Investigation and proposal for reuse of effluents from beneficiated bentonite products

This work is intended to show the characterization of three effluents (X, Y, and Z) derived from laboratory analyses conducted in the quality control department of a beneficiated bentonite products factory in order to present alternatives for their treatment and final disposal according to Brazil's National Solid Waste Policy (Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos – PNRS, Law 12,305/2010, Brazil). Analyses to identify the characteristics of the effluents revealed that the pH, salinity, electroconductivity, and total dissolved solids were in agreement with the organic and mineral nature of the effluent constituents: solvent, clay minerals, water, and activating agent. To assess reuse proposals, the effluents were subjected to the following tests: (a) swelling characteristic with effluent X, (b) petrochemical characterization of Y, and (c) swelling characteristic using commercial solvent and activated clay produced with effluent Z. Preliminary results indicate that each of these effluents can be reused variously in the laboratory, as a fuel, or in the original analysis/process.     

油漆渣焚烧酸性气体的控制分析

焚烧法能快速去除工业危险废物中的有毒有害成分,但产生的酸性气体如不进行严格控制会引起较严重的二次污染。本文通过对油漆渣的焚烧处理,分别改变温度、过剩空气系数、转轴转速、进料率来调节焚烧炉的运行环境,研究单一工况条件的变化对酸性气体(主要是NOx、SO2)产生的影响,找出适合控制酸性气体(NOx、SO2)产生的最佳工况点。     

环境激素对水蚤的影响

存在于环境中的环境激素是以某种方式干扰正常内分泌功能的天然或合成的化合物。地水蚤在水生生态系统及生态风险评价中的重要位置与作用,探讨水蚤暴露于一些常见环境激素时,其受激素调节的生殖和蜕皮过程所受到的影响及相应机理很有必要。     

Effect of gastric fluid on adsorption and desorption of endocrine disrupting chemicals on microplastics

• Effect of gastric fluid on EDCs adsorption-desorption to microplastics was evaluated. • The gastric fluid enhanced desorption of EDCs on the surface of microplastics. • Adsorption and desorption isotherms fitted the Freundlich model well. • Desorption ratios of EE2 (55%–59%) on PVC were larger than that of E2 (49%–55%). • Decrease in pH and increase in ionic strength in gastric fluid strengthen desorption. Microplastics and endocrine disrupting chemicals are emerging pollutants in the marine environment because of their potential hazards. The effect of gastric fluid on the adsorption and desorption of 17β-estradiol (E2) and 17α-ethynylestradiol (EE2) to microplastics was investigated. The adsorption and desorption isotherms of E2/EE2 on microplastics could be well fitted by the Freundlich model while the Gibbs free energy of these processes were negative, proving that the reaction occurred spontaneously on the heterogeneous surface of the microplastics. Desorption ratios of EE2 (55%–59%) on PVC were larger than that of E2 (49%–55%) to indicate that EE2 was less stable in gastric fluid, which could be explained by the fact that the hydrophobicity of EE2 was greater than E2. E2/EE2 were more easily desorbed from PVC in the gastric fluid and the desorption amount (5.25–12.91/7.19–17.86 μg/g) increased by 2.51 times in comparison with that in saline solution (2.22–7.81/2.87–10.80 μg/g). The decrease of pH and the increase of ionic strength in gastric fluid could further strengthen desorption of E2/EE2 from PVC. The promotion of gastric juice on desorption of PVC was achieved by reducing the hydrophobicity of the PVC surface. The desorption rate of E2/EE2 at 18°C and 38°C was respectively 44%–47%/46%–50% and 49%–55%/56%–59%, indicating that PVC loaded with E2/EE2 had a relatively greater risk of releasing pollutants in the gastric fluid of constant temperature marine organisms while higher temperatures exposed higher hazards for variable temperature animals. The interaction between microplastics and pollutants might be mainly hydrophobic interaction.     

