Effect of applying persulfate on the accumulation of arsenic in rice plants grown in arsenic-contaminated paddy soil

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Arsenic is known to be a notorious human carcinogen and rice consumption is becoming the primary human exposure route for As, especially in many Asian...     

Associations of long-term ambient air pollution and traffic-related pollution with blood pressure and hypertension defined by the different guidelines worldwide: the CHCN-BTH study

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The assessment of the generalization of the strict hypertension definition in the 2017 ACC/AHA Hypertension Guideline from environmental condition...     

五种抗生素对等鞭金藻(Isochrysis sp. CCMMS001)叶绿素荧光特性的影响

利用PHYTO-PAM测定了抗生素胁迫下等鞭金藻(Isochrysis sp.CMMS001)叶绿素荧光参数Fv/ Fm(PSⅡ的最大光能转化效率)的变化规律.结果表明:不同抗生素对等鞭金藻Fv/ Fm的影响存在很大差异,氯霉素、G-418能显著抑制其最大光能转化效率;潮霉素抑制作用次之;卡那霉素、氨苄青霉素没有抑制作用.在f/2培养基中,浓度为600 mg/L氯霉素胁迫下,第3d测得Fv/ Fm值下降97%.在f/2培养基中,浓度为1 200 mg/L潮霉素和500 mg/L G-418胁迫下,第6d测得Fv/Fm值分别下降52%、98%.在淡化5倍f/2培养基中,浓度为1200 mg/L潮霉素和500 mg/L G-418胁迫下,第6d测得的Fv Fm值分别下降77%、100%.卡那霉素、氨苄青霉素胁迫下,Fv/ Fm随着两种抗生素浓度的增加没有降低,反而上升.     

城市污水处理厂在工业污水管理中的地位

本文探讨了污水处理厂与源处理之间的相互影响和制约关系，目的是为有关部门进行水环境管理及做出科学决策提供依据．     

WO3/H2O2光催化氧化法处理草浆纸厂废水的研究

讨论了光催化氧化处理造纸废水的影响因素,如催化剂的用量、pH值、过氧化氢的用量、光照时间等,并通过正交试验,得出了WO3作为光催化剂处理草浆废水时的影响因素次序是:H2O2的用量＞WO3的用量＞光照时间＞pH值.确定了反应最佳工艺条件为:pH=6.00,H2O2加入量为0.24 mL,WO3用量为3g/L,光照时间为4 h,出水COD值达到排放标准.同时通过对造纸废水光催化氧化动力学级数的研究发现,光催化技术处理造纸废水的反应符合一级反应动力学.     

水中三嗪类除草剂的检测与分析质量控制

三嗪类除草剂作为预防农田杂草生长的除草剂在世界范围内广泛使用.由于水中农药残留浓度属痕量级,建立高效富集与分析方法非常重要.选取了6种三嗪类物质,建立了对水中痕量三嗪类物质的SPE-HPLC分析方法,并对其分析方法进行了质量保证与质量控制QA/QC研究.研究结果表明: 6种三嗪类物质的回收率在94%～116%之间,方法检测限在0.08～0.18 μg·L-1之间,方法重复性和检测限均能满足痕量分析及其质量控制的要求.3种水样的实际测试结果表明,在某河水中测得莠去津和扑草净的质量浓度分别为(5.28±0.43) μg·L-1和(7.12±0.54) μg·L-1.这说明该水体三嗪类农药的污染需受到重视.     

二氧化锰氧化降解五氯酚

以二氧化锰为氧化剂,研究了pH 4.12的水溶液中五氯酚氧化降解的反应动力学,并讨论了反应溶液的pH对反应动力学的影响.结果表明,五氯酚对二氧化锰的氧化作用具有较强的反应感受性.在pH一定和二氧化锰充分过量的条件下,随着反应的进行,五氯酚的降解速度变慢,遵循的不是简单的准一级反应动力学而是复合的反应动力学.此外,随溶液pH由3.5升高6.6,五氯酚的降解速度发生显著地下降.运用溶剂萃取和气质联用仪的分析方法,检测到2个主产物和1个次产物.其中,次产物是由四氯-1,4-氢醌与四氯儿茶酚组成的混合物;2个主产物是由五氯酚氧自由基偶合而成的二聚体,且是同分异构体.在观测到的表面反应动力学和降解产物的基础上,提出了五氯酚被二氧化锰氧化降解的反应流程图.     

