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Ankur Kansal Nihal A. Siddiqui Ashutosh Gautam 《Environmental monitoring and assessment》2013,185(3):2553-2563
Most precious and world famed Himalayan rivers like Ganga, Yamuna, and their tributaries are originated from Uttarakhand state of India. Over the years, increased industrial activities and urban growth along the rivers and lakes have resulted in increased load over the water bodies. In the present study, a comparison of characteristics of water quality with respect to heavy metals (Fe, Zn, Cu, and Pb) and their interrelationships with some physiological parameters during different seasons of year 2010 has been made in the water bodies flowing through the two geographical regions, namely Garhwal and Kumaon regions of the Himalayan State of India. All observed values of Pb, 02 observation of the Cu, and 59 observations of Fe are found exceed with the WHO standard for drinking water; 83 observations of Pb, 110 observations of Cu, and 59 observations of Fe are found exceed with the Bureau of Indian Standards. However, none of the observation of Zn is found exceeding with the standard limit. Cu shows the highest concentration 7.30 mg/l among all observations and also its higher concentration in Kumaon rivers. All the metals show negative correlation with dissolved oxygen and pH. Fe in river Yamuna system and Zn in Kumaon rivers show significant temporal variations at 90 % level of significance (LOS). However, no significant temporal difference of remaining metals is observed even at 95 % LOS. All metals except Fe in river Yamuna system show very significant variation in spatial distribution in different river systems at 95 % LOS. 相似文献
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Hugo Olvera-Vargas Nihal Oturan C. T. Aravindakumar M. M. Sunil Paul Virender K. Sharma Mehmet A. Oturan 《Environmental science and pollution research international》2014,21(14):8379-8386
In this work, the electrochemical degradation of the dye azure B in aqueous solutions was studied by electrochemical advanced oxidation processes (EAOPs), electro-Fenton, and anodic oxidation processes, using Pt/carbon-felt and boron-doped diamond (BDD)/carbon-felt cells with H2O2 electrogeneration. The higher oxidation power of the electro-Fenton (EF) process using BDD anode was demonstrated. The oxidative degradation of azure B by the electrochemically generated hydroxyl radicals (?OH) follows a pseudo-first-order kinetics. The apparent rate constants of the oxidation of azure B by ?OH were measured according to pseudo-first-order kinetic model. The absolute rate constant of azure B hydroxylation reaction was determined by competition kinetics method and found to be 1.19?×?109 M?1 s?1. It was found that the electrochemical degradation of the dye leads to the formation of aromatic by-products which are then oxidized to aliphatic carboxylic acids before their almost mineralization to CO2 and inorganic ions (sulfate, nitrate, and ammonium). The evolution of the TOC removal and time course of short-chain carboxylic acids during treatment were also investigated. 相似文献
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Oleksandra Ganzenko Nihal Oturan Ignasi Sirés David Huguenot Eric D. van Hullebusch Giovanni Esposito Mehmet A. Oturan 《Environmental Chemistry Letters》2018,16(1):281-286
Cytostatic drugs are a troublesome class of emerging pollutants in water owing to their potential effects on DNA. Here we studied the removal of 5-fluorouracil from water using the electro-Fenton process. Galvanostatic electrolyses were performed with an undivided laboratory-scale cell equipped with a boron-doped diamond anode and a carbon felt cathode. Results show that the fastest degradation and almost complete mineralization was obtained at a Fe2+ catalyst concentration of 0.2 mM. The absolute rate constant for oxidation of 5-fluorouracil by hydroxyl radicals was 1.52 × 109 M?1 s?1. Oxalic and acetic acids were initially formed as main short-chain aliphatic by-products, then were completely degraded. After 6 h the final solution mainly contained inorganic ions (NH4 +, NO3 ? and F?) and less than 10% of residual organic carbon. Hence, electro-Fenton constitutes an interesting alternative to degrade biorefractory drugs. 相似文献
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Kimiran-Erdem A Arslan EO Sanli Yurudu NO Zeybek Z Dogruoz N Cotuk A 《Environmental monitoring and assessment》2007,125(1-3):219-228
A hundred Enterococcus strains were isolated from seawater samples collected from coastal areas of Istanbul. Isolates were identified to the species
