High concentrations of persistent organic pollutants including PCBs,DDT, PBDEs and PFOS in little brown bats with white-nose syndrome in New York,USA

White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a condition associated with white fungal growth on ears, wings, and nose of hibernating bats; this condition has recently resulted in high bat mortality in the northeastern United States. Nevertheless, the pathogenesis of morbidity and mortality are still unknown. Elevated exposure to toxic contaminants could be a contributing factor via the consequent immunosuppression and endocrine disruption. In this study, diseased little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) were collected from several hibernacula in eastern New York State in 2008. Fat tissues of bats were analyzed for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs), and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs; DDT, chlordanes, HCB, and HCH), and liver was analyzed for perfluorinated compounds (PFCs). A reference population of little brown bats, not affected by WNS, was also collected from a cave in Kentucky for the analysis of trace organic contaminants. Concentration of PCBs in fat tissues of bats from New York ranged from 1900 ng g^?1 to 35 000 ng g^?1, lipid wt, with the highest concentrations found in bats collected from caves in Albany County. High concentrations of PCBs were also found in bats from Kentucky (17 100–18 400 ng g^?1, lipid wt). Total PBDE concentrations in fat tissues ranged from 520 ng g^?1 to 10 900 ng g^?1, lipid wt, in bats from New York and from 4300 ng g^?1 to 13 000 ng g^?1, lipid wt, in bats from Kentucky. High concentrations of DDT (26 900 ng g^?1, lipid wt), chlordanes (6350 ng g^?1, lipid wt), and HCB (260 ng g^?1, lipid wt) were found in bats from New York. Concentrations of hexabromobiphenyl congener 153 (PBB 153) in bats from New York ranged from 8.6 ng g^?1 to 12 4000 ng g^?1, lipid wt. Concentrations of PFCs were on the order of a few tens to a few hundreds of nanograms per gram liver, on a wet weight basis. Overall, high concentrations of PCBs, PBDEs, DDT, and chlordanes were found in fat tissues of diseased bats from New York, although the concentrations in bats from non-diseased, reference population, from Kentucky were also high.     

从荷兰、德国的实践看污泥的能源回收利用——浅议污水厂的污泥处理

进入21世纪后,随着城市发展和环境污染的加剧,我国城镇污水处理厂的建设开始加速发展。至2010年,城市污水处理率约为70%,随着大量污水处理厂投入运行,污泥处置问题已经迫在眉睫。本文介绍了荷兰污泥处理的发展历程和方法,以SNB污泥处理中心、慕尼黑Gut Groβlappen污泥处理厂为实例介绍了集中式污泥处理及能源利用。我们认为,荷兰、德国污泥处理的经验和方法对我国的污泥处理具有借鉴价值。     

鄂尔多斯气田泥浆池防渗层对有害物质的阻滞作用评价

随着天然气勘探开发速度的加快,鄂尔多斯气田井场废泥浆产生量越来越大,固化处理后将其填埋于有防渗层的泥浆池中是目前该区域最常用的方法,但国内外就气田井场泥浆池防渗层对池内污染物实际阻滞效果的研究报道较少。为研究上述处理方法的实际环境效应,以2010年盆地内正在开发气井井场泥浆池内预固化处理沉淀物的分析结果为参照,选择其中污染程度较为严重的石油类、COD、硫化物和砷、钡、镍、铅、铜4种为重点污染物,选择2005—2009年分别投入使用的5个气田井场废弃泥浆池为考察对象,分析研究了防渗层投运时间对不同污染物阻滞作用的影响。结果表明,投运1年的防渗层可阻留污染物90%以上,投运2年以上的防渗层对污染物的阻滞作用有不同程度下降,投运5年的防渗层对所监测污染物的阻滞作用最好的是钡(40.14%)、最差的为硫化物(10.89%),结合不同时间防渗层破损状况和其对污染物的阻滞效率的变化情况,说明机械刺穿和不均匀降是导致防渗层在研究区域的环境下阻滞功能退化较快的主要原因。     

Fenton氧化对硝基苯酚过程中Fe2+/Fe3+的氧化还原机制

Fenton降解对硝基苯酚(PNP)过程中,Fe2+经历一个快速氧化后快速还原,最后在高浓度水平上保持稳定的变化过程。通过分析中间产物的变化过程,发现有机中间产物氢醌和苯醌构成一对氧化还原体系催化Fe3+向Fe2+的转化,本研究从Fe2+/3+转化机制的角度进一步明确了Fenton降解PNP的机理。     

Relevant parameters for assessing the environmental impact of some pyridinium, ammonium and pyrrolidinium based ionic liquids

Several physico-chemical properties relevant to determine the environmental impact of ionic liquids - aqueous solubility, octanol/water partition coefficient, chromatographically derived lipophilicity and infinite dilution diffusion coefficients in water - were measured in ionic liquids based on pyridinium, ammonium and pyrrolidinium cations with bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide anions. The influence of the presence of hydroxyl or ester groups in the physico-chemical properties of these liquids was checked. It appeared that the presence of functional oxygenated moieties reduces the lipophilicity of ionic liquids and so decreases the risk of bioaccumulation in environment.     

