{"title":"Translocation and accumulation of heavy metals from the rhizoshphere soil to the medicinal plant (Paeonia Lactiflora Pall.) grown in Bozhou, Anhui Province, China","authors":"Jie Wang, Yunfei Hu","doi":"10.1080/26395940.2023.2223768","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26395940.2023.2223768","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The concentration of heavy metals (HMs) in soil-plant systems was an important indicator of soil heavy metal pollution, and the migration and transportation abilities of HMs from soil to plants were of great significance for evaluating food safety and reducing health risks. This study was conducted to investigate the contamination and translocation of HMs in the soil-Paeonia lactiflora system in Bozhou, Anhui Province, China. The soil pollution was assessed by calculating the Geoaccumulation index (Igeo), Potential ecological risk index (RI), and Pollution load index (PLI). The transfer ability of HMs was evaluated by using the bioconcentration factor (BCF) and translocation factor (TF). The results showed that Fe, Mn , Cr , and As were the priority pollutants in soil. Paeonia lactiflora presented high potential to translocate Zn, Cu, and Fe from soil to roots, and had strong ability to translocate HMs except for Cd from roots to stems and leaves","PeriodicalId":11785,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86691697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prioritizing healthcare waste disposal methods considering environmental health using an enhanced multi-criteria decision-making method","authors":"M. Beheshtinia, Sanaz Jafari Kahoo, Masood Fathi","doi":"10.1080/26395940.2023.2218568","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26395940.2023.2218568","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The Healthcare Waste Disposal Method Selection (HCWDMS) is a complicated problem due to multiple and often contradictory criteria with different importance degrees. Thus, decision-makers are restored to multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods to prioritize and select the best HCW disposal methods. This study introduces an enhanced MCDM method to deal with the HCWDMS problem. To address the problem, a comprehensive list of criteria and HCW disposal methods are identified. All the criteria are categorized into four main criteria, and Fuzzy Analysis Hierarchy Process is used to determine the weights of considered criteria and sub-criteria. The study results show that environmental, economic, technical, and social criteria are the most important in selecting disposal methods, respectively. Moreover, the sub-criteria of ‘Health Risk’, ‘Release with health effects’, and ‘Capital cost’ have the highest importance, respectively. Additionally, the methods of ‘Microwave’, ‘Sterilization by autoclave’, and ‘Reverse polymerization’ have the highest priority, respectively.","PeriodicalId":11785,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability","volume":"87 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81091407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wresti L. Anggayasti, L. N. Salamah, Augustriandy Rizkymaris, Tatsuya Yamamoto, A. Kurniawan
{"title":"The role of ion charge density and solubility in the biosorption of heavy metals by natural biofilm matrix of polluted freshwater: the cases of Mg(II), Cr(VI), and Cu(II)","authors":"Wresti L. Anggayasti, L. N. Salamah, Augustriandy Rizkymaris, Tatsuya Yamamoto, A. Kurniawan","doi":"10.1080/26395940.2023.2220571","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26395940.2023.2220571","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT One major cause of aquatic pollution is the accumulation of heavy metal ions. This review is aimed to examine the application of natural biofilm as biosorbent for Mg(II), Cr(VI), and Cu(II), as an eco-friendly, economical, and efficient remediation strategy. Biofilm matrices were collected from different freshwater ecosystems to observe their biosorption properties. The compared EPM values of the different biofilms showed a universal trend. Additionally, the adsorption kinetics of all three ions occurred within 1 minute. The amount of adsorbed Mg(II) was higher than Cu(II), owing to the larger charge density of Mg(II). Interestingly, the b values revealed that Mg(II) was desorbed the quickest among the three ions, which is likely to be influenced by its highest solubility. Thus, both charge density and solubility determined the ions’ biosorption characteristics. Therefore, physicochemical properties of heavy metal pollutants should be understood to achieve an effective bioremediation by natural biofilm.","PeriodicalId":11785,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability","volume":"89 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80365142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Yao, Di Zhao, Weixia Wang, Zhuqiang Liu, Haiyun Zhou
