A simple HPLC method for determination of permethrin residues in wine

An isocratic High Performance Liquid Chromatographic (HPLC) method was optimized for 3-phenoxybenzyl (1RS)-cis-trans-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethyl-cyclopropanecarboxylate (permethrin) residues identification and quantification in wine matrix. Analytical reverse phase (RP) C-18 column was used (25 cm × 4 mm i.d., 5 μ m) with mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile and water in ratio 70 %/30 % (v v^?1), flow-rate 2.0 mL min^?1, UV-detection at 215 nm and controlled oven temperature at 25°C. The peaks of isomers were identified with the retention times as compared to standard cis-/trans- mixture and confirmed with characteristic spectra using photodiode array detector. Under these conditions, permethrin isomers were well separated with resolution 2.8 and no interference with the naturally present wine compounds was observed. The method was validated for linearity, precision, accuracy, limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ). Linear regression analysis data proved a good linear relationship (correlation coefficients, r², for cis- and trans-isomer are: 0.9995 and 0.9997, respectively) between response of the detector and concentration of permethrin isomers over a wide concentration range for both isomers (0.55 mg L^?1 ?4.40 mg L^?1). Experimental data showed mean recoveries between 93.95% and 96.58% with RSD values in range: 0.89% ?3.69%. The effect of ethanol content in the solvent on permethrin isomers peak areas was also studied and 60% v v^?1 ethanol was found to be optimal for sample preparation. The method was successfully tested on 20 commercial wine samples from the market in which no permethrin was detected. Thus, it was proved that it is suitable for routine permethrin residues analysis. The proposed method is suitable for routine analysis because of the simple sample preparation, acceptable run-time, low cost and its applicability with conventional instruments.     

Determination of disulfoton and permethrin residues in an organic soil and their translocation into lettuce,onion and carrot 1

Abstract

The residues of disulfoton and permethrin in an organic soil and in vegetables grown in soil treated with a granular formulation of the pesticides were determined by gas chromatography. The residues were removed from soil or plant samples by successive extractions with acetone and hexane. Permethrin persisted in the soil for the initial 28 days and declined slowly during the rest of the season but disulfoton after persisting for one week at the applied concentration was degraded in the next two weeks. The insecticides did not translocate into the edible parts of the vegetables but were present in the root system of onion and lettuce. Carrot and lettuce yields were not significantly different from those of the controls but onion yields were substantially decreased by the use of per‐methrin.     

3种浮萍对富营养化水体的修复

选用Spirodela polyrhiza、Lemna aequinoctialis和Landoltia punctata 3种太湖浮萍为实验对象,在实验室条件下,研究其生长状况及其对模拟太湖水体的净化效果。结果表明,3种浮萍对水体总氮、氨氮、硝氮和总磷都具有很好的净化效果,S. polyrhiza,L. aequinoctialis和L. punctata对总氮的去除率分别为80.3%、73.7%和83.8%,对总磷的去除率分别为98.8%,96.4%和99.3%,但对有机物的去除作用比较有限。除营养吸收外,浮萍的水质净化能力还表现在对水中环境因子的影响,3种浮萍都能够维持水体pH在4.6~6.5的范围内以适合自身生长,并能够在一定程度上增加水体的溶解氧含量。硝化和反硝化作用是氮去除的主要途径,由于水体溶解氧含量较高,促进了好氧反硝化作用的进行。相比于S. polyrhiza和L. aequinoctialis,L. punctata具有较强的水体净化效果和生长速度,是净化太湖富营养化水体的理想水生植物。     

A comparison of mixture toxicity assessment: examining the chronic toxicity of atrazine, permethrin and chlorothalonil in mixtures to Ceriodaphnia cf. dubia

