In some geographical areas human and animal populations are compelled to use salty water. In this study, tolerable and toxic salt concentrations were evaluated in rat, pig, and rabbit. Ninety Wistar rats weighing approximately 250 g were allocated to nine groups for study. For treatment, distilled water, 0.5, 1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8 or 2% salt (NaCl) concentrations were consumed by test groups, while the control group consumed Zanjan potable water. All animals were observed twice daily for mortality or evidence of morbidity. Serum sodium levels and plasma osmolarity were measured at the onset of experiment and 120 h later. Similar experimental conditions were employed in pig and rabbit. Rat tolerated 0.5, 1, and 1.2% NaCl concentrations in drinking water but higher concentrations were toxic and life threatening, accompanied by significantly increased serum sodium levels and plasma osmolarity. This study showed that pig was the most sensitive and rabbit the most resistant species to different NaCl concentrations. Although NaCl concentrations lower than 1.4% was considered as tolerable in rat, the animal health was affected. NaCl concentrations of 1.4% and higher may jeopardize animal health and were considered as toxic amounts. 相似文献
A highly sensitive competitive ELISA was standardized to determine aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) in milk and dairy samples randomly collected from Faisalabad city, using Riedel-de-Haen, Aflatoxin M1 ELISA Systems, (Art–No. 45169). Standards of 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100 ng L?1 AFM1 in sample/standard buffer were used in optimizing anti-AFM1 antibodies and peroxidase–AFM1 conjugate. Linear standard curve showed increase in concentration (log C) accompanied by decrease in maximal absorbance (%B/B0) values (%B/B0 = 124.3 ? 45.0 log C) with highly significant negative correlation (?0.973). The middle of the test (50% B/B0) was at 30 ng L?1 with 6.7 ng L?1 the lowest detection limit (90% B/B0). Duplicate analysis of 41 samples showed AFM1 levels below EC permissible limits (50 ng L?1) with maximums of 40, 13, and 7.4 ng L?1 in milk, yogurt and butter, respectively. However, possibility of exceeding limits cannot be excluded, and demands regular monitoring. 相似文献
The coastal zone management and development plans which include tourism development necessitate among many other management
practices, the extension of the available area of the present natural but narrow, limited and widely eroded beaches by implementing
some type of nourishment practices. The present work is providing information on selected sites as possible sources of suitable
sand, chemical and granulometric characteristics of their sand, and the potential direct and long-term environmental effects
and consequences of its use in any future nourishment practices. Seven sites located within the up-lifted terraces area along
the Jordanian portion of the Gulf of Aqaba, were selected as potential sources or borrow sites for sand that may be used in
any future nourishment projects. Two sites were selected at the northeastern side of Aqaba region to represent sand dunes.
Sand material from these sites were analyzed for their physical characteristics (grain size) as well as their content of heavy
metals, organic carbon, total nitrogen, total phosphorous, and calcium carbonate. Standard methodological techniques were
used during analysis of all constituents. The results were compared with those obtained from the analysis of sand deposits
of six beaches along the Jordanian coastline of the Gulf of Aqaba. Results indicate that sand of the selected borrow sites
has grain size fractions that are suitable for use in beach nourishment. Results of the measured pollution indicators indicate
that their levels in the sand of the potential borrow sites are within or lower than their levels in the marine and coastal
sediments of the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea. These properties, in addition to the wide occurrence and availability of such
sources along the coasts of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba, suggest that it will be a cheep source of sand for beach extension
and restoration and their use in large amounts in beach nourishment project will not pose major hazards on the quality of
seawater of the Gulf of Aqaba area 相似文献
Selenium (Se) biofortification of staple cereal crops can improve the Se nutritional status of populations. A field trial employing an enriched stable isotope of Se (77Se) was undertaken over three consecutive cropping seasons in a coarse-textured, calcareous soil in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The objectives were to (1) assess the feasibility and efficiency of Se biofortification, (2) determine the fate of residual Se, and (3) assess the consequences for dietary Se intake. Isotopically enriched 77Se (77SeFert) was applied, either as selenate or as selenite, at three levels (0, 10, and 20 g ha?1) to a wheat crop. Residual 77SeFert availability was assessed in subsequent crops of maize and wheat without further 77SeFert addition. Loss of 77SeFert was c.35% by the first (wheat) harvest, for both selenium species, attributable to the practice of flood irrigation and low adsorption capacity of the soil. No 77SeFert was detectable in subsequent maize or wheat crops. The remaining 77SeFert in soil was almost entirely organically bound and diminished with time following a reversible (pseudo-)first-order trend. Thus, repeat applications of Se would be required to adequately biofortify grain each year. In contrast to native soil Se, there was no transfer of 77SeFert to a recalcitrant form. Grain from control plots would provide only 0.5 µg person?1 day?1 of Se. By contrast, a single application of 20 g ha?1 SeVI could provide c. 47 µg person?1 day?1 Se in wheat, sufficient to avoid deficiency when combined with dietary Se intake from other sources (c. 25 µg day?1).
