Current scenario and challenges of plastic pollution in Bangladesh: a focus on farmlands and terrestrial ecosystems

● A global snapshot of plastic waste generation and disposal is analysed. ● Effect of plastic pollution on environment and terrestrial ecosystem is reviewed. ● Ecotoxicity and food security from plastic pollution is discussed. Plastic is considered one of the most indispensable commodities in our daily life. At the end of life, the huge ever-growing pile of plastic waste (PW) causes serious concerns for our environment, including agricultural farmlands, groundwater quality, marine and land ecosystems, food toxicity and human health hazards. Lack of proper infrastructure, financial backup, and technological advancement turn this hazardous waste plastic management into a serious threat to developing countries, especially for Bangladesh. A comprehensive review of PW generation and its consequences on environment in both global and Bangladesh contexts is presented. The dispersion routes of PW from different sources in different forms (microplastic, macroplastic, nanoplastic) and its adverse effect on agriculture, marine life and terrestrial ecosystems are illustrated in this work. The key challenges to mitigate PW pollution and tackle down the climate change issue is discussed in this work. Moreover, way forward toward the design and implementation of proper PW management strategies are highlighted in this study.     

吸烟与非吸烟肺癌患者中P53基因突变的检测

P53基因定位于人类第17号染色体的短臂,野生型P53基因是肿瘤抑制基因。这一基因正成为研究人类肿瘤DNA的主要目标。作者运用聚合酶链反应－单链构象多态性技术（PCR－SSCP）,研究了45例石蜡包埋的肺癌组织标本中肿瘤抑制基因P53基因突变,结果发现在P53基因的第5～8外显子中共检测到19例P53基因突变的样本,检出率为42.2％,并且发现吸烟的肺癌患者中P53基因突变的检出频率明显高于非吸烟的肺癌患者。     

不同质地土壤对填埋场渗滤液的吸收净化效能

用沙土、粘土和壤土为材料 ,研究不同质地土壤对填埋场渗滤液的吸收净化效能 .结果表明 ,不同质地土壤净化效能差异较大 ,壤土和粘土各处理第 1周内对 COD的去除率达到 90 %以上 ,对 NH₃^- N的去除率为 87%～97%之间 ,而沙土各处理对COD的去除率在 84%～89%之间 ,对 NH₃- N去除率在 45%～78%之间 .各处理对 COD和 NH₃^- N的去除率逐步下降 ,4周后有的呈波动反弹 .粘土对 P的去除效果最好 ,几乎全部吸收 .对金属的去除效果也以粘土和壤土较好 .不同质地土壤净化效能随土层厚度的增加而增强 ,栽植狗牙根能促进土壤对 COD、P、NH₃^- N以及金属等吸收与净化 ,对毒性的去除能力也增强 ,体现了植物对土壤净化系统的增效作用 .     

上流式多级厌氧反应器处理糖蜜酒精废水的运行特性

采用自主研发的上流式多级厌氧反应器(UMAR)处理糖蜜酒精废水,研究UMAR的运行特性。研究结果表明:UMAR在水力停留时间为7.1h,进水ρ(COD)为10000mg/L,有机负荷为17.6～33.8kg/(m3.d)时COD去除率均高于75%,最高可达81%。UMAR反应器对进水负荷的冲击有良好耐受能力,运行稳定。     

Controlling various contaminants in wastewater effluent through membranes and engineered wetland

For effective wastewater reclamation and water recovery, the treatment of natural and effluent organic matters (NOM and EfOM), toxic anions, and micropollutants was considered in this work. Two different NOM (humic acid of the Suwannee River, and NOM of US and Youngsan River, Korea), and one EfOM from the Damyang wastewater treatment plant, Korea, were selected for investigating the removal efficiencies of tight nanofiltration (NF) and ultrafiltration (UF) membranes with different properties. Nitrate, bromate, and perchlorate were selected as target toxic anions due to their well known high toxicities. Tri-(2-chloroethyl)-phosphate (TCEP), oxybenzone, and caffeine, due to their different K _ow and pK _a values, were selected as target micropollutants. As expected, the NF membranes provided high removal efficiencies in terms of all the tested contaminants, and the UF membrane provided fairly high removal efficiencies for anions (except for nitrate) and the relatively hydrophobic micropollutant, oxybenzon. Through the wetlands, nitrate was successfully removed. Therefore, a fair process of combining membranes with an engineered wetland could be proposed for sustainable wastewater reclamation and optimum control of contaminats.     

