Extreme Spatial Variability and Unprecedented Methylmercury Concentrations Within a Constructed Wetland

We began monitoring concentrations of both total mercury (THg) and methylmercury (MeHg) in surface water at Stormwater Treatment Area-2 (STA) on July 20, 2000. This 2602 hectare STA was constructed with three independent marshes to remove phosphorus from agricultural runoff and reduce eutrophication in the northern Everglades. However, there was concern that in doing so, STA-2 might inadvertently worsen the existing mercury problem in the Everglades. Accordingly, operating permits stipulated that flow-through operation of these treatment cells could not begin until concentrations of THg and MeHg in the interior marsh were not significantly greater than corresponding concentrations in the supply canal. Cells 2 and 3 quickly met the start-up criteria in the fall of 2000. In contrast, Cell 1 exhibited anomalously high MeHg concentrations in the fall of 2000 and 2001, and the summer of 2002. During the last such event, water-column concentrations in Cell 1 reached 32 ng THg/L and an unprecedented 20 ng MeHg/L. Tissue Hg in resident fishes reached levels as high as 430 ng/g in mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki, 930 ng/g in sunfish, Lepomis spp., and 2000 ng/g in largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides. Guided by results from the monitoring program, flow rate and water depth were managed as a means to alter sulfur biogeochemistry and, thereby, reduce in situ mercury methylation. This adaptive management strategy likely played a role in the decline in water-column concentrations of THg and MeHg in Cell 1 by late 2002 and the subsequent declines in tissue Hg levels in resident fishes. Cell 1 finally met formal start-up criteria on November 26, 2002.     

固体进样-冷原子吸收法直接测定土壤中总汞

应用固体测汞仪,采用多标准土壤样品(n20)绘制校准曲线法和单一标准土壤样品绘制校准曲线法,分别对土壤中的汞进行测定。结果表明,两者的方法检出限分别为0.30、1.49 ng,平行样(n=6)的相对标准偏差分别为3.6%~4%、5.4%~9.0%,90 d内的重复性精密度为4.1%,对国家土壤标样进行测定,结果与标准值相符。表明与单一标准土壤样品绘制校准曲线法相比,多标准土壤样品绘制标准曲线法具有更好的精密度、更低的检出限,更强的适用性,并且由于校准曲线长期稳定性,有效缩短土壤中汞的检测周期。     

原子荧光法测定水中汞的质量控制指标研究

研究了原子荧光法测定水中汞的质量控制指标,提出精密度和准确度质量控制指标,具有广泛指导意义。全国东、西、中部共16个省份的62家实验室参加测定工作。研究结果为：标准样品浓度为5．0～15．Oμg／L时,RSD≤5．0％,RSD’≤10．0％,RE≤±10．0％;实际样品浓度为0．005—6μg／L时,RD≤20．0％;空白加标回收率80％-110％,标准样品和实际样品加标的回收率90％～110％。     

前处理方法对测汞结果影响分析

本文通过测定三种前处理方法消解后水样中汞的浓度,分析了前处理方法对测定结果的影响,以及三种前处理方法的适用条件。     

燃煤电厂烟气汞的排放及控制研究

随着环保意识的增强,燃煤电厂汞污染越来越受到人们的关注,对燃煤电厂烟气汞污染的控制也逐渐成为热点。介绍了燃煤电厂烟气中汞的排放形态及特性,分析了燃煤电厂烟气汞形态转化的影响因素,综述了有关燃煤电厂烟气中汞污染控制技术及研究进展,讨论了燃烧前脱汞、燃烧中脱汞和燃烧后脱汞技术,特别分析了利用现有烟气脱硫设备吸收法脱汞、吸附法脱汞、催化氧化脱汞的技术,并对燃煤电厂烟气脱汞技术的前景进行了展望,提出结合现有烟气净化设备同时脱汞的设想。     

贵州高原水库汞的分布特征及其对富营养化的响应

于2012年11~12月采集贵州不同营养状况的6座水库——三板溪水库、龙滩水库、万峰湖水库、百花湖水库、红枫湖水库和阿哈水库水样,分析水体中汞的形态分布及与水体富营养化之间的关系,探讨水体汞形态及其分布特征对水体富营养化的响应.结果表明:6座水库总汞浓度的平均值为(5.82±4.99)ng/L,其中在阿哈水库的库中和百花湖水库的岩脚寨采样点存在不同于其它点的局部污染源;MeHg浓度平均值为(0.08±0.07)ng/L,阿哈水库的MeHg浓度较高是其它水库的2~10倍,约为0.26ng/L.在枯水期,贵州6座水库的富营养化程度不同,其中三板溪水库和龙滩水库为表现为贫营养型;万峰湖水库表现为为贫中营养型;百花湖水库和红枫湖水库表现为为中富营养型;阿哈水库为富营养型.富营养化指数与总汞、甲基汞和溶解态甲基汞皆呈显著正相关(r=0.477,P<0.05; r=0.558, P<0.05;r =0.502, P< 0.05, n=19).富营养化对水库生态系统中形态汞之间的迁移和转化有着重要影响,为溶解态汞和甲基汞的生成提供了有利条件,对水体中汞的地球化学循环的影响不可忽视.     