Swimming pool users are a source of various contaminants and microorganisms. Conventional chlorine-based reagents treatment is commonly used to disinfect water. However, this disinfection treatment has serious serious health issues such as formation of carcinogenic by-products, i.e., trihalomethanes. In order to prevent this problem, an electrochemical disinfection process was carried out using synthetic and real swimming pool waters. The performance of the electrochemical system was evaluated by studying the effect of current intensity (0.5–3.0 A), treatment time, type of anode (Nb/BDD and Ti/Pt) and the initial concentration of pathogens Escherichia coli and P. aeruginosa. Results show that real swimming pool water, initially containing 106 CFU/100 mL of pathogens, was disinfected at current intensities of 1.5 and 3.0 A using, respectively, Nb/BDD and Ti/Pt as anode materials (CFU: colony-forming units, BDD: boron-doped diamond). This work is also one of the few showing the up-scaling of electrochemical disinfection of real swimming pool water at large volumes of 100 L. 相似文献
Environmental Chemistry Letters - Global warming is partly caused by massive emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas, in the atmosphere by industrial and other human activities.... 相似文献
The identification and assessment of project risks among potential risks can be considered a multi-attribute group decision making (MAGDM) problem including both quantitative and qualitative criteria. We extend the concept of safety to risk identification and assessment; this is to emphasize that the focus should not only be on the time and cost criteria, but also on the health, safety and environment (HSE) criterion. Conventional approaches to risk identification and risk assessment separately tend to be less effective in dealing with the imprecise of the risk assessment individually. The aim of this paper is to present a new methodology for identifying and assessing risks simultaneously by applying MAGDM technique. This paper includes a new procedure for classifying potential risks which it is named potential risk breakdown structure (PRBS) based on project work breakdown structure (WBS). Nominal group technique (NGT) is utilized for gathering potential risks. Obtained results have been applied in gas refinery plant construction successfully. 相似文献
Land degradation by soil erosion is a socioeconomic and environmental problem facing many developing countries. Application
of stonewall terraces for soil moisture conservation is vital to reducing the environmental impacts of this phenomenon. To
this end, a field plot experiment was conducted in the study area along with the use of a closed-ended questionnaire. The
object of the experiment was to study the socioeconomic impacts of soil erosion on local farmers and their adoption of the
stonewall terrace technique. The study showed a higher net profit in areas that had implemented terrace conservation practices
than in areas that had not (i.e., 3.5 to 6 times higher net profit). Correlation analysis indicated that the farmers’ perceptions,
land ownership, and geomorphology were significantly related to the farmers’ incentives and willingness to adopt terraces
as soil conservation measures (P < 0.05), although the correlations were negative. Smallholder farmers (52% of the interviewed farmers) were involved in the
sale of the agricultural land for urban uses, largely because of the high price and immediate returns offered. However, the
associated land use changes warrant greater involvement of both the private and public sectors. This cooperation may be accomplished
through the introduction of a long-term agricultural loan system and the development of proper legislation accompanied by
a comprehensive and durable infrastructure and service system with the goal of reducing the negative impact of land use changes
and encouraging sustainable use of resources. 相似文献
Environmental Science and Pollution Research - This study was designed to assess the gradual increase in the use of insecticides on vegetables and to familiarize the consumers regarding the... 相似文献