调整产业结构,保护四川省境内的黄河流域区生态环境

四川境内的黄河流域区为一个高寒牧业区,单纯的牧业经济给区域的生态环境造成了很大破坏,特别是草场退化、沙化、沼泽干涸,致使区域内水源涵养功能及其它生态功能的下降,危及黄河流域及国家的生态安全。因此,必须调整区域的产业结构,改变单一的牧业经济,减轻对生态系统的压力。产业结构调整的关键在于提高草地畜牧业经济的“质” 而非“量”;一方面应加强牲畜优良品种的培育和推广,使牲畜的肉、皮、毛、绒、骨等经济价值得以高质量。高效益地转化;另一方面,要立体开发草原经济,实行多业并举,使区域经济与生态环境保护协调发展。     

基于灰色关联分析和层次分析法的工业结构生态化调整--以南京市为例

为推进工业结构生态化转型,本文从经济、能耗和环境三方面综合效益出发,以灰色关联分析和层次分析法为工具,对南京市工业结构进行了定量与定性相结合的分析,克服了经济单因子分析的弊端,给出了南京市工业各行业生态化发展序列。为其工业结构的生态化调整提出了建设性意见。定量分析过程中,通过Microsoft Visual C＋＋ 6．0直接调用MATIAB数学库函数。克服了近似算法精确度欠佳的缺陷,提高了分析精度。     

THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF AGRICULTURE,GROUND WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT,AND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH1

ABSTRACT: The growing problem of nonpoint source ground water contamination from agricultural chemicals is conceptualized as an historical outcome of the production environment of capitalist agriculture in the Corn Belt. Chronic overproduction and ground water contamination reveal different aspects of the same technological treadmill. The debate over Iowa's 1987 Ground Water Protection Act symbolizes the contradiction between popular demand for clean water and structural limits on policymaking. Although the Act does provide for expanded research, education, and monitoring, a coalition of commercial farmers, local chemical dealers, and the national chemical industry defeated a tax on pesticide use. Analysis of alternate policy responses - Best Management Practices (BMPs), cross compliance, site-specific regulation of chemical use, and taxation of synthetic chemicals - reveals that all tend to founder on the same structural constraints. Without practical, profitable, low-input technologies that farmers, over time, would choose to adopt, both voluntary and regulatory approaches encounter major political or implementation difficulties. The public agricultural research agenda, therefore, emerges as a central control variable for ground water quality management and a central focus for political struggle.     

Proactive limit values for responsible management of chemicals

Limit values (LVs) are legal concentration limits for constituents, residues and contaminants in consumer products or for emissions from production processes into environmental compartments. They are a traditional regulatory aid to manage chemicals in human environments. To make them proactive, LVs should become enforced by means of a transparent and informed decision process whose starting point is the Basic Rule of Environmental Hygiene, BREH:Avoid useless exposure as far as possible, minimize useful exposure in a reasonable manner, and prevent that exposure which is dangerous. The BREH calls upon minimizing exposure not only according toon site risk potentials and acceptance, but also tooff site avoidability and acceptability.     

K2FeO4去除水体中的邻仲丁基4,6-二硝基苯酚

以水体中的邻仲丁基4,6-二硝基苯酚(DNBP)为研究对象,考察了K2FeO4在不同温度、pH和共存成分等条件下对其去除效果。结果表明,K2FeO4去除水体中DNBP所需的适宜pH为6.0~7.0,适宜温度在25~35℃,且K2FeO4与DNBP摩尔比大于20:1时,DNBP降解率大于90.0%。水体pH接近中性时,共存成分NH4Cl、NaCl、NaNO3和MnCl2对K2FeO4去除DNBP的影响很小。此外,K2FeO4与DNBP摩尔比较大时,DNBP的准一级动力学降解速率常数k与pH的关系符合Gauss模型。     

发光细菌法测定有机工业废水综合毒性

应用发光细菌法对啤酒、酿造、印染、化纤、造纸废水进行了生物毒性测定；根据水质毒性分级标准对水样毒性进行了评价。结果表明，不同行业废水的生物毒性与其TOC值之间不存在相关性，只有将二者相结合，才能正确反映废水的实际毒性大小。发光细菌法用于工业废水毒性评价具有快速、简便、灵敏和准确的优点。