid receptor mRNA expression. These results demonstrated that technical decaBDE disrupted the thyroid system in X. laevis tadpoles. Analysis of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) (sum of 39 congeners) in X. laevis indicated that mean concentrations of total PBDEs in X. laevis exposed to 1, 10, 100, 1000 ng/L were 11.0, 128.1, 412.1, 1400.2 ng/g wet weight, respectively. Considering that PBDEs burden of X. laevis tadpoles was close to PBDEs levels in amphibians as reported in previous studies, our study has raised new concerns for thyroid disruption in amphibians of technical decaBDE at environmentally relevant concentrations.     

Removal of microcystin-LR from drinking water using a bamboo-based charcoal adsorbent modified with chitosan

The bamboo charcoal adsorbent modified with chitosan can effectively remove microcystin-LR from drinking water.     

混凝-Fenton法预处理模拟电脱盐废水

采用混凝-Fenton法对模拟电脱盐废水进行预处理,筛选出最佳混凝和氧化条件。结果表明:FeSO4.7H2O和聚丙烯酰胺投加量分别为1000 mg/L和7 mg/L,Fenton反应初始pH值为7,H2O2投加量为0.06 mL/mL(分两次投加),n(H2O2)∶n(Fe2+)=10∶1,反应2 h的条件下,经此法处理后硫化物和COD去除率分别达99%和90%以上,废水中较低浓度的Fe3+和Mn2+有利于Fenton氧化反应。     

运城市水污染控制与污水资源化对策

水环境污染与水资源紧缺是制约运城市建设与发展的两大重要因素。分析了运城市水污染现状与特征,提出了通过调整产业结构与布局、建立与完善地方法规和政策支持体系、加强综合协调与监督管理、加大科技投入及完善市场化运行机制等手段和措施防治与控制运城市水污染,实现污水资源化。