Probabilistic risk assessment for personal exposure to carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Taiwanese temples

To assess how the human exposure to airborne carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) during working in or visiting a typical Taiwanese temple, we present a probabilistic risk model, appraised with reported empirical data. Two approaches are applied, one based on animal-derived benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) toxic equivalents (B[a]P(eq)) of individual PAHs and one is assumed that the potency of PAH mixtures is linked to their B[a]P level. The model integrates probabilistic exposure profiles of total-PAH and particle-bound PAH levels inside a temple from a published exploratory study with probabilistic incremental lifetime cancer risk (ILCR) models taking into account inhalation and dermal contact pathways, to quantitatively estimate the exposure risks for three age groups of adult, adolescent, and child. Risk analysis indicates that 90% probability inhalation ILCRs for three age groups have orders of magnitude around 10(-7)--10(-6); whereas for the dermal contact ILCRs ranging from 10(-5) to 10(-4), indicating high potential cancer risk. All 90% probabilities of B[a]P- and B[a]P(eq)-based total ILCRs are larger than 10(-6), indicating unacceptable probability distributions for three age groups. Sensitivity analysis indicates that to increase the accuracy of the results efforts should focus on a better definition of probability distributions for inhalation cancer slope factor, inhalation rates, and particle-bound PAH-to-skin adherence factor. We estimate risk-based visiting frequency advice for adult, adolescent, and child to a temple ranging from 5 to 7, 17 to 23, and 48 to 65 year(-1), respectively, based on an average 3h residence time.     

Biosorption of cadmium(Ⅱ) and lead(Ⅱ) ions from aqueous solutions onto dried activated sludge

The removal of heavy-metal ions from aqueous solutions by using dried activated sludge has been investigated in batch systems. Effect of solution pH, initial metal ion concentration, and temperature were determined. The results of the kinetic studies showed that the uptake processes of the two metal ions（Cd（Ⅱ） and Pb（Ⅱ）） followed the pseudo-second-order rate expression. The equilibrium data fitted very well to both the Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption models. The FT-IR analysis showed that the main mechanism of Cd（Ⅱ） and Pb（Ⅱ） biosorption onto dried activated sludge was their binding with amide I group.     

Biotransfer of persistent organic pollutants from a large site in China used for the disassembly of electronic and electrical waste

Samples of groundwater, river water, river sediment, paddy soil, rice seeds, hen eggs, fish, umbilical cord blood, and newborn meconium were collected from October 2002 to October 2003 near a large site in China used for the disassembly of obsolete transformers and other electronic or electrical waste. Six indicator PCB congeners, three non-ortho dioxin-like PCB congeners, and six organochlorine pesticides were determined in the samples by GC with electron capture detector. The results demonstrated that the local environment and edible foods had been seriously polluted by toxic PCBs and organochlorine pesticides. The actual daily intakes (ADIs) of these pollutants were estimated for local residents living in the area. The intake data showed that the contents of PCBs in these local residents were substantial, as the ADI estimates greatly exceed the reference doses set by the World Health Organization and the United States Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. The presence of the indicator PCB congeners in the cord blood and the meconium samples, as well as significant correlations (r ² > 0.80, p < 0.05) between these levels, suggests a potential biotransfer of these indicators from mothers to their newborns. This preliminary study showed that obsolete transformers and other electronic or electrical waste can be an important source for the emission of persistent organic pollutants into the local environment, such as through leakage, evaporation, runoff, and leaching. Contamination from this source appears to have reached the level considered to be a serious threat to environmental and human health around the disassembly site.