{"title":"Occurrence and risk assessment of perfluoroalkyl substances in the river basin around fluorine industry parks, China","authors":"H. Yao, Di Zhao, Weixia Wang, Zhuqiang Liu, Haiyun Zhou","doi":"10.1080/26395940.2023.2218569","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26395940.2023.2218569","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Fluorine industry parks (FIPs) play a fundamental role in the advancement of China’s fluorine industry. In this study, Target analysis was combined with traceability analysis to determine the type of PFASs present in the surface water and sediment around FIPs in China. Meanwhile, the risk they posed to the surrounding river was examined through risk characterisation ratio. Among the areas surveyed, 10 and 15 PFASs were detected in the surface water and sediment, with concentrations of up to 32,674.0 ng/L and 17.84 ng/g, respectively. There were a larger proportion of short-chain PFASs (C4-C7), and perfluoropentanoic acid was particularly prevalent. Source analysis indicates that the PFASs in the surface water may have originated from precursor degradation and atmospheric deposition. The fluorine rubber industry was the main source for the sediment PFASs, particularly for short-chain compounds. A risk characterisation ratio analysis identified perfluorododecanoic acid, perfluorobutane sulfonate, perfluoroheptanoic acid, perfluoropentanoic acid, and perfluorohexanoic acid as compounds with relatively high risks.","PeriodicalId":11785,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75275650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shashwati Wankar, Utkarsh Alset, Rutuja Gumathannavar, N. K, N. Kumbhojkar, Atul Kulkarni
{"title":"Assessment of nano-functionalized cellulosic paper for selective estimation of Cr (VI) using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy","authors":"Shashwati Wankar, Utkarsh Alset, Rutuja Gumathannavar, N. K, N. Kumbhojkar, Atul Kulkarni","doi":"10.1080/26395940.2023.2215944","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26395940.2023.2215944","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Contamination by hexavalent chromium [Cr (VI)] poses a threat to groundwater quality and its detection at point source is essential to provide early mitigating solutions. In this work, we report the fabrication of paper-based sensing system embedded with a novel nano-chromogenic complex having spherical gold nanoparticles modified with 1,5-diphenylcarbazide dye. This Au-DPC Functionalized paper strip develops pink color in <2 sec upon interaction with Cr (VI). With the developed optical fiber device a limit of detection of 0.02 ppm was achieved within a linear range of 0.01–0.4 ppm. RGB color analysis and data driven predictive modelling (KNN-model) demonstrated highest balanced accuracy score of 0.833 and cross validation accuracy of 0.714. Further, the portable optical fiber-based device offers advantages such as real-time monitoring, remote sensing capabilities, and the ability to integrate with existing optical systems for enhanced detection and analysis.","PeriodicalId":11785,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82909989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Sage, Olivia G. Bassetti, E. Johnson, K. Shakya, Nathaniel Weston
{"title":"Assessment of heavy metal contamination in soil and produce of Philadelphia community gardens","authors":"L. Sage, Olivia G. Bassetti, E. Johnson, K. Shakya, Nathaniel Weston","doi":"10.1080/26395940.2023.2209283","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26395940.2023.2209283","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Urban and ex-urban residents have been increasingly utilizing community gardens to supplement their diets, foster relationships with neighbors and learn new skills. Soils in urban-region community gardens, however, can be detrimental to human health if contaminated with metals. In this study, the soils of 20 Philadelphia-region community gardens (and produce from 6 gardens) were analyzed for heavy metal content (As, Cd, Cr, Co, Cu, Ni, Pb) to assess bioavailability, determine relationships with environmental and demographic variables and compare with published safe limits. About 58% of soil samples and 86% of produce samples were above their respective safe lead level. Metal concentrations in garden produce differed between produce types, with the highest concentrations of As, Cr, Co and Cu found in root and leafy vegetables and the lowest concentrations found in fruiting vegetables. Philadelphia-region community gardeners are exposed to unsafe levels of metals both from the soil and from consumed produce.","PeriodicalId":11785,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89594874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of the decontamination effectiveness of a steam mop for hospital floors","authors":"Yan Yang, Ling Wang, Chaoying Zeng, Chunmei Li, Jing Hu, Jing Zheng","doi":"10.1080/26395940.2023.2212128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26395940.2023.2212128","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Steam disinfection is a trusted method of decontamination and leave no residues, but yet has not been commonly applied for hospitals environment decontamination, hence we aimed to evaluate whether steam mop is an effective device for against pathogens on natural contaminated hospital floors (polyvinyl chloride, PVC) and artificially contaminated (Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii and Candida albicanson) PVC and cloth. The number of microorganisms was significantly reduced after the procedure (p < 0.05) on all hospital floors. Steaming for 15, 10 and 5 seconds could achieve full elimination of all high-, moderate-, and low