接种AM真菌和施加铁可协同降低水稻砷累积

采用外源添加砷(As)的土培模拟试验探究了接种丛枝菌根真菌(AMF)异形根孢囊霉Rhizophagus irregularis和外源添加铁(Fe)对水稻Oryza sativa根表铁膜形成以及水稻累积砷的影响。结果表明,根表铁膜能够吸附大量的磷和砷。添加砷促进了根表铁膜的形成,而接种AMF后铁膜厚度显著降低。接种AMF改善了植物的磷营养状况,显著提高了水稻根系砷浓度,但降低了地上部砷浓度;砷污染情况下施加铁显著降低了接种处理水稻地上部的砷浓度。接种AMF+施加铁处理降低水稻地上部砷浓度的效果最大。这表明AMF+施加铁可协同抑制水稻地上部砷积累。该研究结果为在高砷背景值土壤中种植粮食作物并保障食品安全提供了一条可供选择的技术途径。     

外源As(Ⅲ)在不同母质发育土壤中的老化过程

应用模拟试验方法,研究了外源As(Ⅲ)在第四纪红土、紫色砂页岩和花岗岩3种母质发育土壤中的老化过程,并分析了该过程中砷的有效性、结合态等的变化.结果表明: 经过120 d老化后,3种土壤中均只能检测到As(Ⅴ)的存在;伴随老化过程的进行,土壤中有效态砷的含量均呈下降趋势,且下降幅度为:紫色砂页岩发育土壤(RS₂)>花岗岩发育土壤(RS₃)>第四纪红土发育土壤(RS₁).应用准二级动力学方程可以较好地模拟3种土壤中有效态砷含量的变化(P＜0.05),土壤pH、有机质及铁铝锰氧化物是影响砷老化的主要因素,且锰氧化物的影响大于铁铝氧化物(P＜0.05).相关分析表明,非专性吸附态砷和专性吸附态砷是构成土壤有效砷的主要形态.     

外源铁对铅污染土壤中宽叶香蒲铅积累的影响

采用温室盆栽方法,研究添加外源铁对不同铅浓度(0、100、500和1000 mg·kg-1)污染土壤中宽叶香蒲铅积累的影响.结果表明:各铅浓度条件下,与添加100 mg Fe·kg-1相比,添加500 mg Fe·kg-1处理的宽叶香蒲地上部和根的铅含量均增高.土壤铅浓度为1000mg·kg-1时,添加500 mg Fe·kg-1处理根的铅含量比100 mg Fe·kg-1处理增加33.7％,地上部铅含量增加50.5％.添加500 mg Fe·kg-1处理的根际土壤中可交换态铅比100mg Fe·kg-1处理增加77.0％～114.6％.除500 mg·kg-1铅浓度外,各铅浓度条件下添加500mg Fe·kg-1处理根干质量均显著低于100 mg Fe·kg-1处理.在铅污染的湿地环境中添加适量铁可以提高铅的有效性,促进铅积累.     

中国部分省份农村室内灰尘铅污染特征

采集了中国8个省份122件农村室内灰尘样品,对其中铅的含量、赋存形态及生物可给性进行了研究.结果表明,8个省份农村室内灰尘铅平均含量为207.5 mg·kg-1,湖南(平均537.8 mg·kg-1)和云南(280.1 mg·kg-1)铅含量较高,陕西(96.0 mg·kg-1)和福建(80.1 mg·kg-1)相对较低.连续形态提取结果表明,农村室内灰尘铅主要以铁锰氧化物结合态形式存在(36.8%),其次为残渣态(17.7%)和碳酸盐结合态(16.7%),可交换态(14.3%)和有机质结合态(14.4%)铅所占总量比例相对较少.通过体外模拟实验提取的生物可给态铅占总铅的比例平均为52.8%,相关分析显示,生物可给态铅含量与铁锰氧化物结合态铅含量高度相关,表明铁锰氧化物结合态铅对生物可给态铅具有重要贡献.     

AM真菌对蜈蚣草根围土壤砷形态及其砷吸收的影响

为探明AM真菌对蜈蚣草Pteris vittata根围土壤砷形态及其吸收砷的效应,采用盆栽实验,接种摩西管柄囊霉Funneliformis mosseae(Fm)、幼套近明球囊霉Claroideoglomus etunicatum(Ce)和变形球囊霉Glomus versiforme(Gv)。实验结果表明:接种Ce处理对蜈蚣草根围p H影响不显著,但提高了根围土壤中非专性吸附态砷、结晶水合铁铝氧化物结合态砷比例,分别达35%和13%,同时降低了无定形和弱结晶水合铁铝氧化物结合态砷、残渣态砷比例,分别达3%和11%。蜈蚣草生物量及其体内砷浓度分别提高了111%和15%。研究表明接种Fm或Ce处理相比接种Gv处理对提高根围土壤中弱吸附态砷比例或降低较强吸附态砷比例的效果更好。而与接种Fm和Gv处理相比,接种Ce处理对提高蜈蚣草生物量及砷浓度、砷累积量的效果更显著。接种Ce可显著提高蜈蚣草对砷的提取效率,研究结果为蜈蚣草-AM真菌联合修复As污染土壤提供了技术指导。     