level using standard biochemical tests specified by Facklam and Collins. The species distribution was as follows Enterococcus
faecalis (96%), Enterococcus gallinarum (3%) and Enterococcus solitarius (1%). The resistance of bacteria to both heavy metals (zinc [Zn], iron [Fe], cadmium [Cd], chrome [Cr], cobalt [Co]) and
antibiotics (ampicillin 10 μg [AP], penicillin G 10 Units [PG], gentamycin 10 μg [GM], streptomycin 10 μg [S], chloramphenicol
10 μg [C], erythromycin 15 μg [E], kanamycin 30 μg [K], amikacin 30 μg [AK], nalidixic acid 30 μg [NA], and vancomycin 30 μg
[VA]) was evaluated. None of the strains was resistant to VA. It was found that among the 100 isolates, those that exhibit
resistance to antibiotics, particularly NA, S and K, were also resistant all the heavy metals tested. To our knowledge this
is the first report focusing on determination of resistance of environmental enterococci found in Istanbul against heavy metals
and antibiotics. Thus, combined expressions of antibiotic and heavy metal resistance may help to reinforce ecological and
epidemiological studies and to determine the role of these strains in antibiotic and heavy metal resistance dissemination. 相似文献
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Diuron (N'-[3,4-dichlorophenyl]-N,N-dimethylurea) is a herbicide belonging to the phenylurea family, widely used to destroy weeds on uncultivated surfaces. Because of its toxicity for aquatic organisms and suspicion of being carcinogenic for humans, diuron is the object of growing environmental concern. Therefore, we have developed the electro-Fenton method, an electrochemical advanced oxidation process (EAOP), to degrade diuron in aqueous medium, and we have studied the evolution of the toxicity of treated solution during the process. Indeed, the EAOPs catalytically generate hydroxyl radicals that oxidize the persistent organic pollutants, and can ultimately destroy and mineralize them. But, sometimes, relatively toxic organic metabolites are formed during the oxidation reaction. In this work, the evolution of toxicity of diuron aqueous solutions was studied at different initial concentrations, during treatment by the electro-Fenton method. Samples were collected at various electrolysis times and mineralization degrees during the treatment. The toxicity of the samples was measured using the bacteria Vibrio fischeri (Microtox) and the green alga Scenedesmus obliquus. Our results demonstrated that the toxicity of diuron aqueous solutions (concentrations=3.0-27.6 mg L(-1)) varied considerably with time. The formation and disappearance of several metabolites, having toxicity often stronger than that of the initial herbicide, were observed. To improve the efficiency of water decontamination, the electro-Fenton method should be applied during a time long enough (several hours) and at relatively high electrolysis current (I=250 mA) to reach a nearly complete mineralization of the herbicide in the aqueous medium. 相似文献
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Silvia Loaiza Ambuludi Marco Panizza Nihal Oturan Ali Özcan Mehmet A. Oturan 《Environmental science and pollution research international》2013,20(4):2381-2389
The electrochemical abatement of the drug ibuprofen (2-(4-isobutylphenyl)propionic acid) from aqueous solution has been carried out by anodic oxidation. The electrolyses have been performed at constant current using a small, undivided cell equipped with a Pt or thin-film boron-doped diamond (BDD) anode and a carbon-felt cathode. The results have shown that ibuprofen has been destroyed under all the conditions tested, following pseudo-first-order kinetics; however, BDD enables higher removal rates than Pt, because the former produces greater quantity of ?OH. Using BDD anode, the pseudo-first-order rate constant increased with applied current and when NaCl replaced Na2SO4 as supporting electrolyte, while it is almost unaffected by ibuprofen concentration. Mineralization of ibuprofen aqueous solutions was followed by total organic carbon (TOC) measurements. After 8 h of electrolysis, TOC removal varied from 91 % to 96 % applying a current in the range of 50–500 mA. The reaction by-products were quantified by chromatographic techniques, and in particular, aliphatic acids (oxalic, glyoxylic, formic, acetic, and pyruvic) have been the main intermediates formed during the electrolyses. The absolute rate constant for the oxidative degradation of ibuprofen have also been determined, by competition kinetic method, as 6.41?×?109 M?1?s?1. 相似文献
