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Nguyen TM, Chen HH, Chang YC, Ning TC, Chen KF. Remediation of groundwater contaminated with trichloroethylene (TCE) using a long-lasting persulfate/biochar barrier. Chemosphere 2023; 333:138954. [PMID: 37201606 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2023] [Revised: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Groundwater contamination by chlorinated solvents causes potential threats to water resources and human health. Therefore, it is important to develop effective technologies to remediate contaminated groundwater. This study uses biodegradable hydrophilic polymers, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC), hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) and polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) as binders to manufacture persulfate (PS) tablets for the sustained release of persulfate to treat trichloroethylene (TCE) in groundwater. The release time for different tablets decreases in the order: HPMC (8-15 days) > HEC (7-8 days) > PVP (2-5 days). The efficiency with which persulfate is released is: HPMC (73-79%) > HEC (60-72%) > PVP (12-31%). HPMC is the optimal binder for the manufacture of persulfate tablets and persulfate is released from a tablet of HPMC/PS ratio (wt/wt) of 4/3 for 15 days at a release rate of 1127 mg/day. HPMC/PS/biochar (BC) ratios (wt/wt/wt) between 1/1/0.02 and 1/1/0.0333 are suitable for PS/BC tablets. PS/BC tablets release persulfate for 9-11 days at release rates of 1243 to 1073 mg/day. The addition of too much biochar weakens the structure of the tablets, which results in a rapid release of persulfate. TCE is oxidized by a PS tablet with an efficiency of 85% and a PS/BC tablet eliminates more TCE, with a removal efficiency of 100%, due to oxidation and adsorption during the 15 days of reaction. Oxidation is the predominant mechanism for TCE elimination by a PS/BC tablet. The adsorption of TCE by BC fits well with the pseudo-second-order kinetics and the pseudo-first-order kinetics, which describes the removal of TCE by PS and PS/BC tablets. The results of this study show that a PS/BC tablet can be used in a permeable reactive barrier for long-term passive remediation of groundwater.
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- Thi-Manh Nguyen
- Department of Civil Engineering, National Chi Nan University, Puli, Nantou, 545301, Taiwan
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- Department of Civil Engineering, National Chi Nan University, Puli, Nantou, 545301, Taiwan
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- Department of Civil Engineering, National Chi Nan University, Puli, Nantou, 545301, Taiwan
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- Department of Civil Engineering, National Chi Nan University, Puli, Nantou, 545301, Taiwan
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- Department of Civil Engineering, National Chi Nan University, Puli, Nantou, 545301, Taiwan.
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Valletti N, Budroni MA, Albanese P, Marchettini N, Sanchez-Dominguez M, Lagzi I, Rossi F. Hydrodynamically-enhanced transfer of dense non-aqueous phase liquids into an aqueous reservoir. Water Res 2023; 231:119608. [PMID: 36709564 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.119608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The use of surfactants represents a viable strategy to boost the removal yield of Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids (DNAPLs) from groundwater and to shorten the operational timing of the remediation process. Surfactants, in general, help in reducing the interfacial tension at the DNAPL/water interface and enhance the solubility of the pollutant in the water phase through the formation of dispersed systems, such as micelles and emulsions. In this paper, we show that a suitable choice of a surfactant, in this case belonging to the bio-degradable class of ethoxylated alcohols, allows for the formation of hydrodynamic interfacial instabilities that further enhances the dissolution rate of the organic pollutant into the water phase. In a stratified configuration (denser organic phase at the bottom and lighter water phase on top), the instabilities appear as upward-pointing fingers that originate from the inversion of the local density at the interface. This inversion stems from the synergetic coupling of two effects promoted by the ethoxylated surfactant: i) the enhanced co-solubility of the DNAPL into the water (and viceversa), and (ii) the differential diffusion of the DNAPL and the surfactant in the aqueous phase. By dissolving into the DNAPL, the surfactant also reduces locally the surface tension at the liquid-liquid interface, thereby inducing transversal Marangoni flows. In our work, we carefully evaluated the effects of the concentration of different surfactants (two different ethoxylated alcohols, sodium dodecylsulphate, cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide, N-tetradecyl-N, N-dimethylamine oxide and bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate sodium salt) on the onset of the instabilities in 3 different DNAPLs/water stratifications, namely chloroform, trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene, with a special emphasis on the trichloroethylene/water system. By means of a theoretical model and nonlinear simulations, supported by surface tension, density and diffusivity measurements, we could provide a solid explanation to the observed phenomena and we found that the type of the dispersed system, the solubility of the DNAPL into the water phase, the solubility of the surfactant in the organic phase, as well as the relative diffusion and density of the surfactant and the DNAPL in the aqueous phase, are all key parameters for the onset of the instabilities. These results can be exploited in the most common remediation techniques.
