吹脱捕集GC/MS法测定水中挥发性有机物

采用吹脱捕集GC/MS法对日本环境厅和厚生省规定的水中23项有机污染物进行同时分析测定,该方法在0.1～100μg/L范围内的线性相关系数为0.998以上,相对标准偏差在8%以下,废水加标回收率在92%～102%之间。在实际水样(河水和自来水)分析中,有8种化合物几乎在17个实际水样中都有检出。实验结果表明,吹脱捕集GC/MS法是实现水中挥发性有机物同时分析的最有效的手段之一。      

Effects of environmental conditions,low-level potassium,ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid,or combination treatment on radiocesium-137 decontamination in Napier grass

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Phytoextraction is widely used to remove environmental pollutants such as heavy metals or radionuclides from soil. It is important to understand how...     

Identification of volatile organic components in mussel

Volatile components in mussels were isolated by freeze vacuum distillation and over 100 components were identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Phenylalkanes were newly detected. Several halogenated compounds were observed.     

240Pu/239Pu atom ratios in seawater from Sagami Bay, western Northwest Pacific Ocean: sources and scavenging

Seawater samples were collected in Sagami Bay, western Northwest Pacific Ocean, and their (239+240)Pu activities and (240)Pu/(239)Pu atom ratios were determined by alpha-spectrometry and sector field high-resolution ICP-MS. A few samples also were analyzed for (137)Cs activities. The (239+240)Pu inventory of 41.1 Bq m(-2) was equivalent to the expected cumulative deposition density of atmospheric global fallout at the same latitude and this inventory was considerably lower than inventories in the underlying sediment columns. This result indicated that a significant amount of (239+240)Pu has been removed into the underlying sediments through enhanced scavenging from the water column by the high fluxes of particles in this region. The atom ratio of (240)Pu/(239)Pu showed no notable variation from the surface to the bottom; the average value was 0.234+/-0.004. This atom ratio was significantly higher than the mean global fallout ratio of 0.18, proving the existence of close-in fallout plutonium originating from the Pacific Proving Grounds (PPG). The relative contributions of the global stratospheric fallout and the PPG close-in fallout were evaluated by using the two end-member mixing model. The contribution of the PPG close-in fallout was estimated to be 15.2 Bq m(-2), which corresponded to 37% of the (239+240)Pu inventory in the water column. Thus (239)Pu and (240)Pu from the two sources of global fallout and close-in fallout have been homogenized in the water masses in the western Northwest Pacific margin during the past three decades.     

SO2暴露方式与油松生长的关系

苗龄为87d的油松(Pinus tabulaeformis Carr.)于2002-07-01～08-29在3个处理组进行SO₂暴露实验60昼夜,处理1和处理2在24h中SO₂浓度分别为0.1 mg·m^-3和0.2 mg·m^-3,处理3每日6h SO₂浓度为0.5 mg·m^-3,18h SO2浓度为0.1mg·m^-3.经SO₂暴露后,处理1油松针叶气孔保卫细胞、针叶颜色未见异常;叶绿素含量、类胡萝卜素含量、光合速率、蒸腾速率、单株干重、相对生长速率与对照组无显著差异;但针叶含硫量比对照增加17%,从针叶渗出的钾离子量比对照增加22%.处理2油松气孔保卫细胞、针叶颜色未见异常;叶绿素含量、光合速率、蒸腾速率与对照组无显著差异;类胡萝卜素含量下降5%,针叶含硫量增加92%,从针叶渗出的钾离子量比对照增加67%,单株干重下降4.5%,相对生长速率下降0.6mg·(g·d)^-1.处理3油松气孔保卫细胞、针叶颜色发现异常;叶绿素含量与对照组相似,但类胡萝卜素含量下降21%,含硫量增加104%,从针叶渗出的钾离子量比对照增加89%,光合速率下降5%,蒸腾速率增加8%,单株干重下降7.6%,相对生长速率下降1.3mg·(g·d)^-1.     

