宝应建设有机食品基地县的对策研究

以宝应县有机产业发展为主要研究对象，通过对宝应县的自然资源、经济发展基础以及社会、技术、政策等因素的分析，阐述了宝应县发展有机产业的优、劣势，并就如何开展有机食品基地县的创建工作，提出了对策建议。     

宝应县有机农业的发展前景及产业化开发

经对宝应县的有机农业发展现状及相关要素的分析,研究了宝应县有机农业的产业化开发问题。通过对国内外有机农业的发展现状及市场前景的分析,指出发展有机农业具有广阔的前景。同时指出,宝应县发展有机农业的意义;发展有机农业过程中存在的困难和问题,并提出发展宝应县有机农业的七条建议。经研究表明,宝应县发展有机农业具有广阔的发展空间和市场前景,而且宝应县有条件、有基础、也有能力推进有机农业的产业化开发。     

宝应县有机农业循环产业链模式的研究

循环型农业是一种新的农业经济发展模式,宝应县是全国唯一的国家有机食品基地示范县。文中介绍了循环型农业的内涵和特征,概述了宝应县有机农业循环经济的现状,通过对已实施的三种有机农业循环产业链模式的研究,结果表明,宝应县有机农业循环产业链模式能使农业废弃物资源化,并能有效地控制宝应县的农业面源污染,实现经济与环境持续发展。     

宝应县农村环境建设现状与发展对策探讨

通过分析宝应县农村环境质量的现状、存在的问题、环境建设的优势和不足，提出宝应县农村环境建设的总体目标和发展对策，为进一步改善该农村的环境质量，提升农村的生态文明而努力。     

宝应县畜禽养殖业的现状调研及污染防治对策

调查了宝应县畜禽养殖业的发展现状及分布情况，阐述了该县畜禽养殖业的污染防治状况，分析了污染防治中存在的主要问题，并提出了当地畜禽养殖业污染防治的基本思路和治理措施，对贯彻落实防治措施提出了建议。     

宝应县建设有机食品产业的对策研究

以宝应县有机产业发展为主要研究对象，通过对宝应县的自然资源条件、经济发展基础以及技术、政策等因素的分析，阐述了宝应县发展有机产业的优势和劣势，并就如何开展有机产业的创建工作，提出了相应的行政、法制、经济、技术保障等方面的措施。     

宝应县生态环境问题及其对策建议

介绍了宝应县生态环境的概况和现状,指出了该县生态环境存在的问题,着重分析了造成生态环境问题的主要成因,并在此基础上提出了当地生态环境综合整治的对策及建议。     

宝应县工业固体废物污染现状及防治对策

近年来,随着宝应县大力实施工业强县战略,规模企业群体加快壮大,固体废物的产生量也随之不断增加,构成类别逐步呈现多样化,尤其是工业固废污染环境状况由此变得严峻起来。本文在近年来环境统计及2007年度污染源普查数据的基础上,对宝应县工业固体废物的产生、构成、处置现状进行了分析,并针对该县在处置利用工业固体废物过程中存在的问题,提出了相应的对策和建议。     

中国有机食品的研究与发展前景

介绍了有机食品的基本概念和有机食品所应具备的条件，并比较了有机食品与绿色食品的区别与联系；在对国内外有机食品的发展概况和中国发展有机食品的有利条件的全面论述和分析的基础上，阐明了中国有机食品的发展不仅有着良好的国内外市场，而且有着广阔的前景。     

宝应建设生态县对策研究

以生态县建设为主要研究对象，通过对宝应县的自然资源条件、经济发展基础以及技术、政策等因素的分析，阐述了宝应建设生态县的有利因素和制约因素，明确了生态县建设的指导思想和目标任务，并就开展生态县创建工作，提出了相应的行政、法制、经济、技术保障措施。     

基因工程的潜在影响及其对有机食品产业的冲击

基因工程的研究发展非常迅速，使其在农业和食品加工领域的应用成为不可避免，但其安全性问题在世界范围内引起了非常广泛的争议。从基因工程内涵和有机农业的要求及目标出发，讨论了基因工程的潜在影响及其对发展有机食品产业的冲击。认为有机农业运动面临的紧迫问题是尽快协调所有的行动方案来保证有机食品永远不涉及基因工程生物体。有机农业正面临基因工程的挑战，其发展的潜力是建立一个完全独立的有机食品市场。     

Detection of organic pollutants in sandy soils via TDR and eigendecomposition

In this study, organic pollutants in sandy soils are detected using a time domain relectrometry (TDR) probe system and eigendecomposition technique. As a demonstration, four types of organic fluids (motor oil, diesel oil, methanol and ethanol) were examined. Samples were prepared with different combinations of deionized water and organic fluid contents. For each experiment, reflected signals were captured by an oscilloscope, and their characteristics were identified using eigendecomposition technique. Autoregressive modeling and singular value decomposition methods were utilized for calculating the eigenvalues. The most significant eigenvalues were then identified based on their relative magnitude. Experimental results indicated that the presented system is sensitive to both water and pore fluid organic contents. For saturated conditions, signature curves were determined for identification of organic and/or water contents in soil pore fluids.     