Pesticides predominantly occur in aquatic ecosystems as mixtures of varying complexity, yet relatively few studies have examined the toxicity of pesticide mixtures. Atrazine, chlorothalonil and permethrin are widely used pesticides that have different modes of action. This study examined the chronic toxicities (7-d reproductive impairment) of these pesticides in binary and ternary mixtures to the freshwater cladoceran Ceriodaphnia cf. dubia. The toxicity of the mixtures was compared to that predicted by the independent action (IA) model for mixtures, as this is the most appropriate model for chemicals with different modes of action. Following this they were compared to the toxicity predicted by the concentration addition (CA) model for mixtures. According to the IA model, the toxicity of the chlorothalonil plus atrazine mixture conformed to antagonism, while that of chlorothalonil and permethrin conformed to synergism. The toxicity of the atrazine and permethrin mixture as well as the ternary mixture conformed to IA implying there was either no interaction between the components of these mixtures and/or in the case of the ternary mixture the interactions cancelled each other out to result in IA. The synergistic and antagonistic mixtures deviated from IA by factors greater than 3 and less than 2.5, respectively. When the toxicity of the mixtures was compared to the predictions of the CA model, the binary mixture of chlorothalonil plus atrazine, permethrin plus atrazine and the ternary mixture all conformed to antagonism, while the binary mixture of chlorothalonil plus permethrin conformed to CA. Using the CA model provided estimates of mixture toxicity that did not markedly underestimate the measured toxicity, unlike the IA model, and therefore the CA model is the most suitable to use in ecological risk assessments of these pesticides.     

SBR串联生物强化稳定塘处理养猪废水工艺优化

针对亚热带地区某规模化养猪场SBR处理低碳氮比(C/N)沼液出水不达标的问题,研究了以乙酸钠为速效碳源时其投加量对SBR运行效果的影响,并采用4级串联生物强化稳定塘工艺对SBR出水进行强化处理。结果表明：当乙酸钠投加量为400 mg·L⁻¹时,SBR工艺对COD、氨氮和总氮的平均去除率分别从16%±1%、25%±4%和14%±1%提高到了32%±1%、55%±2%、27%±4%;串联生物强化稳定塘(BSPs)工艺对COD、氨氮、总氮和总磷的平均去除率达到了65%±2%、80%±4%、79%±3%和83%±4%,出水平均浓度分别为(155±5)、(67±2)、(89±2)和(6±1) mg·L⁻¹,均可满足《畜禽养殖业污染物排放标准》(GB 18596-2001)的要求。以生物膜和双穗雀稗构成的前2级生物强化稳定塘系统对COD、氨氮、总氮和总磷的消纳量分别占整个串联稳定塘系统消纳量的57%、50%、51%和81%。进一步分析可知,串联生物强化稳定塘工艺对养猪废水主要污染物(COD、氨氮、总氮、总磷)的去除效果显著,采用此技术可实现废水的达标排放。     

Enhanced experimental flexibility and control in ecotoxicological mesocosm experiments--a new outdoor and indoor pond and stream system

Scope The German Federal Environmental Agency has put into operation a new modular mesocosm system consisting of eight outdoor and eight indoor ponds and streams in order to investigate fate and effects of chemicals and municipal wastewater in aquatic ecosystems. General design and special characteristics are given to demonstrate the wide range of possibilities for experimental research. - General design. Each of the 16 streams with riffle and pool sections can be varied in length up to 106 m. The streams can be run as circular or flow-through systems at a flow velocity of 0.02 to 0.6 m/s. Physico-chemical standard parameters are measured on-line. The 16 ponds, which can be connected to the stream systems, are equipped with drainage and pore water-sampling devices for simulating processes in the littoral zone including influent and effluent ground water flow. Perspectives Since the highly flexible and controllable construction also allows treating a wide range of hydrological and ecological experiments external institutions are invited to submit proposals.     

Fate of hexachlorobenzene-14C in wheat plants and soil under outdoor conditions

Residues of hexachlorobenzene-¹⁴C were found in all parts of wheat plants grown from treated seeds or in contaminated soil. Besides the parent compound and bound residues in plants and soil, very small amounts of soluble acidic metabolites were present in plants, which were characterized and determined quantitatively.     

