Phytoextraction of 55-year-old wastewater-irrigated soil in a Zn-Pb mine district: effect of plant species and chelators.

Untreated water from mining sites spreads heavy metal contamination. The present study assessed the phytoextraction performance of heavy metal-accumulating plants and the effects of chemical chelators on cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), and copper (Cu) removal from paddy fields that have been continuously irrigated with mining wastewater from mines for 55 years. Outdoor pot experiments showed that the total Pb, Zn, and Cd content was lower in the rhizosphere soil of Amaranthus hypochondriacus than in that of Sedum alfredii, Solanum nigrum, and Sorghum bicolor.

Factors Affecting Behavior of Phenolic Endocrine Disruptors, Estrone and Estradiol, in Constructed Wetlands for Domestic Sewage Treatment.

This study investigated the efficiency of 12 pilot-scale constructed wetlands (CWs) with different configurations on the removal of estrone and estradiol from raw domestic sewage. An orthogonal design was employed to evaluate the impact of four principal design parameters of CWs, including four wetland types, three substrates, three plant conditions, and three hydraulic loading rates, in summer and winter. A bench-scale anoxic simulation test was performed in the laboratory to clarify the photolysis, sorption, and degradation of estrogens.

[Removal Behavior of Ibuprofen and Diclofenac in Different Constructed Wetlands].

Ibuprofen and diclofenac, two commonly used pharmaceuticals, were studied to evaluate the removal behavior of acid pharmaceuticals in constructed wetlands (CWs) with different flow types, vegetation and seasons. It was shown that flow types influenced the results significantly. The average removal efficiency of ibuprofen in horizontal subsurface flow (HSSF) and vertical subsurface flow (VSSF) CWs (69% and 60%, respectively) was significantly higher than that in surface flow (SF) CWs (26%).

Contrasting effects of silicates on cadmium uptake by three dicotyledonous crops grown in contaminated soil.

The effects of several silicates (talcum powder (TP), calcium silicate (CS), sodium silicate (SS), and potassium silicate (PS)), in comparison with other amendments (quicklime (QL) and potassium dihydrogen phosphate (PDP)) on cadmium (Cd) uptake by three dicotyledonous crops (Amaranthus hypochondriacus L. Cv. 'K112', Amaranthus tricolor L.

[Transfer characteristics of cadmium in soil-vegetable-insect food chain].

Taking two kinds of vegetables (Brassica rapa and Amaranthus mangostanus) and one insect species (Prodenia litura) as test materials, a greenhouse pot experiment was conducted to study the transfer characteristics of cadmium (Cd) in soil-vegetable-insect food chain and the distribution patters of different Cd chemical forms in the organs of the two vegetables. With the increasing concentration of applied Cd in soil, the biomass of the two vegetables decreased significantly, while the Cd concentration in the vegetables had a significant increase. The Cd concentration in the vegetable organs decreased in the order of stem > root > leaf for A.

[Occurrence of quinolone and sulfonamide antibiotics in swine and cattle manures from large-scale feeding operations of Guangdong Province].

The occurrence and distribution of four quinolones and four sulfonamides in swine and cattle feces sampled from twenty large-scale feeding operations in different areas of Guangdong province were detected using solid phase extraction (SPE) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Quinolone and sulfonamide compounds were observed in all pig dung samples. Their total concentrations ranged from 24.

[Concentrations and distribution of tetracycline antibiotics in vegetable field soil chronically fertilized with manures].

Occurrence of antibiotics in the soils substantially fertilized with antibiotics-enriched animal manures is very of concern. This paper investigated the concentration and distribution of four tetracycline antibiotics in soils from vegetable field chronically fertilized with manures in subtropical area using solid-phase extraction followed by high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS). The sum concentrations of four tetracycline compounds ranged from 1.

Investigation of sulfonamide, tetracycline, and quinolone antibiotics in vegetable farmland soil in the Pearl River Delta area, southern China.

Thirteen antibiotics in soil from vegetable farmlands of the Pearl River Delta, southern China, were investigated. At least three antibiotics were detected in each sample. Six antibiotics including four quinolones, tetracycline, and sulfamethoxazole were detected in >94% of the samples.

[Preliminary study on occurrence and health risk assessment of quinolone antibiotics in vegetables from Guangzhou, China].

Quinolone antibiotics (QNs) including norfloxacin (NOR), enrofolxacin (ENR), ciprofloxacin (CIP) and lomefloxacin (LOM) in vegetable samples collected from Guangzhou were determined by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with fluorescent detector (FLD). The detected frequency of QNs was 96% in vegetables. The total concentration of quinolones (sigma QNs) detected in vegetable ranged from 1.

Determination of four fluoroquinolone antibiotics in tap water in Guangzhou and Macao.

Four fluoroquinolone antibiotics (norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, lomefloxacin, and enrofloxacin) in tap water in Guangzhou and Macao were analyzed using high performance liquid chromatography fluorescence detection. The results showed that all target antibiotics were detected in high rate both in Guangzhou (77.5%) and Macao (100%), ranging from 1.

[Investigation of sulfonamides and tetracyclines antibiotics in soils from various vegetable fields].

The occurrence and distribution of 9 selected antibiotics, that involved with oxytetracycline (OTC), tetracycline (TC), chlortetracycline (CTC), sulfamethazine (SM2), sulfadiazine (SDZ), sulfamerazine (SMR), sulfameter, (SMT), sulfamethoxazole (SMZ) and sulfadimethoxine (SDM), were screened at 14 typical vegetable fields located in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Huizhou, Dongguan regions,with high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Data showed that almost all soil samples were unavoidably contaminated with antibiotics. The sum concentration of 3 tetracyclines (TCs) and 6 sulfonamides (SAs) in soils ranged from undetected to 242.