Occurrences of six steroid estrogens from different effluents in Beijing, China

Concentration levels of six natural and anthropogenic origin steroid estrogens, namely, diethylstilbestrol (DES), estrone (E1), estradiol (E2), estriol (E3), ethinylestradiol (EE2), and estradiol-17-valerate (Ev), from different effluents in Beijing were assessed. Sampling sites include two wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), a chemical plant, a hospital, a pharmaceutical factory, a hennery, and a fish pool. In general, concentrations of estrogens in the effluents varied from no detection (nd) to 11.1 ng/l, 0.7 to 1.2 × 10³ ng/l, nd to 67.4 ng/l, nd to 4.1 × 10³ ng/l, nd to 1.2 × 10³ ng/l, and nd to 11.2 ng/l for DES, E1, E2, EE2, E3, and Ev, respectively. The concentration levels of steroid estrogens from different effluents decreased in the order of pharmaceutical factory and WWTP inlets > hospital > hennery > chemical factory > fish pool. This study indicated that natural estrogens E1, E2, and E3 and synthetic estrogen EE2 are the dominant steroid estrogens found in the different Beijing effluents. For source identification, an indicator (hE = E3/(E1 + E2 + E3)) was used to trace human estrogen excretion. Accordingly, hE in effluents from the hospital and WWTP inlets exceeded 0.4, while much smaller values were obtained for the other effluents. Human excretions were the major contributor of natural estrogens in municipal wastewater. Estimation results demonstrated that direct discharge was the major contributor of steroid estrogen pollution in receiving waters.     

The Avoidance Responses of Daphnia magna to the Exposure of Organophosphorus Pesticides in an On-Line Biomonitoring System

In this study, avoidance behavior of the freshwater cladoceran Daphnia magna Straus was used as indicator to assess the early stress of accidental organophosphorus pesticide (OP) contamination. The movement behavior was detected by a multi-species biomonitoring system. There was obvious concentration–response relationship between the OP stress and the behavioral response even at sublethal exposure. A rising OP stress resulted in a significant decrease of response time to escape (RTE; p<0.05). In comparison of different OPs, it was found that there was a power regression between RTE and the toxic unit of OPs. Therefore, the avoidance behavior of D. magna was a sensitive indicator of sublethal OP stress, and the power relationship could be used to predict the early warning thresholds of more OPs in the on-line biomonitoring system.     

河蚬对太湖梅梁湾沉积物中HCHs和DDTs的生物富集

以采自清洁水体的河蚬(Corbicula fluminea)为实验生物,利用生物富集实验测试了河蚬对太湖梅梁湾水源地沉积物中HCHs和DDTs的生物富集.研究结果表明,将河蚬暴露于有机氯农药污染程度相似的太湖梅梁湾沉积物中(HCHs和DDTs浓度分别为1.5-1.8.S/S(以干重计)和1.1-1.7 as/g(以干重计))后,随着暴露时间的延长(24～168h),河蚬对有机氯农药的富集量随着暴露时间逐渐增加.试验结束时各样点中河蚬对HCHs和DDTs的富集量分别为(9.4±2.2)ng/g(以干重计)、(20.7±7.6)ng/g(以干重计).实验水体沉积物中HCHs和DDTs的生物沉积物富集因子(BSAF)分别为1.5±0.1和4.4±0.7.生物-沉积物富集因子(BSAF)与有机物的辛醇-水比值(Kow)存在显著正相关.     

Effect of the chemical forms of selenium on its volatilization from soils in Chinese low-selenium belt

Bio-availability of different forms of selenium and its rate of volatilization from soils in Chinese low-selenium belt were examined. Adding directly solutions of either inorganic or organic selenium compounds to soil could only slightly increase the rate of selenium volatilization from soil. Volatilization of selenium from soil was largely enhanced when certain nutritional solutions along with selenium compounds were added. Garlic water extract and seleno-amino acids, i.e., seleno-methionine and seleno-cysteine, were found more effective for their bio-availability to the volatilization process. Under laboratory simulating conditions, the volatilization rate of selenium from different types of soils in Chinese low-selenium belt was found in the range of 0.10-0.27 ng.kg-1 soil.day-1 over a 17 days period, generally followed by a decline with time of incubation.     

