Toxicity and behavioral response of zebrafish exposed to combined microplastic and bisphenol analogues

Environmental Chemistry Letters - Microplastics and bisphenol analogues are emerging environmental pollutants widely occurring in freshwaters. Harmful effects of microplastics and bisphenols have...     

A cellphone-based colorimetric multi-channel sensor for water environmental monitoring

● A cellphone-based colorimetric multi-channel sensor for in-field detection. ● A universal colorimetric detection platform in the absorbance range of 400–700 nm. ● Six-fold improvement of sensitivity by introducing a transmission grating. ● Quantifying multiple water quality indexes simultaneously with high stability. The development of colorimetric analysis technologies for the commercial cellphone platform has attracted great attention in environmental monitoring due to the low cost, high versatility, easy miniaturization, and widespread ownership of cellphones. This work demonstrates a cellphone-based colorimetric multi-channel sensor for quantifying multiple environmental contaminants simultaneously with high sensitivity and stability. To improve the sensitivity of the sensor, a delicate optical path system was created by using a diffraction grating to split six white beams transmitting through the multiple colored samples, which allows the cellphone CMOS camera to capture the diffracted light for image analysis. The proposed sensor is a universal colorimetric detection platform for a variety of environmental contaminants with the colorimetry assay in the range of 400–700 nm. By introducing the diffraction grating for splitting light, the sensitivity was improved by over six folds compared with a system that directly photographed transmitted light. As a successful proof-of-concept, the sensor was used to detect turbidity, orthophosphate, ammonia nitrogen and three heavy metals simultaneously with high sensitivity (turbidity: detection limit of 1.3 NTU, linear range of 5–400 NTU; ammonia nitrogen: 0.014 mg/L, 0.05–5 mg/L; orthophosphate: 0.028 mg/L, 0.1–10 mg/L; Cr (VI): 0.0069 mg/L, 0.01–0.5 mg/L; Fe: 0.025 mg/L, 0.1–2 mg/L; Zn: 0.032 mg/L, 0.05–2 mg/L) and reliability (relative standard deviations of six parallel measurements of 0.37%–1.60% and recoveries of 95.5%–106.0% in surface water). The miniature sensor demonstrated in-field sensing ability in environmental monitoring, which can be extended to point-of-care diagnosis and food safety control.     

Educational attainment and environmental Kuznets curve in China: an aggregate and disaggregate analysis

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The primary focus of this study is to evaluate the impact of various levels of education on CO2 emissions in China. Moreover, the study also tested...     

Settleability and dewaterability of sewage sludge with modified diatomite

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - In this study, cationic polyacrylamide (CPAM)-modified diatomite and cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB)-modified...     

武汉市3种类型湖泊浮游植物群落特点及关键影响因子

为揭示不同类型湖泊浮游植物群落特点及关键影响因子,于2018年春季、夏季、秋季和冬季对武汉市城市(UL)、郊野型(CL)和生态保育区(EL)这3种类型共24个湖泊174个采样点进行了浮游植物和水质参数采样调查.结果表明,3种类型湖泊共鉴定出浮游植物9门159属365种,绿藻门、蓝藻门和硅藻门的种类最多,分别占总物种数的55.34%、 15.89%和15.07%.浮游植物细胞密度变化范围为3.60×10⁶～421.99×10⁶ cell·L^-1,叶绿素a (Chla)变化范围为15.60～240.50μg·L^-1,生物量变化范围为27.71～379.79 mg·L^-1,香浓-威纳(Shannon-Wiener)多样性指数变化范围为0.29～2.86.在3种类型湖泊中,EL和UL的细胞密度、 Chla和生物量均低于CL,而Shannon-Wiener多样性指数则相反.非度量多维尺度分析(NMDS)和相似性分析(ANOSIM)结果表明,3种类型湖泊浮游植物群落结构存在差异(Stres...     