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- Nadia Valletti
- Department of Earth, Environmental and Physical Sciences, University of Siena, Pian dei Mantellini 44, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Sassari, Via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Physical Sciences, University of Siena, Pian dei Mantellini 44, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Physical Sciences, University of Siena, Pian dei Mantellini 44, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- Grupo de Quimica Coloidal e Interfacial Aplicada a Nanomateriales y Formulaciones, Centro de Investigacion en Materiales Avanzados, S.C. (CIMAV), Unidad Monterrey, Alianza Norte 202, Parque de Investigacion e Innovacion Tecnologica, Apodaca 66628, Mexico
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- Department of Physics, Institute of Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Muegyetem rkp. 3., H-1111 Budapest, Hungary; ELKH-BME Condensed Matter Research Group, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Muegyetem rkp. 3., H-1111 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Physical Sciences, University of Siena, Pian dei Mantellini 44, 53100 Siena, Italy.
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Zhao S, Zhang J, Feng SJ. The era of low-permeability sites remediation and corresponding technologies: A review. Chemosphere 2023; 313:137264. [PMID: 36400189 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2022] [Revised: 11/13/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Rational utilization of soil resources and remediation of contaminated soils are imperative due to the rapidly growing demand for clean soils. Currently, many in-situ remediation technologies are less suitable at low-permeability sites due to the limitations of soil permeability. This work defines a low-permeability site as a site with hydraulic conductivity less than 10-4 cm/s, and summarizes the migration characteristics of representative contaminants at low-permeability sites, and discusses the principles and practical applications of different technologies suitable for the remediation of low-permeability sites, including electrokinetic remediation technology, polymer flushing technology, fracturing technology, and in-situ thermal remediation technology. Enhanced and combined remediation technologies are further described because one remediation technology cannot remediate all contaminants. The prospects for the application of remediation technologies to low-permeability sites are also proposed. This work highlights the necessity of low-permeability sites remediation and the urgent need for new remediation technologies, with the hope to inspire future research on low-permeability sites.
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- Shan Zhao
- College of Ocean Science and Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, 201306, China; College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- College of Ocean Science and Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, 201306, China
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- College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.
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Ilieva NM, Wallen ZD, De Miranda BR. Oral ingestion of the environmental toxicant trichloroethylene in rats induces alterations in the gut microbiome: Relevance to idiopathic Parkinson's disease. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2022; 451:116176. [PMID: 35914559 PMCID: PMC10581445 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2022.116176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Microbial alterations within the gut microbiome appear to be a common feature of individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD), providing further evidence for the role of the gut-brain axis in PD development. As a major site of contact with the environment, questions have emerged surrounding the cause and effect of alterations to the gut microbiome by environmental contaminants associated with PD risk, such as pesticides, metals, and organic solvents. Recent data from our lab shows that ingestion of the industrial byproduct and environmental pollutant trichloroethylene (TCE) induces key Parkinsonian pathology within aged rats, including the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons, α-synuclein accumulation, neuroinflammation, and endolysosomal deficits. As TCE is the most common organic contaminant within drinking water, we postulated that ingestion of TCE associated with PD-related neurodegeneration may alter the gut microbiome to a similar extent as observed in persons with PD. To assess this, we collected fecal samples from adult rats treated with 200 mg/kg TCE over 6 weeks via oral gavage - the dose that produced nigrostriatal neurodegeneration - and analyzed the gut microbiome via whole genome shotgun sequencing. Our results showed changes in gut microorganisms reflective of the microbial signatures observed in individuals with idiopathic PD, such as decreased abundance of short-chain fatty acid producing Blautia and elevated lactic-acid producing Bifidobacteria, as well as genera who contain species previously reported as opportunistic pathogens such as Clostridium. From these experimental data, we postulate that TCE exposure within contaminated drinking water could induce alterations of the gut microbiome that contributes to chronic disease risk, including idiopathic PD.