紫外光(UV)光解油田采出水中多环芳烃

为了探讨紫外光光解人工模拟油田采出水中多环芳烃的降解效率,利用自制反应装置对油田采出水中多环芳烃(PAHs)的紫外光光解做了一个初步研究。研究结果证明,紫外光光解对油田采出水中的多环芳烃萘和芴有显著的降解能力。实验室的测试表明,与紫外UVA(365 nm)、UVB(308 nm)的光照相比,紫外UVC(254 nm)在光照60 min的条件下,2种多环芳烃各自的去除率都近似达到了99%。可见,在光解效力和暴露时间两方面,紫外UVC对采出水中萘和芴的去除具有相对稳定和比较高的效率。     

Bacterial degradation of acetone in an outdoor model stream

Diurnal variations of the acetone concentration in an outdoor model stream were measured with and without a nitrate supplement to determine if the nitrate supplement would stimulate bacterial degradation of the acetone. Acetone loss coefficients were computed from the diurnal data using a fitting procedure based on a Lagrangian particle model. The coefficients indicated that bacterial degradation of the acetone was occurring in the downstream part of the stream during the nitrate addition. However, the acetone concentrations stabilized at values considerably above the limit of detection for acetone determination, in contrast to laboratory respirometer studies where the acetone concentration decreased rapidly to less than the detection limit, once bacterial acclimation to the acetone had occurred. One possible explanation for the difference in behavior was the limited 6-hour residence time of the acetone in the model stream.     

氯菊酯的酶促降解

从降解氯菊酯的分离株ＹＦ１１提取降解酶并测定了对氯菊酯的降解特性，降解酶在３２．５℃，ｐＨ９．０时对氯菊酯显示最大的降解活性，其每毫克蛋白质最大降解速率为２０．８ｎｍｏｌ／ｍｉｎ，米氏常数为５．２ｎｍｏｌ／ｍＬ。     

耐镉浮萍筛选、鉴定及其对镉的富集效果

近年来,水体镉污染日益严峻,筛选超富集植物用于其治理具有重要意义。本研究以90个浮萍株系为实验材料,采用30 mg·L⁻¹ 的镉处理7 d,获得7个镉耐受优势株系。通过Blast比对和构建系统发育树鉴定该7个浮萍株系的种属,确定为Spirodela polyrhiza、Lemna japonica、Lemna minor和Landoltia punctata。通过低质量浓度(0.5 mg·L⁻¹)和高质量浓度(10 mg·L⁻¹)镉处理7 d,进一步比较和研究了7个优势株系对镉的富集效果。结果表明,低浓度镉处理后,5个株系的镉富集量超过100 mg·kg⁻¹;高浓度镉处理后,7个浮萍株系的镉富集量超过1 200 mg·kg⁻¹,生物富集系数大于120,对水体中镉的去除率高于70%。其中,4号株系(L. japonica)为本次筛选出的最佳株系,其镉富集量、生物富集系数和对水体中镉的去除率分别达到2 834.30 mg·kg⁻¹、283.43和82.50%。     

Release of silver nanoparticles from outdoor facades

In this study we investigate the release of metallic silver nanoparticles (Ag-NP) from paints used for outdoor applications. A facade panel mounted on a model house was exposed to ambient weather conditions over a period of one year. The runoff volume of individual rain events was determined and the silver and titanium concentrations of 36 out of 65 runoff events were measured. Selected samples were prepared for electron microscopic analysis. A strong leaching of the Ag-NP was observed during the initial runoff events with a maximum concentration of 145 μ Ag/l. After a period of one year, more than 30% of the Ag-NP were released to the environment. Particles were mostly <15 nm and are released as composite colloids attached to the organic binders of the paint. Microscopic results indicate that the Ag-NP are likely transformed to considerably less toxic forms such as Ag₂S.     