汞的地球化学特征及其映震效能

汞的地球化学行为取决于汞的物理化学性质．汞在地震活动过程中的异常变化十分明显，映震效能较好。通过分析主要震例发现，汞异常特征普遍表现为高值或正脉冲及其脉冲群。异常分布范围与震级大小有关。一般来说是在异常结束后发震，但也有的是在高值段或异常恢复段发震。异常一般出现于震前几天到几个月不等。     

Mercury in Tree Swallow Food, Eggs, Bodies, and Feathers at Acadia National Park, Maine, and an EPA Superfund Site, Ayer, Massachusetts

We monitored nest boxes during 1997–1999 at Acadia National Park, Mt. Desert Island, ME and at an old-field site in Orono, ME to determine mercury (Hg) uptake in tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) eggs, tissues, and food boluses. Also, in 1998–1999 we monitored nest boxes at Grove Pond and Plow Shop Pond at a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site in Ayer, MA. We recorded breeding success at all locations. On average among locations, total mercury (THg) biomagnified 2 to 4-fold from food to eggs and 9 to 18-fold from food to feathers. These are minimum values because the proportion of transferable methyl mercury (MeHg) of the THg in insects varies (i.e., 35%–95% of THg) in food boluses. THg was highest in food boluses at Aunt Betty Pond at Acadia, whereas THg in eggs was highest at the Superfund site. A few eggs from nests at each of these locations exceeded the threshold (i.e., 800–1,000 ng/g, wet wt.) of embryotoxicity established for Hg. Hatching success was 88.9% to 100% among locations, but five eggs failed to hatch from 4 of the 11 clutches in which an egg exceeded this threshold. MeHg in feathers was highest in tree swallows at Aunt Betty Pond and the concentration of THg in bodies was related to the concentration in feathers. Transfer of an average of 80%–92% of the Hg in bodies to feathers may have enhanced nestling survival. Residues of Hg in tissues of tree swallows in the Northeast seem higher than those of the Midwest.     

青岛霾天气下大气汞的污染特征分析

2013年1月14~17日青岛市经历了一次大范围的霾污染过程,采集并测定大气气态汞和颗粒态汞,研究汞的污染特征.结果表明,气态汞(TGM)的平均浓度为(2.8±0.9)ng/m3,颗粒汞(PHg)的平均浓度为(245±174)pg/m3.在霾发生的14、15日PHg/TSP的比值明显高于16、17日,且TGM与PHg浓度呈负相关关系,霾日气象条件有利于TGM向PHg转化.大气汞浓度与温度、相对湿度正相关,与风速负相关.TGM与SO2、NO2显著正相关,化石燃料的燃烧是大气汞的主要来源.对大气气团的后向轨迹进行聚类分析,将其分为5类,霾日大气中的汞主要来自近距离传输,受山东本地污染影响,气态汞含量最高.     

Mercury removal from flue gas using nitrate as an electron acceptor in a membrane biofilm reactor

Membrane bioreactor achieved mercury removal using nitrate as an electron acceptor. The biological mercury oxidation increased with the increase of oxygen concentration. Ferrous sulfide could make both Hg²⁺ and MeHg transform into HgS-like substances. Nitrate drives mercury oxidation through katE, katG, nar, nir, nor, and nos. Mercury (Hg⁰) is a hazardous air pollutant for its toxicity, and bioaccumulation. This study reported that membrane biofilm reactor achieved mercury removal from flue gas using nitrate as the electron acceptor. Hg⁰ removal efficiency was up to 88.7% in 280 days of operation. Oxygen content in flue gas affected mercury redox reactions, mercury biooxidation and microbial methylation. The biological mercury oxidation increased with the increase of oxygen concentration (2%‒17%), methylation of mercury reduced with the increase of oxygen concentration. The dominant bacteria at oxygen concentration of 2%, 6%, 17%, 21% were Halomonas, Anaerobacillus, Halomonas and Pseudomonas, respectively. The addition of ferrous sulfide could immobilize Hg²⁺ effectively, and make both Hg²⁺ and MeHg transform into HgS-like substances, which could achieve the inhibition effect of methylation, and promote conversion of mercury. The dominant bacteria changed from Halomonas to Planctopirus after FeS addition. Nitrate drives mercury oxidation through katE, katG, nar, nir, nor, and nos for Hg⁰ removal in flue gas.