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Natija Barhoumi Nihal Oturan Salah Ammar Abdellatif Gadri Mehmet A. Oturan Enric Brillas 《Environmental Chemistry Letters》2017,15(4):689-693
There is actually increasing concern about the accumulation of antibiotics, such as tetracycline, in soil and water bodies. There is therefore a need for efficient methods to degrade antibiotics and thus clean waters. Here we tested the degradation of tetracycline using the heterogeneous electro-Fenton-pyrite method and compared the results with the conventional electro-Fenton method. The reaction was performed with a boron-doped diamond or Pt anode and carbon-felt cathode allowing electrogeneration of H2O2 from O2 reduction. Results show an increasing tetracycline mineralization using the following methods: anodic oxidation with electrogenerated H2O2, electro-Fenton and then electro-Fenton-pyrite using boron-doped diamond. Ion-exclusion HPLC revealed the complete removal of malic malonic, succinic, acetic, oxalic and oxamic acids. Nitrogen present in tetracycline was mainly mineralized in NH4 +. The higher efficiency of electro-Fenton-pyrite is explained by self-regulation of soluble Fe2+ and pH to 3.0 from pyrite catalyst favoring larger ·OH generation from Fenton’s reaction. 相似文献
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Nebile Daglioglu Ramazan Akcan Pinar Efeoglu Nihal Inandiklioglu Mete Korkut Gulmen Osman Demirhan 《毒物与环境化学》2013,95(6):954-961
The concentrations of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were determined in amniotic fluid of 200 pregnant women from the Cukurova region of Turkey. The concentrations of OCPs [hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane (p,p′-DDT), and various metabolites], and different PCB congeners (28, 52, 101, 118, 138, 153, 180) were determined by gas chromatography with electron capture detection as follows: HCB 6.6 ± 4.7, ΣHCH 21.6 ± 14.2, ΣDDT 12.5 ± 7.5, and ΣPCBs 74.0 ± 54 ng mL?1. Correlations of maternal or gestational age and levels of OCPs and PCBs were not significant. The levels of these organochlorine compounds (OCs) were below detection limit for 5% of the samples, 80% contained more than one OC. This study illustrates that prenatal exposure of a fetus to OCs is prevalent in the Cukurova region. 相似文献
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Rohana Chandrajith Shanika Nanayakkara Kozuyoshi Itai T. N. C. Aturaliya C. B. Dissanayake Thilak Abeysekera Kouji Harada Takao Watanabe Akio Koizumi 《Environmental geochemistry and health》2011,33(3):267-278
The increase in the number of chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients from the north central region of Sri Lanka has become
a environmental health issue of national concern. Unlike in other countries where long-standing diabetes and hypertension
are the leading causes of renal diseases, the majority of CKD patients from this part of Sri Lanka do not show any identifiable
cause. As the disease is restricted to a remarkably specific geographical terrain, particularly in the north central dry zone
of the country, multidisciplinary in-depth research studies are required to identify possible etiologies and risk factors.
During this study, population screening in the prevalent region and outside the region, analysis of geoenvironmental and biochemical
samples were carried out. Population screening that was carried out using a multistage sampling technique indicated that the
point prevalence of CKD with uncertain etiology is about 2–3% among those above 18 years of age. Drinking water collected
from high-prevalent and non-endemic regions was analyzed for their trace and ultratrace element contents, including the nephrotoxic
heavy metals Cd and U using ICP-MS. The results indicate that the affected regions contain moderate to high levels of fluoride.
The Cd contents in drinking water, rice from affected regions and urine from symptomatic and non-symptomatic patients were
much lower indicating that Cd is not a contributing factor for CKD with uncertain etiology in Sri Lanka. Although no single
geochemical parameter could be clearly and directly related to the CKD etiology on the basis of the elements determined during
this study, it is very likely that the unique hydrogeochemistry of the drinking water is closely associated with the incidence
of the disease. 相似文献
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Nihal Abeysekera 《生态毒理学报》2003,25(3):52-55
本文介绍了斯里兰卡一些关心清洁生产的机构和项目.这些机构之一,中小企业开发商(SMED)成立于1989年,负责在产业和服务部门发展管理和技术能力.自1997年以来,它已经在引导了遍及斯里兰卡的研讨会和车间,促进清洁生产及有关思想,它也支持其它有关清洁生产的项目.SMED已经被选定为在2002年行动计划的斯里兰卡国家清洁生产中心的最合适的主办机构.企业发展、工业政策和投资促进部是SMED的政府对应部门. 相似文献