An International Comparative Analysis on China's Economic Growth and the Convergence in Energy Intensity Gap and Its Economic Mechanism

In this paper,the authors have empirically analyzed the convergence in per capita GDP gap and the convergence in the variation of energy intensity with respect to the change of per capita GDP between China and eight developed countries.Then,the authors run a regression on the impact of decisive factors of economic growth on energy intensity and its change,so as to find out the economic mechanism of energy intensity gap changing with respect to the variation of economic growth.This study concludes that:First,there is a convergence in per capita GDP gap between China and the eight developed countries.With the convergence in per capita GDP gap,the energy intensity gap between China and eight different countries also converge,and the convergence rate of the latter is faster than that of the former,i.e.if the per capita GDP gap between China and the eight developed countries decreases by 1%,the energy intensity gap between them will correspondingly decrease by 1.552%.Second,the energy intensity decreases with the improvement of industrial structure,the rising of energy prices,the advances of technology,and the expansion of investment in fixed assets,and it slightly increases with the increase of FDI.Third,the energy intensity gap between China and eight developed countries narrows with the lessening of the difference in fixed assets investment,energy prices,and technological progress between China and eight developed countries,yet increases with the narrowing of the difference in FDI,and has no significant correlation with the difference in industrial structure.Fourth,the narrowing of difference in per capita GDP between China and the eight developed countries can result in the lessening of energy intensity gap,whose economic mechanism is that the decisive factors,such as difference in investment,technology,and the competition mechanism of prices,which can determine the difference in economic growth,can significantly affect the energy intensity gap.     

Distribution of mono- through hexa-chlorobenzenes in floodplain soils and sediments of the Tittabawassee and Saginaw Rivers,Michigan

Introduction  

Chlorobenzenes are used as solvents or as feedstocks in the production of pesticide formulations, dyes, room deodorizers, moth-proofing agents, and de-inking solvents. Chlorobenzenes were produced by the Dow Chemical Company in Midland, Michigan, for several decades. In this study, concentrations of 12 chlorobenzene (CBz) congeners, from mono- to hexachlorobenzenes, were measured in more than 150 floodplain soil (FPS), surface sediment, and sediment core (SC) samples collected during 2002–2004 from the Pine River, Tittabawassee River, Shiawassee River, Saginaw River, and Saginaw Bay, Michigan.     

基于三维荧光光谱特征峰的水体有机污染物综合指标检测

对来源不同一的32个水样进行三维荧光光谱的测定,并用5种典型有机物的荧光特征峰A(腐殖酸类)、C(腐殖酸类)、B(络氨酸类)、T1(色氨酸类)、T2(色氨酸类)进行了单一和组合式建模,发现对于来源不同一的水体的总有机含碳量(TOC)、化学耗氧量(COD)的检测采用这种提取特征峰建模的效果并不理想.该研究说明,依据典型特...     

诺氟沙星水溶液的湿式氧化分解及其产物的生成途径

以诺氟沙星(NOR)水溶液作为抗生素废水的代表,在湿式氧化的环境中考察其分解规律与产物生成途径,为含抗生素废水的湿式氧化处理提供方法基础.在温度为473～513 K,压力为3 MPa,NOR初始浓度约为500 mg/L,H2O2投加量为0和32 200 mg左右以及停留时间为10～60 s的条件下进行湿式氧化实验,以诺...     

缩聚-Fenton-A/O生物流化床组合工艺处理酚醛废水的工程案例分析

以广州某公司生产酚醛树脂时产生的酚醛废水为研究对象,针对其高浓度、生物毒性强、可生化性差及难降解等特点,设计缩聚-Fenton-A/O生物流化床联合工艺进行处理。此工艺的工程实践中,在总HRT低于75 h的操作条件下,当进水COD、苯酚及甲醛浓度分别为1.0×105～1.2×105 mg/L、2.2×104～2.5×1...