不同硒化合物在WISTAR大鼠主要组织器官中的分布

对Wistar大鼠一次性灌服亚硒酸钠、硒代硫酸软骨素、硒代蛋氨酸和硒酵母后,硒在小肠、肝脏、肾脏和心脏中的含量均有提高,不同硒化合物在不同脏器中的时效规律不完全相同,但主要脏器的硒排出过程均符合指数扩散规律.硒代蛋氨酸在脑中积累,在其他脏器中表现明显滞留效应.脏器硒含量顺序为硒代蛋氨酸>亚硒酸钠≈硒代硫酸软骨素>硒酵母.     

汞在腐殖酸影响下对浮游植物的毒性及其富集的研究

本实验研究受汞严重污染的蓟运河水体中,腐殖酸对汞抑制浮游植物生长及光合作用的影响、对汞富集的影响及不同组分腐殖酸影响的差异。实验证明,腐殖酸能降低汞对莱因衣藻(Chlamydomonas reinhardi)、斜生栅藻(Scenedesmus obliquus)及布朗纤维藻(Ankistrodesmus braunii)生长的抑制。黄腐酸(FA)、棕腐酸(HA)及其混合液(FA/HA)的作用无显著差异。但在高汞浓度下(1ppm),HA及FA/HA的效果大于FA;FA及HA可降低汞对斜生栅藻光合作用的抑制,并能使光合较早得到恢复、腐殖酸能减少斜生栅藻对汞的富集。     

城市污水处理厂不同工艺段中有机氯农药残留

建立了基于HLB固相萃取柱和气相色谱 /电子捕获 (GC/ECD)分析城市污水中有机氯农药的分析方法 ,同时分析了北京市高碑店和北小河两个污水处理厂中 4个不同工艺段水体中有机氯农药的浓度。在两个污水处理厂的水体中共检出了 6种有机氯类农药 ,分别是α 六六六、β 六六六、γ 六六六、δ 六六六、艾氏剂和 4 ,4’ 滴滴滴 ,浓度在 1 89—6 9 6ng/L之间。结果表明 ,曝气活性污泥法对六六六类有机氯农药的去除效果较好。     

乐安江水和沉积物样品的生物毒性评估

采用二种发光菌发光抑制、二种藻生长抑制、大型溲生和慢性毒性多种生物测试方法。对采集于１９９３年６月，１９９３年１２月和１９９４１０月的乐安江可水、沉积物和沉积物间隙不进行了多指标生物毒性测试，在河流４０，５０和１５９ｋｍ处观测到较强毒性，研究结果：毒性排放主要来自乐安江上游德兴铜矿、洎不河，以及乐安江下游接近鄱阳湖口和沉积物中重金属的释放。     

汶川8.0级地震前地震非均匀度时空演化特征

本文利用地震非均匀度方法对汶川8．0级地震开展了震例研究,较系统地分析了汶川地震前地震非均匀度的时空演化特征。研究结果表明,汶川地震前在震中及附近地区存在明显的地震非均匀度中短期异常,2001年2月23日雅江6．3级地震可能是汶川地震前的首发地震,具有前震指示意义;根据近期GL值时空演化图像,探讨了我国西南地区的震情发展趋势。     

电子垃圾处理地土壤中芳烃受体效应物质的分布规律

利用大鼠肝癌细胞H4IIE离体生物测试(EROD测试)评估了位于我国南方的典型电子垃圾处理地(某镇)三个自然村共23个土壤样品有机提取物的芳烃受体效应,并研究了这些地区土壤中芳烃受体效应物质的污染水平和空间分布规律.结果表明,在所研究地区中.塑料回收村芳烃受体效应最高,其次是电路板回收村和电器拆解村.与文献数据相比,该镇土壤有机组分的芳烃受体效应较传统工业城市天津的污染土壤高,且空间分布规律与该镇电子垃圾处理业的区域分工在某种程度上有密切关系.研究结果表明,粗放型的电子垃圾处理手段导致了芳烃受体效应物质在该镇土壤环境中的积累,且离体生物效应标记方法可用来快速筛选和甄别芳烃受体效应物质污染的高风险区.