It has long been known that mining activity can markedly change the level and distribution of certain heavy metals in the adjacent environment. This pollution can be quite widespread and long lasting and often has deleterious effects on the health of local populations. In the present study scalp hair was used as the biopsy material because of its ease of collection and long history of use in this connection. Hair was collected from all the local villages in the vicinity of the mine site, as well as from Papua New Guinean nationals from other provinces, and European expatriates who were employed by the mining company and who were resident in the area. Hair from local people showed a remarkably high iron content by comparison with previously studied populations. The extreme variations in hair iron levels were reflected in the differential distribution of levels according to location, age and sex. Hair cadmium was also high in the population studied. Hair copper, lead, zinc and mercury all appeared to be within 'normal' limits by comparison with other general populations. These results are discussed in the context of the environmental and social impact of the mining operations on the local people. 相似文献
Benthic invertebrates collected from an acid (pH 3.2) and an alkaline (pH 7.9) tailing pond in the Rouyn-Noranda mining region were compared with those of a control pond in order to assess the effects of the pH on the benthic community structure and on metal accumulation by invertebrates. The acid pond showed high mean soluble concentrations of aluminium (2600 ppb), copper (230 ppb), iron (6500 ppb) and zinc (4900 ppb) in the water and high mean concentrations of copper (340 ppm), iron (15,238 ppm) and zinc (445 ppm) in the sediments. The benthic fauna was dominated by Chironomus spp and the water beetle Ilybius sp. The Shannon-Weaver diversity index was 0.04. The alkaline pond had high mean sediment concentrations of cadmium (21 ppm), iron (15,823 ppm), manganese (658 ppm) and nickel (146 ppm). A total of 37 insect genera and a diversity index of 3.4 were recorded for this pond. Of the seven metals studied only copper and aluminium showed greater accumulations in the biota of the contaminated ponds than in that of the control. Insects dominated the benthic fauna in both contaminated ponds and crustacea in the control. 相似文献
The increased awareness of traffic as a major diffuse metal emission source emphasizes the need for more detailed information
on the various traffic-related sources and how and where the metals are dispersed. In this study, metal emission patterns
in the road traffic environment were examined from the perspective of different surrounding factors, e.g. the importance of
intersections, deceleration, vehicle speed and traffic density. A total of 148 topsoil samples from 18 south Swedish roads
were analysed (using GFAAS) for traffic-emitted metals, i.e. Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Sb and Zn. The roadside topsoil metal concentrations
were used to examine correlations between metals and surrounding factors. The studied metals were divided into three groups
corresponding to different emission sources: metals from decelerating activities (Cu, Sb and Zn), metals as historical residues
from the combustion of petrol (Pb and Cd), and non-source-specific metals (Cr and Ni). It was found that Cu and Sb, despite
their rather short history as traffic-emitted metals, have increased more than eightfold in roadside soils compared to background
levels. The major source of road traffic related Cu and Sb is brake linings. The significant increase of Cu and Sb in roadside
topsoil stresses the need for metal transport studies as well as effect studies of these metals. Metals emitted due to decelerating
activities were not correlated to elevated concentrations near road junctions. Emission patterns of traffic-related metals
alongside roads are crucial in order to be able to evaluate the optimal localization of storm water treatment ponds. 相似文献
