观赏性植物对土壤重金属的修复效果及其环境效应分析——以开封市菊花为例

为了解观赏性植物对土壤重金属污染的修复效果,以开封市5种菊花(金皇后、墨菊、孔雀草、粉旭桃、玛格丽特菊)为研究对象,分析菊花以及土壤样品中镉(Cd)、铬(Cr)、铜(Cu)、铅(Pb)、锌(Zn)等5种重金属元素的含量,分析菊花对土壤重金属的富集、转移能力.采用单因子指数法、内梅罗综合指数法评价土壤环境质量,并采用模糊综合评价法进一步分析菊花带来的环境效益.结果表明,土壤中5种重金属的含量由大到小为:Zn Pb Cu Cr Cd,土壤重金属为轻度污染,且Cd对综合指数贡献最大;富集能力方面,所选菊花对5种重金属均能够富集;转移能力方面,金皇后的能力最强,其由强到弱的排序为Cr Cd Pb Zn Cu;环境效益分析,以开封菊花为例,2016—2018年开封菊花日滞尘量、日释氧量、日固碳量随着菊花的增多而增强.     

CWPO体系中污泥炭催化降解头孢氨苄废水

通过加入正丁醇以共沸蒸馏法对剩余污泥进行脱水,再对污泥进行干燥、焙烧和改性得到污泥炭催化剂.将污泥炭催化剂用于催化湿式过氧化氢氧化体系,处理头孢氨苄废水.采用响应面法中的中心组合设计实验,考察反应温度、初始pH和过氧化氢投加量对TOC降解率的影响,反应温度和过氧化氢投加量具有显著交互作用.在最佳实验条件下(T=50℃、pH=3.00、H_2O_2=0.071 mol·L~(-1)),TOC去除率为59%,接近预测的TOC去除率(60%),在95%的置信区间内,说明该模型可靠.SEM、TEM、TPD-MS、XPS和FT-IR等分析结果表明污泥炭表面存在纳米尺寸片状结构,这种结构中存在酚羟基、羰基、羧基等活性官能团和醌类结构,且ICP-OES、EDAX和~(57)Fe穆斯堡尔谱等分析结果表明,污泥炭中含有不同价态的Fe,能有效地催化过氧化氢分解,将头孢氨苄转化为苯甲酸、丁二酮等小分子物质,再进一步完全氧化.     

Mitochondrial toxicity and in vitro biological effects of ambient PM2.5 from an urban site in China

Abstract

The roles of PM_2.5-induced mitochondrial damage and oxidative stress on mast cell degranulation were examined in vitro. Mast cells were treated with suspensions of PM_2.5 in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium at concentrations from 25 to 200?mg/L in the absence or presence of 10?mmol/L N-acetyl-L-cysteine. Biological effects and mitochondrial function were assessed by determining cell viability, β-hexosaminidase release, interleukin-4 secretion, reactive oxygen species generation, adenosine triphosphate production, potential alteration of mitochondrial membrane, and activities of mitochondrial electron transport chain complexes I and III. Exposure of mast cells to PM_2.5 induced reduction of adenosine triphosphate production, collapse of mitochondrial membrane potential, and inhibition of the activity of complex III. Co-treatment of mast cells exposed to PM_2.5 with N-acetyl-L-cysteine attenuated cytotoxicity and the production of reactive oxygen species, and decreased the release of β-hexosaminidase and interleukin-4. Evidently, PM_2.5-induced oxidative stress plays an essential role in mitochondrial toxicity and mast cell activation.     

Biofiltration and disinfection codetermine the bacterial antibiotic resistome in drinking water: A review and meta-analysis

• Published data was used to analyze the fate of ARGs in water treatment. • Biomass removal leads to the reduction in absolute abundance of ARGs. • Mechanism that filter biofilm maintain ARB/ARGs was summarized. • Potential BAR risks caused by biofiltration and chlorination were proposed. The bacterial antibiotic resistome (BAR) is one of the most serious contemporary medical challenges. The BAR problem in drinking water is receiving growing attention. In this study, we focused on the distribution, changes, and health risks of the BAR throughout the drinking water treatment system. We extracted the antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) data from recent publications and analyzed ARG profiles based on diversity, absolute abundance, and relative abundance. The absolute abundance of ARG was found to decrease with water treatment processes and was positively correlated with the abundance of 16S rRNA (r² = 0.963, p<0.001), indicating that the reduction of ARG concentration was accompanied by decreasing biomass. Among treatment processes, biofiltration and chlorination were discovered to play important roles in shaping the bacterial antibiotic resistome. Chlorination exhibited positive effects in controlling the diversity of ARG, while biofiltration, especially granular activated carbon filtration, increased the diversity of ARG. Both biofiltration and chlorination altered the structure of the resistome by affecting relative ARG abundance. In addition, we analyzed the mechanism behind the impact of biofiltration and chlorination on the bacterial antibiotic resistome. By intercepting influent ARG-carrying bacteria, biofilters can enrich various ARGs and maintain ARGs in biofilm. Chlorination further selects bacteria co-resistant to chlorine and antibiotics. Finally, we proposed the BAR health risks caused by biofiltration and chlorination in water treatment. To reduce potential BAR risk in drinking water, membrane filtration technology and water boiling are recommended at the point of use.     

Manganese-modified biochar for highly efficient sorption of cadmium

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - In this study, corn stalk was modified by manganese (Mn) before (MBC1) and after (MBC2) pyrolysis at different temperatures (400~600&nbsp;°C)...     

Effects of reciprocal hybridization on cadmium accumulation in F1 hybrids of two Solanum photeinocarpum ecotypes

In this study, farmland and mining ecotypes of Solanum photeinocarpum (a potential cadmium (Cd) hyperaccumulator plant) were reciprocally hybridized each other, and the Cd accumulation characteristics of the F1 hybrids were studied. In pot experiments, higher biomasses and Cd extraction abilities were found for two S. photeinocarpum F1 hybrids than for the parents, but the Cd contents in various organs were lower in the hybrids than the parents. However, the differences between the Cd contents in the two hybrids were not significant. The antioxidant enzyme (superoxide dismutase and peroxidase) activities were higher for the S. photeinocarpum F1 hybrids than the parents. Less DNA methylation was found in the hybrids than the parents because more demethylation occurred in the hybrids than the parents. The biomass, Cd content, and Cd extraction ability effects in field experiments were similar to the effects in the pot experiments. It was concluded that reciprocally hybridizing different S. photeinocarpum ecotypes improved the ability of S. photeinocarpum to be used to phytoremediate contaminated land.