影响环境质量的关键因子的识别方法

影响环境质量的因素很多 ,它们所起作用各异 ,为尽可能客观地找出其中的关键因子 ,有针对性地进行环境治理或准确地评价环境治理效果 ,设计了一套直接寻找关键因子的方法 ,称作增量趋势法。该法是利用环境监测数据Ci 与标准值Cis,计算出各因子的相对超标量 yi1=[Ci(t) -Cis]/Cis 及相对变化量yi2 =[Ci(t) -Ci(t- 1) ]/Ci(t- 1) ;根据相对超标量yi1和相对变化量 yi2的符号 (>0或≤ 0 )的不同组合方式 ,将各因子分成 4种状态 ,再在各状态中 ,依 yi1和 yi2 的数值大小进行子排序 ;最后 ,由各因子所处的状态与位次进行总排序 ,找出关键因子。为说明该方法如何运用 ,以南京市内秦淮河水质为例 ,分析了各水污染因子所处的状态 ,并进行了排序 ,同时还与传统方法做了简单的对比。结果表明增量趋势法具有如下特点 :(1)物理意义明确 ,分析方法简明 ,适宜于用计算机和环境信息数据库进行自动分析 ;(2 )由于增量趋势法是利用原始监测数据 ,通过简单运算来寻找关键因子的 ,因此 ,能客观地判别各污染因子所起的作用 ,揭示污染治理的效果 ,找出污染加剧的原因 ,增加评价的准确性 ,减少治理时的盲目性 ;(3)趋势增量法同时还考虑了污染因子的动态演变过程 ,可分析随时间推移各因子趋于好转或恶化的变化趋势 ,与许多静态方     

螯合剂复配对实际重金属污染土壤洗脱效率影响及形态变化特征

乙二胺四乙酸二钠(EDTA)是土壤重金属污染洗涤修复中最常用的洗涤剂,然而其难降解性会对环境产生不利影响.而污染场地重金属形态分布对其环境风险至关重要.以某化工场地多种重金属污染土壤为对象,为减少EDTA用量,开展室内振荡实验考察EDTA与EDDS复配对As、Cd、Cu及Pb的洗脱效果和最佳复配比条件下洗涤前后重金属形态变化.结果表明在最优洗脱条件下,As、Cd和Pb去除率在EDTA∶EDDS=7∶3时达到最高,分别为12.67%、38.71%和31.09%;Cu在复配比为9∶1时可达16.91%.洗涤后,As的铁锰氧化态含量升高,会增加一定的环境风险;Cd的形态分布大体与原土一致;Cu和Pb的洗脱主要来自铁锰氧化态,其中Pb的铁锰氧化态洗脱量最大,而有机结合态所占百分比降幅最显著.复配体系不仅对4种重金属的洗脱率有一定提升,洗涤后重金属有效态比例也有所降低,对土壤重金属污染的修复具有指导意义.     

EDTA与柠檬酸复配洗涤修复多重金属污染土壤效果研究

乙二胺四乙酸二钠(EDTA)和柠檬酸是土壤重金属污染洗涤修复中最常用的洗涤剂,现以某化工场多种重金属污染土壤为对象,开展室内搅拌实验考察EDTA与柠檬酸复配对As、Cd、Cu及Pb的洗脱效果和最佳洗涤条件下重金属形态变化.结果表明,在最佳复配比(EDTA与柠檬酸的摩尔比为1∶1)条件下,当混合液pH为3、洗涤时间为30 min、搅拌强度为150r·min-1和液固比为5∶1时,As、Cd、Cu及Pb去除率可达11.72%、43.39%、24.36%和27.17%.洗涤后,酸溶解态As、Cu浓度增加,相应提高了其有效态所占比例.铁锰氧化态Cu对浓度的削减贡献最大.Cd的酸溶解态、铁锰氧化态、氧化物结合态所占比例均有所降低.洗涤修复后重金属形态变化会带来一定环境风险,实际工程应用中应充分考虑.     

两种铁氧化物对土壤有效态汞的吸附作用研究

利用氧化物对土壤中汞的吸附特性,研究了汞污染土壤中添加铁锰和铁铝复合氧化物对土壤汞有效性的影响.结果表明,在土壤中添加氧化物后,土壤中有效态汞的含量明显降低,在相同添加量下铁铝复合氧化物比铁锰复合氧化物的吸附效果好.14 d时间内,添加铁铝氧化物后,两种土壤中有效态汞的含量分别降低了94.60%和93.11%;添加铁锰氧化物后,两种土样中有效态汞的含量分别降低了88.69%和87.85%,可见两种氧化物是土壤中有效态汞的有效吸附剂.通过方程拟合研究了氧化物对土壤中有效态汞吸附的规律,其中,铁铝氧化物对土壤中有效态汞的吸附规律以Elovich方程和权函数方程拟合度较好,铁锰氧化对土壤中有效态汞的吸附规律以Elovich方程拟合效果最好,零级速率方程及指数方程的拟合效果则相对较差.