外源二甲基砷对油菜生长及土壤中砷生物有效性的影响

通过盆栽试验研究了土壤中添加外源二甲基砷(DMA)对油菜(Brassica campestris)生长及土壤中砷生物有效性的影响.结果表明:随着外源DMA添加量的增加,油菜的出苗率和生物量均在一定程度上表现出了低浓度促进而高浓度抑制的现象.当外源DMA添加量达到90 mg·kg-1时,第2季盆栽油菜的出苗率和生物量与对照相比分别下降了9.5%和57.0%,表明DMA对油菜生长的影响具有长期性;随着外源DMA浓度的增加,土壤中有效态砷及油菜体内的砷含量均表现出增加的趋势,相关性分析表明,该三者间具有极显著相关关系;添加入土壤中的DMA主要发生去甲基化作用,产物主要为As(V)及少量的As(Ⅲ),且随着外源DMA添加量的增加,As(V)和As(Ⅲ)的浓度均表现出增加的趋势.     

石门雄黄矿周边地区土壤砷分布及农产品健康风险评估

对石门雄黄矿区周边土壤和作物进行了系统研究.结果表明:矿区表层(0～20cm)土壤砷含量平均为99.51mg·kg-1,比湖南省土壤砷含量背景值高出5.34倍,为当地普通农田土壤的9.70倍;矿区水田和旱地表层土壤砷含量分别为43.51和115.1mg·kg-1,分别超出国家土壤环境质量II级标准0.45和1.87倍,相应的表层土壤样本超标率分别为62.5%和50.0%;矿区粮食作物、蔬菜和水果可食部位砷含量分别为0.16、0.06、0.01mg·kg-1,作物样本超标比例由高至低的顺序为粮食作物蔬菜水果,其中以稻米、红薯中砷含量超标较严重,稻米砷含量最高达0.84mg·kg-1,超过国家食品质量标准4.6倍,样本超标率达62.5%.土壤砷含量与作物砷含量呈极显著正相关(P0.01),当地居民通过食用矿区农产品进入人体的平均日摄取砷量为6.416μg·kg-1·d-1,远高于WHO的推荐标准,相应人群健康风险指数为21.39,是对照区的15.39倍.     

外源磷或有机质对板蓝根吸收转运砷的影响

采用土壤培养方法,研究了不同含砷水平土壤中添加外源磷或有机质对砷在板蓝根地下部和地上部累积与分配的影响。结果表明,在外源添加磷或者有机质的情况下,与自然土相比含砷土对板蓝根的生长有一定的促进作用;在自然土(13.4 mg/kg)中,外源磷没有明显影响板蓝根地下部对砷的累积,却显著降低了砷由地下部向地上部的转运,并且添加200 mg P2 O5/kg显著降低了砷在地上部的累积。然而,在含砷土(33.4 mg/kg)中,100 mg P2O5/kg处理显著降低了砷在地下部的累积,但随磷用量的增加反而促进了地下部砷的累积;在添加有机质试验中,10 g/kg的有机质显著降低了自然土中板蓝根地下部和地上部对砷的累积,并且砷的吸收能力也明显下降。在含砷土(23.4 mg/kg)中,添加5 g/kg的有机质不仅降低了砷在板蓝根中的富集,而且降低了其对砷的吸收能力,提高了砷由地下部向地上部的转运,但是随着有机质施用量增至10 g/kg,地下部砷含量及其吸收砷的能力均有一定程度的增大。因此,在砷水平较低的自然土壤上种植板蓝根添加200 mg P2O5/kg和10 g/kg的有机质是控制砷在该草药体内积累的适宜用量,而在砷水平较高的土壤上100 mg P2O5/kg和5 g/kg的有机质是降低板蓝根体内砷累积的适宜用量。     