Adsorption,Desorption, and Mobility of Permethrin in Malaysian Soils

Abstract

The adsorption, desorption, and mobility of permethrin in six tropical soils was determined under laboratory and greenhouse conditions. The six soils were selected from vegetable growing areas in Malaysia. Soil organic matter (OM) was positively correlated (r ² = 0.97) with the adsorption of permethrin. The two soils, namely, Teringkap 1 and Lating series with the highest OM (3.2 and 2.9%) released 32.5 and 30.8% of the adsorbed permethrin after four consecutive repetitions of the desorption process, respectively, compared to approximately 75.4% of the Gunung Berinchang soil with the lowest OM (1.0%) under the same conditions. The mobility of permethrin down the soil column was inversely correlated to the organic matter content of the soil. Permethrin residue penetrated only to the 10–15 cm zone in the Teringkap 1 soil with 3.2% OM but penetrated to a depth of more than 20 cm in the other soils. The Berinchang series soil with the lowest OM (1.0%) yielded leachate with 14.8% permethrin, the highest level in leachates from all the soils tested. Therefore, the possibility for permethrin to contaminate underground water may be greater in the presence of low organic matter content, which subsequently allows a higher percentage of permethrin to move downwards through the soil column.     

磺胺二甲嘧啶在纯水和污水厂二级出水中的光解差异及机制

以磺胺二甲嘧啶（SM2）为目标污染物,研究了高压汞灯和紫外灯两种光源和初始浓度对SM2光解的影响以及SM2在二级出水中光解的主要影响因素,并通过自由基猝灭实验确定SM2光解过程中的主要活性物质。结果表明：SM2在紫外灯下的光解速率是高压汞灯的2.6倍;SM2光解速率随其初始浓度的增加而减慢。SM2在二级出水中的光解速率是纯水中的2.5倍,溶解性有机质（DOM）能显著促进SM2的光解。SM2在纯水中光解主要是激发三重态SM2（3SM2*）参与的直接光解过程,其自敏化光解不利于SM2的光解;含有DOM的溶液中,激发三重态DOM（3DOM*）参与的敏化光解是促进SM2光解的主要原因。     

纳米二氧化钛光催化氧化油田采出水中萘和芴的影响因素分析

利用纳米二氧化钛光催化氧化技术,分析了不同影响因素UV波长(UVA 365 nm、UVB 308 nm和UVC 254 nm)、温度、pH、催化剂(TiO2)、抑制剂(BuOH)和氧化剂(O2、H2O2和O3)对油田采出水中多环芳烃萘和芴降解效率的影响,并进一步优化出单因子的最佳条件。实验结果表明,各因素对萘和芴降解有不同的影响,但其效果都随波长减小和酸度降低而得到增强。当其他条件为一致最优时(T=90℃, TiO2=0.5 g/L和BuOH=0.03 mol),当H2O2=0.01 mol 或O2=30 mL/min时,萘的降解率最高,而当H2O2=0.1 mol或O3=30 mL/min对芴的降解效果最好。     

Contributions to ecological chemistry CVII1. Fate of lindane-14C in lettuce, endives and soil under outdoor conditions.

