The acute toxicity of bisphenol A and lignin-derived bisphenol in algae,daphnids, and Japanese medaka

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Risk assessing newly synthesized chemicals prior to their applications is extremely important, if we want to ensure substitution of risky chemicals...     

氟对斑马鱼生殖毒性研究

为了探讨氟对鱼类的生殖毒性效应,以成年斑马鱼为试验对象,氟化钠暴露45 d和90 d后,运用组织切片观察斑马鱼性腺组织的发育情况,采用酶联免疫分析法测定性腺中雌二醇（Estradiol,E2）、卵黄蛋白原（Vitellogenin,VTG）和睾酮（Testosterone,T）的含量,并使用实时荧光定量PCR方法检测斑马鱼生殖相关基因的表达水平.结果显示：氟暴露会阻滞成年斑马鱼性腺发育,造成卵泡发育不良,精巢生精能力下降;同时降低雌性斑马鱼性腺中E2和VTG的含量,增加T的含量;雌性斑马鱼孕酮受体（Prg）和糖皮质激素受体（GR）基因相对表达量随氟浓度的增加呈先降后升的趋势,随着染毒剂量与时间的增加,雄激素受体（AR）基因相对表达量逐渐增加,而CYP19a基因相对表达量逐渐减少.雄性斑马鱼性腺中E2、VTG、T的含量及生殖相关基因表达的变化趋势则与雌性斑马鱼相反.综上所述,氟暴露可以通过影响斑马鱼体内性腺发育、E2、VTG、T含量及生殖相关基因表达来影响其生殖功能.实验结果可为进一步研究氟化物对水生动物的生殖毒性效应提供理论依据.     

Comprehensive modeling of HFC-23 incineration in a CDM incinerator

Considering that a significant part of used refrigerants have to be destroyed in an environmentally friendly manner together with the high global warming potential (GWP) of HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons), the development of a proper incineration method of HFCs becomes one of the viable methods in the refrigeration and air-conditioning industry. To this end, in this study, the development of a comprehensive modeling of CHF₃ (HFC-23 or R-23) incineration is made to assist in the proper design and determination of optimal operating condition of a practical HFCs incinerator, since the refrigerant of CHF₃ is one of typical HFCs. For this, numerical investigation was performed by the development of a predictive model for the thermal destruction of the CHF₃ using CH₄–air flames in an incinerator designed for CDM (clean development mechanism) project. First of all, comparison between calculation and operation data was made to evaluate the program developed in this study. Numerical calculation of CHF₃–CH₄–air flame predicts successfully the operation data of a CDM incinerator such as temperature, CHF₃ destruction rate more than 99.99 % and other species concentrations such as CO and NO at the exit of the incinerator. Further parametric study was performed also in terms of important variables such as excess air, amount of steam and incinerator size. In general, the results obtained appear physically acceptable and give a clear physical insight into the role of the important variables. Further work is strongly recommended for the development of a general turbulent reaction model for the thermal destruction of HFCs, especially for the condition of non-equilibrium turbulent reaction dominance.     

氟对鲤鱼脑抗氧化系统及细胞凋亡的影响

以鲤鱼为受试材料,研究了氟化钠对其脑组织的抗氧化系统、组织结构和细胞凋亡的影响.结果发现,染毒30 d时,随氟化钠浓度的升高,SOD、GSH活性表现为先诱导后抑制的趋势;暴露60 d与90 d后,SOD、GSH活性主要表现为抑制.而MDA水平在整个暴露实验期间均呈增高趋势.暴露90 d后,脑组织切片的显微观察结果显示,氟化钠能导致鲤鱼脑组织血栓形成及各细胞层结构发生病理学改变,并具有剂效相关性.生物检测结果显示,随着氟化钠暴露剂量增大,鱼脑细胞凋亡率的增加与MDA水平的升高呈正相关关系(r=0.9968),而Bcl-2的表达减弱与SOD、GSH活性呈正相关关系(r=0.9198,0.9889).     

修饰型TiO2锡锑电极的制备及其在钻井废水处理中的应用

为了解决传统锡锑电极电催化氧化效果偏低、涂层易脱落的问题,使用阳极氧化法,在钛基底表面制备垂直生长的二氧化钛纳米管(TiO_2-NTs),然后在此基底上采用电沉积法制备出锡锑电极(TiO2-NTs/SnO_2-Sb)。结果表明,相比没有二氧化钛纳米管的锡锑电极(Ti/SnO_2-Sb),TiO_2-NTs/SnO_2-Sb电极的析氧电位从1.9 V增加到2.03 V,电极具有较高的羟基自由基生成能力和更高的电流效率,促进了苯酚的矿化。TiO_2-NTs/SnO_2-Sb电极对实际钻井废水具有较好的脱色效果,COD去除率高达81.4%,且能够有效地改善阳极的"中毒效应"。