络合型含铁材料对砷胁迫下水稻生理生化特性及砷累积的影响

土壤重金属与农产品质量息息相关.本研究通过设置砷胁迫条件下水稻种植盆栽试验,分析络合型含铁材料不同施用时期和不同施用量对水稻SPAD值、抗氧化酶(SOD、POD、CAT)活性以及水稻砷吸收、累积的影响.结果表明,砷胁迫对水稻SOD、POD、CAT活性有着不同程度的抑制作用,添加络合型含铁材料可以降低水稻MDA含量,缓解砷对水稻光合作用和SOD、POD、CAT活性的抑制;同时能减少水稻对土壤砷的吸收和累积.与移栽前添加络合型含铁材料相比,选择水稻孕穗期前添加络合型含铁材料,水稻砷吸收的抑制效果较好;水稻植株地上部砷含量与络合型含铁材料的添加浓度呈显著负相关,孕穗期前添加0.2 g·kg-1络合型含铁材料对水稻植株砷的吸收抑制效果最好,水稻植株地上部砷含量降低59.22%.     

褪黑素对水稻镉积累及其化学结合形态的影响

研究了添加外源褪黑素对水稻幼苗中Cd积累以及水稻体内Cd化学形态分布的影响.结果表明: Cd胁迫显著降低水稻幼苗地上部和根部的生物量,并且显著降低水稻叶片的叶绿素含量.适宜的外源褪黑素添加能明显提高Cd胁迫下水稻的地上部和根部生物量,降低水稻地上部和根部Cd含量.当Cd胁迫浓度为5 μmol·L^-1时,添加20 μmol·L^-1褪黑素使水稻地上部和根部Cd含量分别比对照处理降低48.4%和16.9%,添加100 μmol·L^-1褪黑素水稻地上部和根部Cd含量分别降低67.5%和47.9%.添加外源褪黑素也显著降低了水稻体内Cd的转运效率.当Cd胁迫浓度为20 μmol·L^-1时,添加20 和100 μmol·L^-1褪黑素使水稻Cd的转运效率分别比对照降低24.4%和46.8%.通过逐步提取法对水稻幼苗Cd的化学结合形态进行分析发现,添加外源褪黑素使水稻体内氯化钠提取态Cd的比例提高,而水溶态Cd、乙醇提取态Cd的比例明显降低,说明添加褪黑素可促进水稻体内移动性较强的Cd形态向移动性较弱的Cd形态转移,从而降低水稻对Cd的吸收和转运.     

Arsenic exposure and cancer risk reduction with local ordinance requiring whole-house dual-tank water treatment systems

Arsenic, a known human carcinogen, occurs naturally in groundwater in New Jersey and many other states and countries. A number of municipalities in the Piedmont, Highlands, and Valley and Ridge Physiographic Provinces of New Jersey have a high proportion of wells that exceed the New Jersey maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 5 µg/L. Hopewell Township, located in Mercer County and the Piedmont Province, has a progressive local ordinance which requires the installation of dual-tank, point-of-entry treatment systems on affected wells. This provided a unique study opportunity. Of the 55 homes with dual-tank POE treatment systems recruited into this study, 51 homes (93%) had arsenic levels under the MCL at the kitchen sink, regardless of years in service and/or maintenance schedule adherence. Based on the study participants’ water consumption and arsenic concentrations, we estimate that Hopewell's arsenic water treatment ordinance, requiring POE dual-tank arsenic treatment, reduced the incidence of excess lifetime (70-year) bladder and lung cancers from 121 (1.7 cancer cases/year) to 16 (0.2 cancer cases/year) preventing 105 lifetime cancer cases (1.5 cases/year). Because the high risk of cancer from arsenic can be mitigated with effective arsenic water treatment systems, this ordinance should be considered a model for other municipalities.     

产嗜铁素砷抗性微生物在砷污染环境中的作用

在砷污染环境中,许多微生物进化出了砷抗性,对地球环境中砷的命运起着决定性的作用。其次,由于自然条件下铁有效浓度低,微生物一般会表达嗜铁素,协助微生物吸收铁。嗜铁素除了与铁结合外,还可与多种金属离子形成稳定的复合物,促进环境中砷酸盐的溶解和亚砷酸盐的氧化。最后,产嗜铁素微生物有促进植物生长和促进或减弱植物吸收砷的可能性。因此,产嗜铁素砷抗性微生物可能具有在砷污染环境的修复中发挥作用的潜力。     

Arsenic and cadmium in the marine macroalgae (Porphyra yezoensis and Laminaria Japonica) — forms and concentrations