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- Neda M Ilieva
- Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
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Scala A, Loperto I, Triassi M, Improta G. Risk Factors Analysis of Surgical Infection Using Artificial Intelligence: A Single Center Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022; 19:10021. [PMID: 36011656 PMCID: PMC9408161 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191610021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Background: Surgical site infections (SSIs) have a major role in the evolution of medical care. Despite centuries of medical progress, the management of surgical infection remains a pressing concern. Nowadays, the SSIs continue to be an important factor able to increase the hospitalization duration, cost, and risk of death, in fact, the SSIs are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in modern health care. Methods: A study based on statistical test and logistic regression for unveiling the association between SSIs and different risk factors was carried out. Successively, a predictive analysis of SSIs on the basis of risk factors was performed. Results: The obtained data demonstrated that the level of surgery contamination impacts significantly on the infection rate. In addition, data also reveals that the length of postoperative hospital stay increases the rate of surgical infections. Finally, the postoperative length of stay, surgery department and the antibiotic prophylaxis with 2 or more antibiotics are a significant predictor for the development of infection. Conclusions: The data report that the type of surgery department and antibiotic prophylaxis there are a statistically significant predictor of SSIs. Moreover, KNN model better handle the imbalanced dataset (48 infected and 3983 healthy), observing highest accuracy value.
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- Arianna Scala
- Department of Public Health, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80100 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80100 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80100 Naples, Italy
- Interdepartmental Center for Research in Health Care Management and Innovation in Health Care (CIRMIS), University of Naples “Federico II”, 80100 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80100 Naples, Italy
- Interdepartmental Center for Research in Health Care Management and Innovation in Health Care (CIRMIS), University of Naples “Federico II”, 80100 Naples, Italy
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Colella Y, Valente AS, Rossano L, Trunfio TA, Fiorillo A, Improta G. A Fuzzy Inference System for the Assessment of Indoor Air Quality in an Operating Room to Prevent Surgical Site Infection. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022; 19:ijerph19063533. [PMID: 35329215 PMCID: PMC8955589 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19063533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Revised: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 03/12/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Indoor air quality in hospital operating rooms is of great concern for the prevention of surgical site infections (SSI). A wide range of relevant medical and engineering literature has shown that the reduction in air contamination can be achieved by introducing a more efficient set of controls of HVAC systems and exploiting alarms and monitoring systems that allow having a clear report of the internal air status level. In this paper, an operating room air quality monitoring system based on a fuzzy decision support system has been proposed in order to help hospital staff responsible to guarantee a safe environment. The goal of the work is to reduce the airborne contamination in order to optimize the surgical environment, thus preventing the occurrence of SSI and reducing the related mortality rate. The advantage of FIS is that the evaluation of the air quality is based on easy-to-find input data established on the best combination of parameters and level of alert. Compared to other literature works, the proposed approach based on the FIS has been designed to take into account also the movement of clinicians in the operating room in order to monitor unauthorized paths. The test of the proposed strategy has been executed by exploiting data collected by ad-hoc sensors placed inside a real operating block during the experimental activities of the “Bacterial Infections Post Surgery” Project (BIPS). Results show that the system is capable to return risk values with extreme precision.
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- Ylenia Colella
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80125 Naples, Italy; (Y.C.); (A.S.V.); (L.R.)
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80125 Naples, Italy; (Y.C.); (A.S.V.); (L.R.)
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80125 Naples, Italy; (Y.C.); (A.S.V.); (L.R.)
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University Hospital of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy;
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University Hospital of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy;
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- Department of Public Health, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy;
- Interdepartmental Center for Research in Healthcare Management and Innovation in Healthcare (CIRMIS), University of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy
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Somma S, Reverchon E, Baldino L. Water Purification of Classical and Emerging Organic Pollutants: An Extensive Review. ChemEngineering 2021; 5:47. [DOI: 10.3390/chemengineering5030047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The main techniques used for organic pollutant removal from water are adsorption, reductive and oxidative processes, phytoremediation, bioremediation, separation by membranes and liquid–liquid extraction. In this review, strengths and weaknesses of the different purification techniques are discussed, with particular attention to the newest results published in the scientific literature. This study highlighted that adsorption is the most frequently used method for water purification, since it can balance high organic pollutants removal efficiency, it has the possibility to treat a large quantity of water in semi-continuous way and has acceptable costs.