Food 21: a research program looking for measures and tools to increase food chain sustainability

Food 21, an interdisciplinary research program encompassing the whole agro-food chain, was conducted in Sweden during 1997-2004. The challenges undertaken were to come up with environmental tools and solutions to existing nonsustainable practices along the entire food chain. This required close collaboration between the scientists and the food chain stakeholders. A set of goals characterizing sustainable food production is presented in this paper. Synthesis and systems analysis were the main tools used to analyze the sustainability of proposed changes. In this introduction we give an overview of the Food 21 concept and highlight some results. For example, we found that organic farming and organic products were not in general superior to conventional products and practices with respect to environmental impact and product quality. We also summarize the management experiences in this article, since we consider them to be rather unique and since they contributed to the overall success of the program.     

A model describing the complexing effect in the leaching of aluminum from cooking utensils

A simple model describing the complexing effect in the leaching of aluminum from cooking utensils is presented in this paper. Some experimental results obtained by previous workers may be explained by this model, which demonstrates that the complexing effect takes a very important role in the process of aluminum liberated from cooking utensils. Increased concentrations of complexing ions (organic acids, fluoride ion, OH-, etc.) significantly enhance the release of aluminum. The speciation of aluminum in simulated food solution is also investigated. The model suggests that in the pH range of most food (pH 4-8) aluminum present is predominantly in the form of organic Al-complexes, which is harmful to the human body.     

Chemical Stabilization of Mixed Organic and Metal Compounds: EPA SITE Program Demonstration of the Silicate Technology Corporation Process

In November 1990, the Silicate Technology Corporation's (STC) proprietary process for treating soil contaminated with toxic semivolatile organic and inorganic contaminants was evaluated in a Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) field demonstration at the Selma Pressure Treating (SPT) wood preserving site in Selma, California. The SPT site was contaminated principally with pentachlorophenol (PCP) and arsenic, as well as lesser amounts of chromium and copper. Because of their importance when selecting a remedy for the site, PCP and arsenic were identified as critical analytes to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment.

Evaluation of STC's treatment process was based on contaminant mobility, measured by numerous leaching tests, and structural integrity of the solidified material, measured by physical, engineering, and morphological tests. An economic analysis was also performed, using cost information supplied by STC and supplemented by information generated during the demonstration.

Conclusions drawn from this SITE demonstration evaluation are: (1) the STC process can chemically stabilize contaminated soils similar to those at the Selma site that contain both semivolatile organic and inorganic contaminants; (2) PCP was successfully treated as demonstrated by total waste analysis; (3) heavy metals such as arsenic can be immobilized successfully based on various leach-test criteria; (4) the short-term physical stability of the treated waste was good, with unconfined compressive strengths (UCS) well above landfill solidification standards; (5) treatment resulted in a volume increase of 59 to 75 percent (68 percent average) and a slight increase in bulk density; and (6) the process is expected to cost approximately $190 to $360 per cubic yard when it is used to treat 15,000 cubic yards of waste similar to that found at the STC demonstration site, assuming that on-site, in-place disposal is performed.     

Measurement of Ozone Levels by Ship Along the Eastern Shore of Lake Michigan

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in cooperation with the Toronto Harbour Commissioners (THC), conducted a Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) demonstration of the THC Soil Recycle Treatment Train. The treatment train consists of three technologies operated in sequence: a soil wash process, a metals removal process, and a biological treatment process. The THC conducted an extensive demonstration of the treatment train at a 55 tons per day pilot plant in order to evaluate an approach for remediation of industrial/commercial sites that are situated in the Toronto Port Industrial District (PID). Three soils were processed during the THC demonstration. The EPA SITE demonstration project examined, in detail, soil processing from one of the sites being evaluated as part of the overall THC project. Contaminants included organic compounds and heavy metals. It has been estimated by THC that as much as 2,200,000 tons of soil from locations within the PID may require some form of treatment due to heavy metal and/or organic contamination that resulted from various industrial processing operations. The objective of the SITE demonstration was to evaluate the technical effectiveness of the process in relation to THC’s target criteria.

Gravel and sand that met the THC target criteria for medium to fine soil suitable for industrial/commercial sites was produced. The fine soil from the biological treatment process did not meet the target level of 2.4 ppm for benzo(a)pyrene. However, there was a significant reduction in polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) compounds. The metals removal process achieved reductions of greater than seventy percent for copper, lead, nickel, and zinc.     

A generic model of human lifetime exposure to persistent organic contaminants: development and application to PCB-101

We have developed a model which successfully reconstructs the lifetime polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-101 burden of the UK population for individuals born between 1920 and 1980. It not only follows burdens and clearance of persistent organic contaminants throughout a human lifetime--taking changes in age and body composition into account--but also, importantly, incorporates changing environmental concentrations of the compound of interest. Predicted results agree well with available measured lipid concentrations in human tissues. Its unique construction takes into account both changing environmental concentrations of PCBs in principal food groups and changing dietary habits during the time period. Because environmental burdens of persistent organic contaminants have changed over the last 60 years, residues in food will also have mirrored this change. Critically in this respect, the year in which an individual was born determines the shape and magnitude of their exposure profile for a given compound. Observed trends with age represent an historical legacy of exposure and are not simply a function of equal yearly cumulative inputs. We can demonstrate that the release profile of PCB-101 controls levels in the food supply and ultimately the burden of individuals throughout their life. This effect is expected to be similar for other PCB congeners and persistent organic compounds such as polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/furans (PCDD/Fs). Models of this type have important applications as predictive tools to estimate the likely impact of source-reduction strategies on human tissue concentrations.