In seven successive outdoor experiments, lindane-14C was applied to lettuce or endive leaves as an aqueous formulation (about 12 mg on 20 plants for each experiment). The growing periods varied between 21 and 37 days. After this time, between 4.5% and 13.9% of the applied radiocarbon was recovered from the plants. Conversion rates to soluble metabolites as well as to unextractable residues appeared to be dependent on weather conditions. During the summer months, the radiocarbon in plants consisted of 36% soluble metabolites and of 30% unextractable residues (average of 4 experiments); in autumn, the conversion rates were much lower. The following metabolites were identified in both plant species by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry: a polar group (a free trichlorophenol, 2,3,4,6-tetrachlorophenol, pentachlorophenol, conjugates of the latter two compounds, and unidentified water-soluble products) amounting to 35% of the radioactivity in plants cultivated in summer, and a nonpolar group (a dichlorobenzene, 1,2,3-trichlorobenzene, 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene, 1,2,3,5, and/or 1,2,4,5-tetrachlorobenzene, pentachlorobenzene, hexachlorobenzene, and gamma-pentachlorocyclohexene) amounting to 1% of the radioactivity in plants cultivated in summer. The 20 cm top-soil layer had about 14% of the total radioactivity applied to all plants. Six % of the radioactivity recovered from the soil was soluble metabolites and about 50% was not extractable. The soluble metabolites comprised a polar group (free and conjugated 2,3,4,6-tetrachlorophenol, pentachlorophenol, and unidentified water soluble products) amounting to 5% of the radioactivity in the soil as well as a nonpolar group (1,2,3-trichlorobenzene, 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobenzene, 1,2,3,5 and/or 1,2,4,5-tetrachlorobenzene, pentachlorobenzene, hexachlorobenzene, and gamma-pentachlorocyclohexene) amounting to 1% of the radioactivity in the soil.     

Review on Fate,Toxicity, and Remediation of Perchlorate

Several issues regarding the adverse impacts of the chemical—perchlorate—have been identified recently. Perchlorate is a persistent chemical, and remains in water and soil, thereby accumulating in plants and animals. Fetuses suffer the most from perchlorate contamination. There are ongoing debates about the impacts, toxicity and health effects of perchlorate. Many studies have been conducted on its ecotoxicity and its effects, but standards do not exist for perchlorate. This study aims to review the sources, impacts, fate, transport and remediation of perchlorate.     

Phototransformation of ibuprofen and ketoprofen in aqueous solutions

The UV (254 nm) and UV/VUV (254/185 nm) photolysis of two anti-inflammatory drugs, ibuprofen and ketoprofen, have been studied in aqueous solutions as a possible process for the removal of non-biodegradable compounds.We have examined the effects of dissolved oxygen and initial target concentration. Upon irradiation at 254 nm, the decomposition rate of ketoprofen is almost forty times higher as it of ibuprofen whilst VUV irradiation only increased the ibuprofen decomposition rate. The presence of dissolved oxygen accelerated the photodegradation of ibuprofen, whereas no effect was observed on the degradation of ketoprofen. The maximum quantum yield for the phototransformation was 0.2. The rate of mineralization in both cases was ∼60%, even after 1 h of treatment and this suggests the formation of stable by-products which were identified using GC-MS and HPLC-MS, respectively.     

Model reactor for photocatalytic degradation of persistent chemicals in ponds and waste water

A laboratory scale flow-through model reactor for the degradation of persistent chemicals using titanium dioxide (TiO₂) as photocatalyst immobilized on glass beads is presented. In the test system with a volume of 18 L contaminated water is pumped to the upper part of the floating reactor and flows over the coated beads which are exposed to UV-radiation. The degradation of two dyes of different persistance was investigated. Primary degradation of methylene blue did not fit a first order kinetic due to coincident adsorption onto the photocatalyst and direct photolysis, resulting in a half-life of 6 h. A filtrate of a green algae suspension accelerated the colour removal. In contrast, reactive red 2 was degraded only by photocatalysis; neither adsorption nor direct photolysis led to a colour removal. The course of primary degradation followed a first order kinetic with a half-life of 18 h and a rate constant of 0.04 h⁻¹. Analysis of the degradation products indicated mineralization by detection of NO₂⁻ and NO₃⁻, accompanied by a decrease of pH and an increase of conductivity. A successful adaptation of the model reactor (scale 1:10) to dimensions required for surface waters and waste water treatment plants would be a costefficient and environmentally sustainable application of photocatalysis for the treatment of industrially polluted water and could be of relevance for third world contries, particularly those favoured by high solar radiation.