Pesticides in the surface waters of the Camanducaia River watershed,Brazil

Abstract

Camanducaia River is part of the Piracicaba watershed responsible for pumping water into the Cantareira System, which is one of the main water sources for the metropolis of São Paulo and Campinas, Brazil. Intensive use of pesticides and hilly topography represents a situation of high risk for river water contamination. Therefore, water samples from 12 locations were collected along the Camanducaia River and its tributaries, over a period of 4?mo during the rainy season, and analyzed by GC-MS/MS or UPLC- MS/MS for the presence of 46 pesticides. Seven pesticides (fipronil, methyl parathion, metolachlor, atrazine, carbofuran, diuron, and simazine) were positively detected. Only atrazine (the most frequently detected) and diuron were present at concentrations above the limit of quantification of the analytical method (0.32 and 0.57?μg L^?1 for atrazine and diuron, respectively). Pesticides detection frequency was higher than expected for a river system where only 11.8% of the land area is under agriculture. The vulnerability of the Camanducaia basin to pesticide contamination is attributed to the high annual precipitation (> 1.5?m y^?1 in the headwaters), associated with topographical features (steep terrain) and soil types that favor surface runoff, which has been exacerbated by poor soil management practices.     

气相色谱法测定糙米中水胺硫磷和甲基异柳磷的残留量

本文用带氮磷检测器的气相色谱仪,测定糙米中水胺硫磷和甲基异柳磷残留量,结果表明:水胺硫磷和甲基异柳磷最小检出量分别为1.3×10~(-11)g和2.8×10~(-12)g,最低检出浓度分别为0.7ppb和0.1ppb,回收率添加浓度为0.05—5mg/kg时,回收率范围分别为89.9—97.8％和100.7—104.9％,变异系数绝对值分别为3.42—5.58％和1.33—2.36％。     

除草剂阿特拉津的环境毒理研究进展

叙述了阿特拉津的应用概况及其在生产实践中所存在问题;阿特拉津在生物体内和环境中的降解代谢过程。综述了近年来国内外在阿特拉津的残留分析方法、环境毒理学和微生物降解等方面的研究进展。     

介质阻挡放电脱除模拟工业苯系物的可行性

采用介质阻挡放电(DBD)技术降解流动态"三苯"(苯、甲苯和二甲苯)模拟废气,分析了浓度、气体流速对其降解的影响.对混合"三苯"废气进行单级和串联运行中试放大试验研究,结果显示,DBD串联可以在一定程度上提高"三苯"的去除率.三级申联时三种气体去除率都达到89%以上,对"三苯"混合废气单位体积处理费用进行了估算,结果表明,单级运行时1000m3废气处理费用只需1～3元.最后指出,要真正实现DBD降解苯系物工业化,首先要解决的还是管壁结焦和出流气体中的气溶胶粒子问题.     

甲霜灵在土壤－烟草系统中的残留与归宿

在田间生态箱中研究了（１４）Ｃ－甲霜灵在土壤—烟草系统中的迁移与归宿。实验结果表明，甲霜灵在实验土壤中的移动，主要受水分运动影响，在土体中甲霜灵甲醇提取残留的半衰期为２～３周，总残留的半衰则为５周，结合残留占总残留的百分比随时间的延长而递增，到第６周时可达到２３．１％。烟草可以通过根系吸收土壤中的甲霜灵，并表现出一定的富集作用，甲醇提取残留浓度从第２周开始下降，半衰期为１～２周，到第６周时为５．３５ｍｇ／ｋｇ。在甲醇提取物中发现一种降解产物。甲霜灵甲醇捉取残留在土壤—烟草中的行为可用两库示踪动力学模型描述。     

Monitoring of Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Summer and Winter Vegetables from Agra, India – A case study

Analysis of summer and winter vegetable samples during 2002–2003 for pesticidal contamination was carried out on Gas Chromatograph-Electron Capture Detector with capillary columns. The contamination levels of winter vegetables (average concentration of 4.57, 6.80 and 5.47 ppb respectively for Lindane, Endosulphan and DDT) were found to be slightly higher than the summer vegetables (average concentration of 4.47, 3.14 and 2.82 ppb respectively for Lindane, Endosulphan and DDT). The concentration of these organochlorine pesticides in summer and winter vegetables were well below the established tolerances but continuous consumption of such vegetables even with moderate contamination level can accumulate in the receptor's body and may lead to chronic effects that could be fatal.     

Persistence and Dissipation of Readymix Formulations of Insecticides In/On Okra Fruits

Dissipation behaviour of ready mix polytrin C 44EC (profenophos 40% + cypermethrin 4%) and spark 36EC (triazophos 35%+.deltamethrin 1%) applied at 1 L/ha in okra crop during Kharif in year 2000 was studied at 0, 1, 3, 5 and 7 days after treatment. Dissipation on 7th day was found to be maximum (98.4%) for profenophos followed by triazophos (86.2%), cypermethrin (73.5%) and deltamethrin (55.7%). Half life (t1/2) values for the above insecticides were 1.35, 2.55, 4.11 and 7.60 days, respectively. All the insecticides followed a first order kinetics. Profenophos and triazophos followed a biphasic dissipation pattern with faster dissipation in phase I (0–1 days) and manifesting slower rate of dissipation in phase II (1–7 days).     