Comparison of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in fish, vegetables, and meats and levels in human milk of nursing women in Japan

At present, little is known about the occurrence of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in fish and food products sold in Japan. To investigate whether human exposure to PBDEs through the diet is significant, the concentrations of PBDEs were determined in fish and in meat and vegetables sold in two food markets in the city of Hirakata, Osaka prefecture. The concentrations of PBDEs in the breast milk of 12 primiparae nursing women at one month after delivery also were determined to ascertain the relationship between the levels found in the diet and levels in humans. sigma PBDE concentrations ranged between 21 and 1650 pg/g fresh weight in the edible tissues of five species of fish and one shellfish species. The highest concentrations were measured in yellow-fin tuna, followed by short-necked clam, salmon, yellowtail, mackerel and young yellowtail. Interestingly, sigma PBDE concentrations were not statistically significantly different in two cultured mackerel samples from Japan and mackerel collected from northern European waters. sigma PBDE concentrations in beef, pork and chicken meat (ranging between 6.25 and 63.6 pg/g fresh weight) and in three different vegetables (ranging between 38.4 and 134 pg/g fresh weight) were significantly lower than the concentrations in fish. In human milk, sigma PBDE concentrations ranged between 668 and 2840 pg/g lipid basis, which is comparable to the levels in populations of nursing women reported in Sweden and elsewhere. There was a strong positive relationship between PBDE concentrations in human milk and dietary intake of fish and shellfish, which was established in the women from responses to a questionaire on food consumption habits. The results of this study of food products commonly consumed in Japan and the levels found in nursing women raise a concern about low level PBDE contamination of fish and other foods intended for human consumption.     

Adsorption fein zerriebener Teilchen der stark basischen Anionenaustauscher an der Grenzfläche zweier Flüssigkeiten und ihre Anwendungen zur mikrochemischen Analyse

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Indirect identification of an unstable intermediate in γ-HCH degradation by Pseudomonas paucimobilis UT26

While a postulated intermediate, 1,3,4,5-tetrachlorocyclohexa-1,4-diene(1,4-TCDN), is one of the key-compounds in γ-hexachlorocyclohexane(γ-HCH) degradation by Pseudomonas paucimobilis UT26(UT26), it has neither been isolated nor identified yet. Thus, an indirect identification was attempted to demonstrate its existence by a chemical oxidation of the microbial degradation products in situ.

1,2,4,5-Tetrachlorobenzene(1,2,4,5-TeCB) was newly produced by the chemical oxidation with hydrogen peroxide under iron(II) of W medium containing degradation products in situ of γ-1,3,4,5,6-pentachlorocyclohexene(γ-PCCH) by Escherichia coli MV1184(E. coli) which possesses the dehydrochlorinating activity of UT26. The chemical oxidation required the preceding enzymatic reactions to γ-PCCH by E. coli for the production of 1,2,4,5-TeCB. In facts, 1,2,4,5-TeCB was not produced from γ-PCCH by either of the chemical or enzymatic reaction alone.

Considering these results and the fact that hydrogen peroxide is known to dehydrogenate chemical compounds, it was concluded that 1,2,4,5-TeCB was produced directly from the unstable intermediate, 1,4-TCDN, on yielded from γ-PCCH by an enzymatic dehydrochlorination.     

Effect of metabolism on bioconcentration of geometric isomers of d-phenothrin in fish

Yearling carp (Cyprinus carpio) were exposed to d-phenothrin (a 1:4 mixture of d-cis and d-trans isomers) in the absence and the presence of piperonyl butoxide under the flow-through test condition and the bioconcentration factors (BCF's) of the geometric isomers were separately evaluated. It was demonstrated that BCF values for the d-cis isomer were significantly higher by 1.1 to 2.2-fold than those for the d-trans isomer and the subsequent exposure in the presence of piperonyl butoxide resulted in elevated BCF values for the d-cis isomer, but no remarkable change in BCF's was observed for the d-trans isomer. The elevation observed here was presumably attributable to a reduced elimination caused by inhibited oxidative reactions characteristic to the d-cis isomer. The contribution of biotransformation to the elimination rate constant (K₃/K₂ was estimated to be 2.3–11. Thus, the result was well explained by a distinct oxidative metabolism of the d-cis isomer and a significance of metabolism in bioconcentration phenomenon was exemplified.