鼓励和奖励最佳方法:澳大利亚的自然和生态旅游认定计划(NEAP)

自然和生态旅游认定计划承认和奖励在澳大利亚真正的自然旅游和生态旅游经营方式.这是一个产业界椎动的志愿举措,是咨询了经营者、被保护地区的管理者和其他关键人士而开展起来的。本文讨论了NEAP的开展情况,它与其他计划的关系及其在国际环境中的地位.     

食品的环境安全性

Ｄａｎｏｎｅ集团公司在其优势领域（鲜奶、甜饼干、矿泉水）中是世界一流企业,在仪器安全方面一直奉行积极政策,而在环境保护方面有着悠久的传统,食品安全和环境保护这两个在某些方面有联系的课题在下面文章中进行了论述,重点是该战略的严格性和连续性,为了说明此战略,列举了几个指标和实例。     

大流通和消费

以可持续发展的观点 ,大配送真的有影响其客户消费模式的愿望吗 ?或者目前我们只是在舆论的压力下对“城市消费者”扮演起“教育者”的角色 ,即一种从一开始就大大超越了应有职权范围的角色吗 ?“作为工业界与消费者之间的中介 ,流通商起到一种行动者的角色”法国 Promodes集团董事长 L uc Vandevelde先生 1 999年 5月 1 8日在该集团的一次全体大会上这样说 .这是因为消费者已经把大流通角色与那些越来越多地引起社会问题、伦理问题和环境问题的东西充分融为一体 .面对着不同部门 (农业部、消费部、卫生部、环境部 )之间责任中心的分散 ,…     

LEAP2000:可持续能源分析的工具

LEAP是由斯德哥尔摩环境研究所(SEI)波士顿中心领导的一项合作项目,旨在为一体化的能源环境分析建立一套新的分析软件和数据库.LEAP2000项目的产品应尽早获得以广为传播.     

散粒物料加工中粉尘爆炸的预防

加工处理散粒物料时通常会产生并散发粉尘。有些加工作业过程,例如将麦子磨成面粉,所产生的粉尘浓度可能很高。其他作业过程,诸如将煤倾卸入溜槽或运到输送机上所造成的粉尘问题虽然不很严重,但还会产生大量的微细粒子。粉尘引起的问题,视加工处理的物质而异。如果是贵重物质,粉尘会引起可观的经济损失;若是有害物质,粉尘会危害健康;第三种情况是微细物料可能构成爆炸事故。令人意外的是,许多通常认为是非爆炸性的物质,如阿斯匹林、可可、大多数金属、木材和糖,在微粒状态下很可能发生爆炸。如     

2000年的填埋处置

2000年填埋概念是80年代后期由Messrs K B和Qadeer Khan提出的,其原理是让生活废物在特建的设施中发生厌氧消化(设施可建于废物产生中心地区)。该设施由一系列密闭、可重复使用并可调节的池子组成,通过控制措施,生活废物在其中发生降解。     

Arsenic and sulfur nanoparticle synthesis mimicking environmental conditions of submarine shallow-water hydrothermal vents

Arsenic and sulfur mineralization is a natural phenomenon occurring in hydrothermal systems where parameters like temperature and organic matter(OM) can influence the mobilization of the toxic metalloid in marine environments. In the present study we analyze the influence of temperature and OM(particularly sulfur-containing additives) on As and S precipitation based on the recent discovery of As-rich nanoparticles in the hydrothermal system near the coast of the Greek island Milos. To this end, ...     

Optimizing synthesis conditions of nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) through aqueous reactivity assessment

Nanoscale iron particles (nZVI) is one of the most important engineered nanomaterials applied to environmental pollution control and abatement. Although a multitude of synthesis approaches have been proposed, a facile method to screen the reactivity of candidate nZVI materials produced using different methods or under varying synthesis conditions has yet been established. In this study, four reaction parameters were adjusted in the preparation of borohydride-reduced nZVI. The reductive properties of the resultant nanoparticles were assayed independently using two model aqueous contaminants, Cu(II) and nitrate. The results confirm that the reductive reactivity of nZVI is most sensitive to the initial concentration of iron precursor, borohydride feed rate, and the loading ratio of borohydride to ferric ion during particle synthesis. Solution mixing speed, in contrast, carries a relative small weight on the reactivity of nZVI. The two probing reactions (i.e., Cu(II) and nitrate reduction) are able to generate consistent and quantitative inference about the mass-normalized surface activity of nZVI. However, the nitrate assay is valid in dilute aqueous solutions only (50 mg·L⁻¹ or lower) due to accelerated deactivation of iron surface at elevated nitrate concentrations. Additional insights including the structural and chemical makeup of nZVI can be garnered from Cu(II) reduction assessments. The reactivity assays investigated in this study can facilitate screening of candidate materials or optimization of nZVI production parameters, which complement some of the more sophisticated but less chemically specific material characterization methods used in the nZVI research.     

CHO cell cytotoxicity and genotoxicity analyses of disinfection by-products: An updated review

The disinfection of drinking water is an important public health service that generates high quality, safe and palatable tap water. The disinfection of drinking water to reduce waterborne disease was an outstanding public health achievement of the 20th century. An unintended consequence is the reaction of disinfectants with natural organic matter, anthropogenic contaminants and bromide/iodide to form disinfection by-products (DBPs). A large number of DBPs are cytotoxic, neurotoxic, mutagenic, genotoxic, carcinogenic and teratogenic. Epidemiological studies demonstrated low but significant associations between disinfected drinking water and adverse health effects. The distribution of DBPs in disinfected waters has been well defined by advances in high precision analytical chemistry. Progress in the analytical biology and toxicology of DBPs has been forthcoming. The objective of this review was to provide a detailed presentation of the methodology for the quantitative, comparative analyses on the induction of cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of 103 DBPs using an identical analytical biological platform and endpoints. A single Chinese hamster ovary cell line was employed in the assays. The data presented are derived from papers published in the literature as well as additional new data and represent the largest direct quantitative comparison on the toxic potency of both regulated and emerging DBPs. These data may form the foundation of novel research to define the major forcing agents of DBP-mediated toxicity in disinfected water and may play an important role in achieving the goal of making safe drinking water better.     

Method to assess component contribution to toxicity of complex mixtures: Assessment of puberty acquisition in rats exposed to disinfection byproducts

A method based on regression modeling was developed to discern the contribution of component chemicals to the toxicity of highly complex, environmentally realistic mixtures of disinfection byproducts(DBPs). Chemical disinfection of drinking water forms DBP mixtures.Because of concerns about possible reproductive and developmental toxicity, a whole mixture(WM) of DBPs produced by chlorination of a water concentrate was administered as drinking water to Sprague–Dawley(S–D) rats in a multigenerational study. Age of puberty acquisition,i.e., preputial separation(PPS) and vaginal opening(VO), was examined in male and female offspring, respectively. When compared to controls, a slight, but statistically significant delay in puberty acquisition was observed in females but not in males. WM-induced differences in the age at puberty acquisition were compared to those reported in S–D rats administered either a defined mixture(DM) of nine regulated DBPs or individual DBPs. Regression models were developed using individual animal data on age at PPS or VO from the DM study. Puberty acquisition data reported in the WM and individual DBP studies were then compared with the DM models. The delay in puberty acquisition observed in the WM-treated female rats could not be distinguished from delays predicted by the DM regression model, suggesting that the nine regulated DBPs in the DM might account for much of the delay observed in the WM. This method is applicable to mixtures of other types of chemicals and other endpoints.