Heavy metal pollution in intertidal sediments from Quanzhou Bay, China

The concentrations of eight heavy metals （Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, Cr, Ni, Hg, and As） in the intertidal surface sediments from Quanzhou Bay were determined to evaluate their levels and spatial distribution due to urbanization and economic development of Quanzhou region, southeast China. The ranges of the measured concentrations in the sediments are as follows： 24.8-119.7 mg/kg for Cu, 105.5-241.9 mg/kg for Zn, 34.3-100. 9 mg/kg for Pb, 0.28-0. 89 mg/kg for Cd, 51.1-121.7 mg/kg for Cr, 16.1-45.7 mg/kg for Ni, 0.17-0.74 mg/kg for Hg, and 17.7-30.2 mg/kg for As. The overall average concentrations of above metals exceed the primary standard criteria but meet the secondary standard criteria of the Chinese National Standard of Marine Sediment Quality. Several contents of Cu and Hg exceed the secondary standard criteria at some stations. The results of geoaccumulation index （Igeo） show that Cd causes strong pollution in most of the study area. There are no significant correlations among most of these heavy metals, indicating they have different anthropogenic and natural sources. Some locations present severe pollution by heavy metals depending on the sources, of which sewage outlets, aquatic breeding, and commercial ports are the main sources of contaminants to the area.     

硬机翼喷气运输飞机污染问题分析

针对硬机翼飞机因污染发生事故率较高的事实,通过对多起硬机翼喷气飞机起飞阶段由于污染而失速坠毁事故的分析,研究现代硬机翼喷气飞机失速特性、对污染的敏感程度和敏感原因,进一步讨论各种防范机翼污染引起失速的措施。最后针对硬机翼飞机对污染敏感的特点,建议适航部门提高新型硬机翼飞机适航标准,硬机翼飞机运营人采取措施严格杜绝飞机带污染起飞。     

试剂对微量汞分析的影响及其引起的“干扰异常”的排除

用ＸＧ－冷原子吸收型数字测汞仪对水汞等进行纳克级别以下的极微含量分析。测量中加入的一些试剂影响测量数据的准确性和稳定性。对此笔者进行了一些实验研究。本文分析和介绍了测定中添加试剂的影响情况和一些实测数据分析实例；并提出了一般的解决方法，在地震和其他领域微量汞测量中有使用价值。     

岷—沱江汞环境背景值研究

本文介绍了用冷原子荧光法测定岷—沱江原水(总汞)、过滤水(溶解性汞)、悬浮物(悬浮态汞)及沉积物中汞含量。方法检测限为0.004μg/l。经选用W检验、Vistelius置信带法和偏度、峰度法联合进行汞含量分布类型检验,综合判断、研究得出岷—沱江水系河水中汞背景值(总量)为0.25μg/l,汞主要以溶解态存在于水体中,沉积物中汞背景值为0.018mg/kg。岷—沱江水系汞背景值无论与国内各水系还是同世界河流水平相比,均处于相同和较低水平。     

GROUND AND SURFACE WATER QUALITY IMPACTS OF NORTH CAROLINA SANITARY LANDFILLS1

ABSTRACT: Ground and surface water quality monitoring data from 71 municipal sanitary landfills in North Carolina were analyzed to determine the nature and extent of current contamination problems and identify any common characteristics associated with this contamination. A total of 322 surface and 411 ground water quality records were analyzed using the SAS data system. Almost all the landfill records included inorganic and heavy metal analyses while approximately half of the records also included organic analyses by CC/MS. Our analysis indicates that landfills are having measurable impacts on ground and surface water quality, but these impacts may not be as severe as is commonly assumed. Statistically significant increases were detected in the average concentrations in ground water and downstream surface water samples when compared to upstream surface water samples. The largest percentage increases were observed for zinc, turbidity, total organic carbon, conductivity, total dissolved solids, and lead. Violations of ground water quality standards for heavy metals and hazardous organic compounds were detected at 53 percent of the landfills where adequate data existed. The moat common heavy metal violations were for lead (18 percent), chromium (18 percent), zinc (6 percent), cadmium (6 percent), and arsenic (6 percent) (percentage of landfills violating shown in parenthesis). The organic compounds that appear to pose the greatest threat to ground water are the chlorinated solvents (8 percent), petroleum derived hydrocarbons (8 percent), and pesticides (5 percent). A comparison of monitoring data from sanitary landfills and secondary wastewater treatment plants suggests that the concentrations of heavy metal and organic pollutants discharged to surface waters from these two sources are similar.     

Admixture of maternal metaphases in first trimester direct chromosome preparations?

The autoradiographic labelling of different cell types in chorionic villi and decidual tissue was investigated after [³H]-thymidine incorporation in vitro. Although the extent of labelling was found to be lower in decidual than in villus tissue the possibility that direct chromosome preparations may contain maternal metaphases should be considered. The need for careful selection of villi for direct cytogenetic analysis was stressed.     

Effects of mercury contaminated rice from typical chemical plant area in China on nitric oxide changes and c-fos expression of rats brain

IntroductionMercury(Hg) ,asoneoftheprioritypollutantandhottopicinthefrontofenvironmentalresearchinmanycountries ,hasbeenpaidhigherattentionintheworldsincethemiddleoflastcentury .Chinaisthethirdlargestmercuryproducer,GuizhouProvince(2 4°3 0′— 2 9°13′N     

美国的土壤污染防治体系分析与思考

追溯美国上世纪70年代发生的第一起由土壤二噁英(Dioxine)类物质导致的"腊夫运河污染事故"及1980年颁布"超级基金法"的成因.在此基础上美国构建了一套在法律、管理制度以及技术规范方面比较完善的土壤污染防治体系.论述美国政府处理土壤污染的政策法规以及相关体系的目的在于为我国治理土壤污染问题提供参考和借鉴.     

Prenatal diagnosis by in situ hybridization on uncultured amniocytes: Reduced sensitivity and potential risk of misdiagnosis in blood-stained samples

Maternal cell contamination was assessed in 18 macroscopically blood-stained amniotic fluid samples from male fetuses. The samples were analysed by double-target fluorescent in situ hybridization (ISH) with Y and X chromosome-specific probes. The only sample with an aberrant karyotype (47, XY, +18) was also analysed by hybridization with a chromosome 18-specific probe. An interpretation of extensive maternal cell contamination was made in two samples, one of which was the sample with trisomy 18. ISH with the chromosome 18-specific probe on this latter sample showed that the sensitivity of the ISH method for chromosome enumeration of uncultured amniotic fluid samples may be reduced in bloodstained samples. It was calculated that by using ISH for chromosome enumeration of the two extensively contaminated samples, a case of trisomy 21 might have been overlooked in both samples, while a case of trisomy 18 might only have been overlooked in one of the samples. It is concluded that ISH should not be used for chromosome enumeration of uncultured amniotic fluid samples that are macroscopically blood-stained without further technical developments.     

低温菌去除污染物的研究现状

低温菌在自然界的分布非常广泛，低温菌由于具有特殊的遗传背景和代谢途径，能够产生适合低温环境且具有特殊功能的各种酶类及其它活性物，从而使低温菌在寒冷环境条件下表现出其他微生物无法替代的生物活性。文章在分析、总结国内外有关低温菌低温环境条件下去除污水中不同污染物的研究基础上，认为低温菌在寒冷地区污水治理领域具有广阔的应用前景。