Significant hyperaccumulation of Zn, Cd and Pb in field samples of Thlaspi praecox Wulf. collected from a heavy metal polluted area in Slovenia was found, with maximal shoot concentrations of 14,590 mg kg(-1) Zn, 5960 mg kg(-1) Cd and 3500 mg kg(-1) Pb. Shoot/root ratios of 9.6 for Zn and 5.6 for Cd show that the metals were preferentially transported to the shoots. Shoot bioaccumulation factors exceeded total soil Cd levels 75-fold and total soil Zn levels 20-fold, further supporting the hyperaccumulation of Cd and Zn. Eighty percent of Pb was retained in roots, thus indicating exclusion as a tolerance strategy for Pb. Low level colonisation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) of a Paris type was observed at the polluted site, whereas at the non-polluted site Arum type colonisation was more common. To our knowledge this is the first report of Cd hyperaccumulation and AMF colonisation in metal hyperaccumulating T. praecox. 相似文献
Different aspects of bacterial degradation of organic contaminants in soil, and how to improve the efficiency and reproducibility is discussed in this review. Although bioremediation in principle includes the use of any type of organism in improving the condition of a contaminated site, most commonly bacteria are the degraders and other organisms, such as soil animals or plant roots, play a role in dissemination of bacteria and, indirectly, plasmids between bacteria, and in providing nutrients and co-substrates for the bacteria active in the degradation process. There are a number of different procedures that have been tested more-or-less successfully in attempts to improve reliability, cost efficiency and speed of bioremediation. The methods range from minimal intervention, such as mere monitoring of intrinsic bioremediation, through in situ introduction of nutrients and/or bacterial inocula or improvement of physico-chemical conditions, all the way to excavation followed by on site or ex situ composting in its different varieties. In the past the rule has been that more intervention (leading to higher costs) has been more reliable, but novel ideas are continuously tried out, both as a means to come up with new truly functional applications and also as a line of studies in basic soil microbial ecology. Both approaches generate valuable information needed when predicting outcome of remediation activities, evaluating environmental risks, deciding on cleaning-up approaches, etc. The emphasis of this review is to discuss some of the novel methods for which the value has not been clearly shown, but that in our view merit continued studies and efforts to make them work, separately or in combination. 相似文献
Determination of triazines herbicides (atrazine and simazine) by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) in samples of trophic chain were worked out. Determination limits of 0.5 μg g−1 for atrazine, 0.8 μg g−1 for simazine with pesticides recovery of 70–77% in trophic chain samples were obtained. The content of simazine in soils was in range 1.72–57.89 μg g−1, in grass 5–88 μg g−1, in milk 2.32–15.29 μg g−1, in cereals 10.98–387 μg g−1, in eggs 30.14–59.48 μg g−1, for fruits: 2.45–6.19 μg g−1. The content of atrazine in soils was in range 0.69–19.59 μg g−1, in grass 7.85–23.85 μg g−1, in cereals 1.88–43.08 μg g−1. Cadmium, lead and zinc were determined by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) in the same samples as atrazine and simazine. Determination limits for cadmium 5 × 10−3 μg g−1, for lead 1 × 10−2 μg g−1, and for zinc 0.2 × 10−3 μg g−1, were obtained. The content of cadmium in soil was in range 0.13–5.89 μg g−1, in grass 114–627.72 × 10−3 μg g−1, in milk 8.88–61.88 × 10−3 μg g−1, in cereals 0.20–0.31 μg g−1, in eggs 0.11–0.15 μg g−1, in fruits 0.23–0.59 μg g−1. The content of lead in soils was in range 0.57–151.50 μg g−1, in grass 0.16–136.57 μg g−1, in milk 1.16–3.74 μg g−1, in cereals 1.05–5.47 μg g−1, in eggs 5.79–55.87 μg g−1, in fruits 21.00–87.36 μg g−1. Zinc content in soil was in range 9.15–424.5 μg g−1, in grass 35.20–55.87 μg g−1, in milk 20.00–34.38 μg g−1, in cereals 14.94–28.78 μg g−1, in eggs 15.67–32.01 μg g−1, in fruits 14.94–18.88 μg g−1.
Described below extraction and mineralization methods for particular trophic chains allowed to determine of atrazine, simazine, cadmium, lead and zinc with good repeatability and precision. Emphasis was focused on liquid–liquid extraction and solid-phase extraction of atrazine and simazine from analysed materials, as well as, on monitoring the content of herbicides and metals in soil and along trophic chain. Higher concentration of pesticides in samples from west region of Poland in comparison to that of east region is likely related to common applying them in Western Europe in relation to East Europe. The content of metals strongly depends on samples origin (industry area, vicinity of motorways). 相似文献