Remediation of copper polluted red soils with clay materials

Attapulgite and montmorillonite were utilized to remediate heavy metal polluted red soils in Guixi City, Jiangxi Province, China. The e ects of clay minerals on availability, chemical distribution, and biotoxicity of Cu and Zn were evaluated. The results provided a reference for the rational application of clay materials to remediate heavy metal contaminated soils. From the sorption experiment, the maximum adsorbed Cu2+ by attapulgite and montmorillonite was 1501 and 3741 mg/kg, respectively. After polluted red soil was amended with attapulgite or montmorillonite and cultured at 30 and 60 days, soil pH increased significantly compared to the control. An 8% increase in the amount of montmorillonite in soil and 30 days incubation decreased acid exchangeable Cu by 24.7% compared to the control red soil. Acid exchangeable Cu decreased with increasing amounts of attapulgite and montmorillonite, with best remediation e ect reached at a dose of 8%. Results also showed that the Cu poisoning e ect on earthworms was reduced with the addition of attapulgite and montmorillonite. Montmorillonite showed the best e ect, with the addition of a 2% dose the mortality of earthworms decreased from 60% to zero compared to the control. Our results indicated that the bioavailability of Cu in soils was reduced more e ectively with the application of montmorillonite than attapulgite.     

Effect of chromium on accumulation and antioxidants in Cucumis utillissimus L.: Response under enhanced bioavailability condition

This study compares the accumulation of Cr(VI) and biochemical changes (total chlorophyll, carotenoid, protein, malondialdehyde (MDA) and cysteine contents) and roles of antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase (SOD), guaiacol peroxidase (GPX), ascorbate peroxidase (APX)) in tolerance to metal induced stress in Cucumis utillissimus L. grown in Cr contaminated soil (CS) with garden soil (GS). Furthermore, Cr bioavailability was enhanced by ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid (EDTA) addition to the soil to forecast the plant’s accumulation pattern at elevated Cr environment. Accumulation of Cr in the leaves of the plant increased with increase in substrate metals concentration. It further increased with the addition of EDTA by 1437% and 487% in GS and CS, respectively at the highest treatment level. The lipid peroxidation increased proportionately with increase in Cr accumulation in the leaves. All the activity of antioxidant enzymes (SOD, GPX and APX) and the level of cysteine increased with dose dependant manner. SOD and cysteine were observed to be higher in the GS than in CS, but APX and GPX were found to be higher in CS than in GS. The increase in GPX and APX activities with the increase in Cr concentration could be assumed that these two enzymes have a major role in the defense mechanism towards stress induced by Cr in C. utillissimus.     

为了下一代——索尼(中国)企业社会责任报告2010(环境部分)

概况随着全球经济一体化的推进和全球气候变暖趋势逐渐明显,索尼(中国)在履行社会责任、实施可持续发展过程中,在生态环境保护、社区和谐稳定、消费者及其他利益相关群体权益保护等诸多方面不断强化并完善各项举措,收到了良好的效果。索尼集团于2010年4月提出"环境零负荷"的目标,即计划到2050年,在企业运营行为和产品使用周期中,将对环境的负荷降低至零。作为集团中的一员,索尼(中国)在致力于为人们提供更多新颖、时尚的高科技产品同时,也在对产品研     

你对塑料了解多少?

吃、穿、住、行、用,塑料制品的身影无处不在,但是对司空见惯、貌似平常的塑料你到底了解多少?1、塑料会在以下哪类物品中出现?衣服地毯食物以上各种答案:以上各种。无论是用来制作衣服和地毯的化纤,还是染色的油墨,甚至我们扔掉的塑料,最终还是可能会返回到食物链中,塑料无处不在。然而,尽管循环利用非常重要,各种地毯回     

自然资源永续利用的条件与税收的作用——关于“节能减排”税收政策的理论思考

人类利用资源的矛盾,实质上源于人类对资源需求的不断增加与自然资源的自然供给的相对有限性之间的矛盾。要解决这一矛盾,实现资源的永续利用,就是要实现资源的人类需求与自然供给之间的平衡,即：自然资源需求量≤自然资源的最大供给能力;自然资源需求量的增长速度≤技术支持下的自然资源供给能力的提高速度。     

韶关：创生态文明市，还优美环境于民

2010年,韶关市紧紧围绕创建“全国生态文明示范市”目标,采取加快经济发展方式转变、维护生态屏障、创建优美宜居乡村等措施,综合整治环境,还优美环境于民。加快经济发展方式转变大力发展生态经济,加快推进以资源高效利用和循环利用为核心、以“减量化、再利用、资源化”为原则的低消耗、低排放、高效率的经济增长模式,     

地方传真

内蒙古出台阶梯水价等政策促进节约用水 今年以来,内蒙古实施了阶梯水价等一系列政策,以增强公众的节水意识。按照新出台的规定,内蒙古将对取用再生水、矿井疏干水的用户免征水资源费,以促进水资源循环利用。与此同时,内蒙古对用水量超过定额的用户则实行累进加价制度。此外,在城镇公共供水管网覆盖范围内取用地下水的单位和个人,必须将自备水源转换为公共供水管网水源。     

万钢：推动全球CO2资源化利用技术的发展

9月19日,南科技部和国家发改委联合举办的碳收集领导人论坛（CSLF）第四届部长级会议在北京举行。科技部部长万钢在致辞中指出,未来十年将是决定全球CO2捕集、利用和封存（CCUS）技术发展最重要的时期,中方愿与各方一道,共同推动CO2资源化利用技术的发展。     

氟硅酸钠废水处理与循环利用探讨

从芒硝法（Na2SO4）氟硅酸钠生产工艺过程分析了氟硅酸钠母液废水的来源和主要成分,剖析了现有污水处理工艺过程存在的三个方面缺陷,并从实施清洁生产、节能减排和完善治理设施两方面提出了改进对策,全面实现了废水的循环利用。     

钢铁企业固体废弃物资源化利用浅析

固体废物做到资源化即通过综合利用,使有利用价值的固体废物变废为宝,实现资源的再循环利用,是固体废物污染控制一直努力方向。钢铁联合企业生产过程中产生的固体废弃物量大、面广,如对其进行资源化利用不仅可获得好的效益,同时也解决了环保难题。通过借鉴国内外钢铁企业固体废弃物资源化利用成功技术,使我们在开展环境影响评价工作中对钢铁企业固废的资源化利用提出一些切实可行的控制措施。