Capillary electrophoresis applied to kinetic studies of photocatalytic oxidation of substituted anilines

Cyclodextrin modified capillary electrophoresis (CMCE) and micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) were tested for their ability to analyze mixtures containing substituted anilines. CMCE separated analytes by their partitioning preference between the two substituted cyclodextrins while MEKC exploited the analyte partitioning between the micelles and the bulk aqueous phase. MEKC was selected to analyze samples that were subjected to photocatalytic oxidation using TiO₂ and/or SnO₂ as the semiconductor catalyst. The rate constant for each compound was determined when it was degraded individually or in the presence of other derivatives in the same family, indicating a significant degree of analyte competition and synergism offered by the mixed catalyst. The results demonstrated that CE, with its minimal sample preparation and requirement, is a valuable tool, particularly suitable for studying highly toxic pollutants, without generating a high volume of waste.     

火焰原子吸收光谱法测定烟囱烟灰中的铊

提出了火焰原子吸收光谱法测定冶炼厂烟囱烟灰中铊的分析方法。试验表明:方法检测限(3σ)为0 11mg/L,回收率在92%～103%之间,相对标准差<3%,方法简便快速。     

The differential impact of air pollutants on acute urticaria and chronic urticaria: a time series analysis

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Several studies have revealed a relationship between short-term exposure to air pollution and the exacerbation of certain skin conditions. This study...     

Self-build packed-bed bioreactor for rapid and effective BOD estimation

This work demonstrated a simple, low-cost, rapid, and effective biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) estimation system based on a packed-bed bioreactor that can be easily self-built on-site at a particular wastewater treatment plant for continuous monitoring of the influent and effluent. The use of natural microbial consortium that were collected from the target wastewater and immobilized on a cheap porous carrier simply by adhesion resulted in an acceptable accuracy of over 95%. The newly developed semi-continuous operating mode with peak-type signals was shown to be able to continuously estimate BOD at a high flow rate to overcome the flow dependence of the oxygen electrode, limit clogging issues, enhance the response time, and lower the limit of detection. The resulting packed-bed bioreactors could work continuously for 22 h with a coefficient of variance (CoV) of only 1.8% or for 13 h a day for several days with a maximum CoV of 1.4% and their response was observed to be stable over 80 consecutive measurements. They exhibited stable responses at a wide pH range of 6.5–8.5, which is also the recommended range for aerobic wastewater treatment, emphasizing the greater ease of use of natural microorganisms for BOD estimation.

     

Redundancy analysis for characterizing the groundwater quality in coastal industrial areas

Groundwater quality in coastal area has been an issue of interest because of excessive groundwater extraction for human use, for example, industrialization, irrigation, which can lead to saltwater intrusion. The study develops an integrated data analysis procedure based on multivariate statistics principal component analysis (PCA), hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) and redundancy analysis (RDA), to determine the effects of key environmental conditions on the formulation of groundwater pollutants. This proposed method was demonstrated by analyzing groundwater quality monitoring data collected between 2011 and 2014 from four coastal industrial areas in Changhua county of Taiwan, namely Chuansing, Xianxi, Lukang and Fangyuan industrial parks. First, different environmental conditions in each industrial region were explored by PCA. The spatial hierarchy and spatial distribution of pollutant categories were then identified using HCA with the kriging method. Finally, the effect of environmental conditions on constitutive pollutants were identified with RDA. The three environmental patterns identified from the analytical results in Chuansing, Lukang and Xianxi were the salination factor (including conductivity and general hardness (GH)), water level and redox condition (including dissolved oxygen and oxidation–reduction potential). Fangyuan industrial park had only two patterns, namely salination (including conductivity and GH) and oxygen content (including DO and depth). The pollutant category indicated high concentrations of all pollutants in Chuansing and Fangyuan, and higher concentration of SO₄^2?, TDS, Cl^? in Xianxi, and of NH₃-N, Mn, Fe and TOC in Lukang. According to RDA results, salination caused the high concentrations of NH₃N, Cl^?, TDS in Chuansing, and of Cl^?, TDS and SO₄^2? in Xianxi and Lukang. Additionally, salination caused high concentrations of Fe in both Lukang and Fangyuan industrial parks in combination with those three pollutants. The redox condition was linked to high content of NO₃^? in Chuansing and Lukang, and of TOC in Xianxi. In Fangyuan industrial park, NO₃^? was also linked to high oxygen concentration. In summary, the combination of PCA, HCA and RDA enables the analysis of monitoring data to support policy decision-making.