Abstract

Total arsenic, inorganic arsenic (iAs), total cadmium concentrations and chemical forms of cadmium were analysed in Porphyra yezoensis collected monthly from January to April in 2011 and in Laminaria Japonica collected monthly from March to July in 2010. Results showed that total As concentrations in P. yezoensis were much lower than those in L. Japonica. The iAs concentrations in both macroalgae were all below the maximum limit according to the legislation in China, while total Cd concentrations in all samples of P. yezoensis exceeded the maximum limit. The percentage of iAs to total As decreased in both macroalgae with the time. The results provide important information showing that both macroalgae are able to metabolise inorganic arsenic to organic forms. Thus both macroalgae have evolved arsenic resistance which is linked to the capability of metabolising toxic inorganic arsenic. In addition, the results suggest that the transformation rate of arsenate to organic arsenic in both algae increases with the growth and metabolic rate that increase with elevated environmental temperature. Temperatures rise from January to April in Jiangsu province and from March to July in Liaoning Province. Most Cd was associated with pectates and protein (extractable by 1 M NaCl) in both algae, and only a small percentage of the Cd was inorganic (extractable by 80% ethanol). The Cd chemical forms have no obvious relationship with the time in both algae.     

Toxicity of arsenate in Silene vulgaris, accumulation and degradation of arsenate-induced phytochelatins

The results presented in this paper describe the short- and long-term toxicity of arsenate in Silene vulgaris . Short-term toxicity, measured as inhibition of root elongation, depended on phosphate nutrition, arsenate being much less toxic at high phosphate supply. At low phosphate levels more arsenic was taken up by the plants. Under chronic exposure, toxicity (measured as inhibition of biomass production) did not increase with time. In addition, the accumulation of phytochelatins (PCs) as a function of toxicity and duration of exposure was studied. Short-term PC accumulation (over a 3 d period) was positively correlated with exposure. Isolation of peptide complexes from prolongedly exposed plants showed that PC₂, PC₃ and PC₄ were present, although the latter not until at least 3 d exposure. Arsenic co-eluted mainly with PC₂ and PC₃. Fractions containing PC₄ were devoid of As, probably due to dissociation of the complexes during extraction or elution. The breakdown of PCs after arresting As exposure was very slow. This could explain the continuous accumulation of PCs throughout longer periods of As exposure.     

蜈蚣草砷超富集机制及其在砷污染修复中的应用

蕨类植物蜈蚣草能够从土壤中吸收砷,并储存于地上部分羽叶的液泡中。蜈蚣草具有高效的抗氧化系统,以降低砷的毒害;其砷酸还原系统和液泡区隔化是蜈蚣草进行砷解毒和砷超富集的重要机制。本文综述了目前蜈蚣草砷超富集机制研究的主要进展,并对其在修复砷污染环境的应用中进行了讨论。     

Oxidation of arsenite to arsenate by a bacterium isolated from an aquatic environment

Arsenic is ubiquitous in the biosphere and frequently reported to be an environmental pollutant. Global cycling of arsenic is affected by microorganisms. This paper describes a new bacterial strain which is able to efficiently oxidize arsenite (As[III]) into arsenate (As[V]) in liquid medium. The rate of the transformation depends on the cell density. Arsenic species were separated by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and quantified by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES). The strain also exhibits high minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) for As[III] (6.65 mM (500 mg L^-1)) and other heavy metals, such as cadmium (1.42 mM (160 mg L^-1)) or lead (1.20 mM (250 mg L^-1)). Partial identification of the strain revealed a chemoorganotrophic, Gram-negative and motile rod. The results presented here demonstrate that this strain could represent a good candidate for arsenic remediation in heavily polluted sites.     

Epidemiological associations between arsenic and cancer in Argentina

The population of a large central area of Argentina is affected by a syndrome designed as “regional and endemic chronic hydroarsenicism.” A number of types of neoplasms, especially of skin, urinary bladder, and of digestive system, occur with higher frequency in these areas. Drinking water in some of the affected areas contains from 0.1 to 1.2 mg/L of As.     

Arsenic Pollution of a Loam Soil: Retention Form and Decontamination

A study was conducted to assess the retention form of arsenic in soil and to evaluate the use of phosphate for releasing it from the soil. In this study, a loam soil was artificially polluted with arsenate at pH 5.5, which is one of the pH values at which maximum arsenic adsorption occurred. The soil was kept for 2.5 months under wet conditions to allow for stabilization. The soil was maintained under aerobic condition and losses of arsenic by volatilization were determined to be minimal. The soil was then sequentially extracted with a series of chemicals to identify the soil fractions in which the arsenic was bound. The percentage of arsenic found in the Fe bound-exchangeable, reducible-residual, Al bound exchangeable, residual, calcium bound exchangeable, and easily exchangeable forms was 31.6, 27.3, 25.2, 5.5, 4.9, and 4.7%, respectively. A batch experiment showed that at 20°C, 80% of the bound arsenic was removed by phosphate in the pH range of 5 to 7. A power function model was found to fit the data with a desorption rate constant of 402?mg/kg As h^?1.