基于调查的中国秸秆露天焚烧污染物排放清单

基于2010年初农村能源消费情况的问卷调查,获得全国分省秸秆露天焚烧比例,在此基础上确定秸秆露天焚烧的活动水平,采用排放因子法建立中国秸秆露天焚烧的污染物排放清单. 结果表明,中国农村秸秆露天焚烧平均比例为20.8%. 2009年全国28个省区(不包括西藏自治区、天津市、上海市、港澳台地区,下同)秸秆露天焚烧的PM_2.5、BC、OC、SO₂、NO_x、CO、NMVOC、NH₃、CH₄和CO₂排放量分别138.1×104、6.4×104、41.1×104、8.7×104、41.8×104、594.6×104、94.4×104、8.0×104、44.2×104和14 355.4×104 t. 稻谷、玉米和小麦是露天焚烧的三大作物秸秆,其对污染物排放的贡献合计约为87%. 秸秆露天焚烧排放量最高的前3位分别为湖南省、河南省和安徽省, 秸秆露天焚烧比例分别43.1%、20.8%和39.7%. 污染排放的高值区主要集中在华北和华中地区. 95%置信区间下的不确定性分析结果显示,PM_2.5、BC、OC、SO₂、NO_x、CO和NMVOC排放的不确定性范围分别为-60%~83%、-78%~147%、-73%~135%、-48%~75%、-49%~78%、-91%~155%和-67%~94%. 2015年初对六省(湖南省、广东省、江苏省、河南省、黑龙江省和辽宁省)农村能源消费调查的结果显示,2014年江苏省、湖南省和广东省的秸秆露天焚烧比例较2009年均有下降,而辽宁省、黑龙江省和河南省则相对上升. 研究显示,秸秆禁烧政策已取得初步成效,建议国家有关部门进一步加大秸秆禁烧政策的推行力度,完善相关政策措施.      

Yield and quality of charcoals from olive mill residues and its stone and pulp fractions: An enhanced comparative study

Pyrolysis is a promising way to upgrade large amounts of residues from olive oil processing into charcoal. Pyrolysis of the stone and pulp fractions needed to be investigated before conclusions could be drawn. We subjected the olive stone fraction, the pulp fraction, and a mixture of the two to dynamic pyrolysis and isothermal pyrolysis at 360°C. We characterized the charcoals resulting from isothermal pyrolysis at 360°C for different durations in terms of the fixed-carbon content (FCC), carbon content (CC), and high heating value (HHV). We found that charcoal yield from the pulp was higher than that from the stones, which were 38.1% and 32.9%, respectively, after pyrolysis for 360 min. This seemingly unexpected result was due to the high contents of ash (6.22%) and extractives (13%) in the pulp, which remained completely and partially undecomposed, respectively, in the charcoals and are accounted for when calculating yields. However, charcoals obtained from the stones were of higher quality than charcoals from the pulp, with lower ash content and higher FCC, CC, and HHV. In particular, the FCC, CC, and HHV after pyrolysis for 360 min were 73.2%, 74.4%, and 30.2 MJ/kg for the stones and only 61.8%, 63.2%, and 25.9 MJ/kg for the pulp, respectively. Depending on the required quality of the final charcoal, our results help decide whether to pyrolyse the entire olive residues or only one of the two fractions, more likely the stones.     

Development of indirect competitive ELISA using egg yolk-derived immunoglobulin (IgY) for the detection of Gentamicin residues

Gentamicin (Gent) is an aminoglycoside antibiotic being used in livestock sector. Gent residues could cause some genetic disorders by nonsense mutations. This study aimed to develop IgY-based ELISA for the detection of Gent in animal products. Gent was conjugated with Bovine serum albumin (BSA) by carbodiimide method for further immunization in the laying chickens. PEG-6000 extraction method was employed to extract IgY from the egg yolk. The titer of anti-Gent-IgY attained the peak of 1:256,000 after the 5^th booster immunization. Checkerboard titration confirmed that, anti-Gent IgY in 1:2,000 dilution could give an Optical Density (OD) 1.0 at 2 µg mL^?1 of Gent-OVA coating concentration. IgY-based indirect competitive ELISA (Ic-ELISA) showed that, the IC₅₀ value of anti-Gent IgY was 2.69 ng mL^?1 and regression curve equation was y = ?16.27x + 56.97 (R² = 0.95, n = 3), confirming that, the detection limit (LOD, IC₁₀ value) was 0.01 ng mL^?1. Recoveries from fresh milk, pork and chicken samples were ranged from 69.82% to 94.32%, with relative standard deviation lower than 10.88%. Our results suggested that generated anti-Gent IgY antibodies can be used in routine screening analysis of Gent residues in food samples.