Community concerns about landfills: A case study of Hanoi,Vietnam

This paper examines the nature of community concerns about a landfill in Hanoi, Vietnam and compares these concerns to those found in studies of North American landfills. Based on a survey of 174 households living near Hanoi's landfill, it was found that concerns were uniformly high within the study area. Although the community initially believed the proponent's claims that the landfill would not pollute the environment, their faith in those claims disappeared once the landfill opened and began to produce numerous negative impacts on the community. Residents called for a variety of technical, management and economic measures to mitigate these impacts.     

Optimal resource extraction contract with adverse selection

This paper studies the design of a mining concession contract as a multi-period adverse selection problem where production is the depletion of a non renewable resource. Compared with symmetric information, we show that overproduction is optimal in the terminal phase of the resource extraction program. Moreover, asymmetric information lengthens the contract duration but reduces the scarcity rent.     

Cellulose-based beads for the adsorptive removal of wastewater effluents: a review

Environmental Chemistry Letters - Wastewater pollution is a major issue requiring advanced treatment methods such as nanotechnologies. In particular, nanocelluloses appear promising as adsorbents...     

A state-of-the-art review on emission characteristics of SI and CI engines fueled with 2,5-dimethylfuran biofuel

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Currently, the considerable decline in fossil fuel resources and the high rise in vehicle emissions have prompted researchers and governments to...     

液液萃取-高效液相色谱法同时测定饮用水中阿特拉津与甲萘威

通过液液萃取-高效液相色谱法实现了饮用水中农药残留阿特拉津与甲萘威的同时测定。用二氯甲烷萃取水样中阿特拉津与甲萘威,浓缩定容后,以甲醇∶水=60∶40(体积分数)为流动相,用Zorbax SB-C18柱进行分离,通过具有紫外检测器的高效液相色谱仪进行测定。阿特拉津与甲萘威的最低检出限均可达0.000 1 mg/L,加标量为1 ug时平均回收率分别为85.45%和83.35%,加标量为0.1 ug时平均回收率分别为81.09%和80.23%。平行7次进行精密度试验,相对标准差在4.10%～4.59%。结果表明:方法简便、准确、快速、重现性好,适合饮用水中阿特拉津与甲萘威的同时测定。     

Spatial and temporal trends of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in wild mussels from the Cantabrian coast (N Spain) after the Prestige oil spill

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) levels were determined in tissues of wild mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) collected at 17 stations along the Cantabrian coast (N Spain), from Navia (Asturias) to Fuenterrabía (Basque Country), in order to assess the extent of the environmental impact caused by the Prestige oil spill (November 13, 2002). Six sampling campaigns were carried out in April, June and November in 2003 and 2004. The comparison of PAH data with those obtained earlier in 2000 showed a widespread pyrolytic and petrogenic contamination and allowed an estimation, for the first time, of the background pollution in the region and identification of the chronic hotspots. The spatial distribution found in the first samples after the oil spill revealed the eastern area as the most affected due to the continuous arrival of fuel slicks since early summer 2003. Several stations in this area showed increased total PAH concentrations of up to 15 times the pre-spill levels, which did not recover until April 2004, more than one year after the accident. Molecular parameters within the aliphatic and aromatic fractions were determined to assess the presence of Prestige oil in these samples.     

铅对河南华溪蟹卵巢抗氧化酶活力和脂质过氧化水平的影响

采用亚急性毒性实验方法,研究了铅(Pb2+)对河南华溪蟹(Sinopotamon henanense)卵巢组织抗氧化酶活性与脂质过氧化产物的影响.实验设置了5个Pb2+浓度组(3.675、7.35、14.70、29.40和58.80mg·L-1)和1个空白对照组,在3个染毒时间(5、10和15d)下对超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GPx)活力和丙二醛(MDA)含量进行了测定.结果显示,在不同浓度和不同暴露时间下,铅对河南华溪蟹卵巢SOD、CAT、GPx活力及MDA含量均有明显的影响.SOD、CAT活力表现为低浓度诱导激活,高浓度抑制,即先升后降的变化规律,GPx活力在5d和10d时表现出先升后降的趋势,在15d时活力不断下降,且SOD在10d、14.70mg·L-1Pb2+浓度组,CAT在5d、7.35mg·L-1Pb2+浓度组,GPx在10d、3.675mg·L-1Pb2+浓度组分别升至峰值,而卵巢MDA含量随染毒时间的延长和染毒浓度的升高逐渐增多,且在15d、58.80mg·L-1Pb2+浓度组中较对照组差异极显著。结果表明,Pb2+暴露对河南华溪蟹卵巢产生了明显的氧化胁迫作用,且抗氧化酶和脂质过氧化物水平可以作为重金属对水生生物毒理学研究的生物标志物.     

Calculating of river water quality sampling frequency by the analytic hierarchy process (AHP)

River water quality sampling frequency is an important aspect of the river water quality monitoring network. A suitable sampling frequency for each station as well as for the whole network will provide a measure of the real water quality status for the water quality managers as well as the decision makers. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is an effective method for decision analysis and calculation of weighting factors based on multiple criteria to solve complicated problems. This study introduces a new procedure to design river water quality sampling frequency by applying the AHP. We introduce and combine weighting factors of variables with the relative weights of stations to select the sampling frequency for each station, monthly and yearly. The new procedure was applied for Jingmei and Xindian rivers, Taipei, Taiwan. The results showed that sampling frequency should be increased at high weighted stations while decreased at low weighted stations. In addition, a detailed monitoring plan for each station and each month could be scheduled from the output results. Finally, the study showed that the AHP is a suitable method to design a system for sampling frequency as it could combine multiple weights and multiple levels for stations and variables to calculate a final weight for stations, variables, and months.