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Ebrahimbabaie P, Pichtel J. Biotechnology and nanotechnology for remediation of chlorinated volatile organic compounds: current perspectives. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2021; 28:7710-7741. [PMID: 33403642 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-11598-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Chlorinated volatile organic compounds (CVOCs) are persistent organic pollutants which are harmful to public health and the environment. Many CVOCs occur in substantial quantities in groundwater and soil, even though their use has been more carefully managed and restricted in recent years. This review summarizes recent data on several innovative treatment solutions for CVOC-affected media including bioremediation, phytoremediation, nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI)-based reductive dehalogenation, and photooxidation. There is no optimally developed single technology; therefore, the possibility of using combined technologies for CVOC remediation, for example bioremediation integrated with reduction by nZVI, is presented. Some methods are still in the development stage. Advantages and disadvantages of each treatment strategy are provided. It is hoped that this paper can provide a basic framework for selection of successful CVOC remediation strategies.
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- Parisa Ebrahimbabaie
- Department of Environment, Geology, and Natural Resources, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, 47306, USA
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- Department of Environment, Geology, and Natural Resources, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, 47306, USA.
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Dardouri S, Jedidi A, Mejri S, Hattab S, Sghaier J. Morphological effect of dichloromethane on alfalfa ( Medicago sativa) cultivated in soil amended with fertilizer manures. Int J Phytoremediation 2020; 23:263-271. [PMID: 32851853 DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2020.1810205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In this work, we investigated the morphological effect of dichloromethane (DCM) on alfalfa (Medicago sativa) plant. We studied in vitro the influence of its concentration on alfalfa germination. The plants were placed in pots for 15 weeks, and exposed to increasing concentrations of DCM (50 µg L-1 and 84 mg L-1). In addition, we examined the effect of two manures (cow and sheep), which were applied to a contaminated soil, on alfalfa plant growth. The effect of the presence of dichloromethane is obvious even in plant-soil manure system. In fact, in the event of contamination, the soil-cow manure mixture represents the best setting medium for the Alfalfa plant compared to other environments, regardless of the contamination level. Indeed, the presence of two types of manure does not allow the suppression of the inhibitory effect of dichloromethane on the mass of the dry matter of the aerial part which is 18.38% for the cow manure-amended soil and 13.96% for the sheep manure-amended soil.
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- Sana Dardouri
- Laboratory of Thermal and Thermodynamics in Industrial Processes, National Engineering School of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Thermal and Thermodynamics in Industrial Processes, National Engineering School of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Integrated Devices and Systems, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematical and Computer Science, University of Twente, the Netherlands
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- Regional Research Centre on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture, Chott-Mariem, Sousse, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Thermal and Thermodynamics in Industrial Processes, National Engineering School of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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De Agostini A, Caltagirone C, Caredda A, Cicatelli A, Cogoni A, Farci D, Guarino F, Garau A, Labra M, Lussu M, Piano D, Sanna C, Tommasi N, Vacca A, Cortis P. Heavy metal tolerance of orchid populations growing on abandoned mine tailings: A case study in Sardinia Island (Italy). Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2020; 189:110018. [PMID: 31812823 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.110018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2019] [Revised: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 11/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Understanding how environmental pollutants influence plant occurrence, growth, and development is key for effective management plans and potential bioremediation. Rare plants, such as orchids, may occur in modified habitats and on soils containing heavy metals, yet their ecological and physiological responses to heavy metals is poorly understood. We investigated the influence of heavy metal pollution on orchid growth rates and interactions with soil fungal mutualists by comparing a large population of the orchid Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz subsp. tremolsii (Pau) E. Klein that grows on mine tailings in south-west Sardinia (Italy) with a population that grows on non-contaminated soils in central Sardinia. Soils of the contaminated site had high levels of heavy metals and low organic matter and nutritive elements content. We performed a morphological analysis on twenty individuals that have been subjected to measurement of bioaccumulation and translocation of heavy metals. Fungi associated with the roots of plants from the contaminated and uncontaminated site were grown and identified by DNA barcoding approach. Plants from the contaminated site were smaller than the ones growing in the uncontaminated site and were found to be able to tolerate heavy metals from the soil and to accumulate and translocate them into their organs. Fungi belonging to the genus Ilyonectria (Ascomycota) were found both in contaminated and uncontaminated sites, while an unidentified fungus was isolated from roots in the contaminated site only. These results are discussed in terms of orchids' tolerance to heavy metals and its physiological and ecological mechanisms. The role of contaminated habitats in harbouring orchids and peculiar taxa is also discussed.