concentration microorganisms on PVC, respectively, whereas 10, 5 and 10 seconds for cloth. High-, moderate-, and low concentrations microorganism on PVC were completely killed after the first, second and third routine mopping respectively. These results imply that steam mop could be an efficient and environment-friendly alternative for hospitals floors and cloth towels disinfection.","PeriodicalId":11785,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90081450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Risk assessment and source analysis of heavy metal contamination in the soil of the Juanshui River Mouth","authors":"Siyu Guo, Xinyue Chen, Wei Wei, Tongsheng Li, Feng Yin, Liangchen Xu","doi":"10.1080/26395940.2023.2212127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26395940.2023.2212127","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Heavy metals with a high concentration value in the soil are detrimental to the soil ecosystem. In this study, 96 samples were taken from two soil sections (A-A, B-B) in the mouth of the Juanshui River to analyze heavy metal pollution. Soil pollution status and the ecological risk were investigated using Nemerow and the potential ecological risk index. The sources affecting pollution and pollution distribution characteristics were exhibited based on Inverse Distance Weighted (IDW), principal component analysis (PCA), and Statistics. Pollution in the soil of the mouth of the Juanshui River had reached a moderate level. Hg and Cd were the main potential ecological risk contributions. Coal burning and agricultural chemicals were the predominant pollution source in the study area. In order to avoid the soil of the river mouth becoming a secondary pollution source for water bodies and resulting in a vicious circle of heavy metal pollution, heavy metals in the soil of the river mouth of China should be mainly managed and controlled.","PeriodicalId":11785,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77182214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Ambrožič-Dolinšek, Anja Podgrajšek, Nik Šabeder, Z. M. Grudnik, Andreja Urbanek Krajnc, B. Todorović, Terezija Ciringer
{"title":"The potential of berula erecta in vitro for As bioaccumulation and phytoremediation of water environments","authors":"J. Ambrožič-Dolinšek, Anja Podgrajšek, Nik Šabeder, Z. M. Grudnik, Andreja Urbanek Krajnc, B. Todorović, Terezija Ciringer","doi":"10.1080/26395940.2023.2205010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26395940.2023.2205010","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A potential plant species suitable for As bioaccumulation and phytoremediation of water environments could be the macrophyte Berula erecta. The objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of arsenate (As(V), C2H6AsNaO2∙3 H2O), predominant in freshwater systems, on the growth, development and low molecular weight thiols of Berula erecta under controlled tissue culture conditions in vitro. Uptake of total arsenate increased with increasing arsenate treatments, at a higher percentage in the roots than in the aboveground parts of the plants. Lower concentrations of As(V) (0.1, 1, 10 mg L−1) had a positive effect on growth, dry weight, length of roots and shoots and number of buds. High concentrations of arsenate (50 and 100 mg As(V) L−1) significantly inhibited all growth parameters and decreased the photochemical efficiency of PSII. Evaluation of thiols revealed the critical As level (146 µg g−1 DW; 50 mg As(V) L−1 treatment) above which the As concentration can be toxic.","PeriodicalId":11785,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74936459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jing Wu, Yunwen Wang, Xuexin Gong, Mei He, Xiaoli Wang, R. Zhao, Zhineng Hao, Jingfu Liu
{"title":"Total organic halogen (TOX) analysis in waters: A short review","authors":"Jing Wu, Yunwen Wang, Xuexin Gong, Mei He, Xiaoli Wang, R. Zhao, Zhineng Hao, Jingfu Liu","doi":"10.1080/26395940.2023.2203350","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26395940.2023.2203350","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Halogenated organic compounds (HOCs) are prevalent in environmental waters, but current analytical techniques are unable to identify and quantify all individual HOCs. To enhance the understanding of unregulated and unknown HOCs, total organic halogen (TOX) is proposed as a total quantity index for the overall content of HOCs in waters, and has achieved significant progresses. This paper presents a review of TOX analysis from perspectives of detection and pretreatment methods, including the measurement of halide ion (IX) or TOX content by several instruments; separation methods with enrichment based on activated carbon-adsorption, solid-phase extraction, and liquid-liquid extraction, as well as without enrichment based on the subtraction method and IX removal. The relevant fundamentals, operational processes, and key influencing factors are especially concerned. This review should be useful in understanding TOX analysis and the risk of HOCs in waters, and calls for developing more efficient TOX measurement approaches in the future. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT","PeriodicalId":11785,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78978936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}