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- Antonio De Agostini
- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Via Sant'Ignazio da Laconi 13, 09123, Cagliari, CA, Italy
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- Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria (Blocco D) - S.S. 554 bivio per Sestu, 09042, Monserrato, CA, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Via Sant'Ignazio da Laconi 13, 09123, Cagliari, CA, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology "A. Zambelli", University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084, Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Via Sant'Ignazio da Laconi 13, 09123, Cagliari, CA, Italy
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Institute of Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Nowoursynowska Str. 159, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology "A. Zambelli", University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084, Fisciano, SA, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria (Blocco D) - S.S. 554 bivio per Sestu, 09042, Monserrato, CA, Italy
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- Department of biotecnology and bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126, Milano, MI, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Via Sant'Ignazio da Laconi 13, 09123, Cagliari, CA, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Via Sant'Ignazio da Laconi 13, 09123, Cagliari, CA, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Via Sant'Ignazio da Laconi 13, 09123, Cagliari, CA, Italy
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- Department of biotecnology and bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126, Milano, MI, Italy
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- Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria (Blocco D) - S.S. 554 bivio per Sestu, 09042, Monserrato, CA, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Via Sant'Ignazio da Laconi 13, 09123, Cagliari, CA, Italy
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Cucciniello R, Intiso A, Siciliano T, Palomares AE, Martínez-triguero J, Cerrillo JL, Proto A, Rossi F. Oxidative Degradation of Trichloroethylene over Fe2O3-doped Mayenite: Chlorine Poisoning Mitigation and Improved Catalytic Performance. Catalysts 2019; 9:747. [DOI: 10.3390/catal9090747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Mayenite was recently successfully employed as an active catalyst for trichloroethylene (TCE) oxidation. It was effective in promoting the conversion of TCE in less harmful products (CO2 and HCl) with high activity and selectivity. However, there is a potential limitation to the use of mayenite in the industrial degradation of chlorinated compounds—its limited operating lifespan owing to chlorine poisoning of the catalyst. To overcome this problem, in this work, mayenite-based catalysts loaded with iron (Fe/mayenite) were prepared and tested for TCE oxidation in a gaseous phase. The catalysts were characterized using different physico-chemical techniques, including XRD, ICP, N2-sorption (BET), H2-TPR analysis, SEM-EDX, XPS FESEM-EDS, and Raman. Fe/mayenite was found to be more active and stable than the pure material for TCE oxidation, maintaining the same selectivity. This result was interpreted as the synergistic effect of the metal and the oxo-anionic species present in the mayenite framework, thus promoting TCE oxidation, while avoiding catalyst deactivation.
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Intiso A, Martinez-Triguero J, Cucciniello R, Rossi F, Palomares AE. Influence of the synthesis method on the catalytic activity of mayenite for the oxidation of gas-phase trichloroethylene. Sci Rep 2019; 9:425. [PMID: 30674937 PMCID: PMC6344594 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-36708-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2018] [Accepted: 11/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Catalytic oxidation of trichloroethylene (TCE) in heterogeneous phase (gas-solid) is an effective strategy for the conversion of this pollutant in less harmful compounds, namely CO2, CO and HCl. In this work, we have studied the use of mayenite, a cost-effective material, as an active catalyst for the TCE conversion. In particular, we have assessed the influence of the mayenite synthesis method (hydrothermal, sol-gel and ceramic) on the reaction performance. The materials have been characterized by different techniques, such as XRD, N2-sorption (BET), TPR, Raman spectroscopy, FESEM-EDX and TEM. The analysis of the light-off curves and product distribution, has shown that the use of the hydrothermal method for the mayenite synthesis results in the most active and selective catalyst. This has been related with a higher surface area and with a higher concentration of oxygen anions in the mayenite prepared by this method. It has been found that the presence of water in the stream do not influence the catalytic performance of the material. A mechanism for the reaction and for the partial deactivation of the catalyst has been proposed.
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Affiliation(s)
- Adriano Intiso
- Department of Chemistry and Biology, University of Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II, 132-84084, Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, University of Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II, 132-84084, Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, University of Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II, 132-84084, Fisciano, SA, Italy. .,Department of Earth, Environmental and Physical Sciences - DEEP Sciences, University of Siena, Pian dei Mantellini 44, 53100, Siena, Italy.
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