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Antón-Herrero R, Chicca I, García-Delgado C, Crognale S, Lelli D, Gargarello RM, Herrero J, Fischer A, Thannberger L, Eymar E, Petruccioli M, D’Annibale A. Main Factors Determining the Scale-Up Effectiveness of Mycoremediation for the Decontamination of Aliphatic Hydrocarbons in Soil. J Fungi (Basel) 2023; 9:1205. [PMID: 38132804 PMCID: PMC10745009 DOI: 10.3390/jof9121205] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Revised: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
Abstract
Soil contamination constitutes a significant threat to the health of soil ecosystems in terms of complexity, toxicity, and recalcitrance. Among all contaminants, aliphatic petroleum hydrocarbons (APH) are of particular concern due to their abundance and persistence in the environment and the need of remediation technologies to ensure their removal in an environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable way. Soil remediation technologies presently available on the market to tackle soil contamination by petroleum hydrocarbons (PH) include landfilling, physical treatments (e.g., thermal desorption), chemical treatments (e.g., oxidation), and conventional bioremediation. The first two solutions are costly and energy-intensive approaches. Conversely, bioremediation of on-site excavated soil arranged in biopiles is a more sustainable procedure. Biopiles are engineered heaps able to stimulate microbial activity and enhance biodegradation, thus ensuring the removal of organic pollutants. This soil remediation technology is currently the most environmentally friendly solution available on the market, as it is less energy-intensive and has no detrimental impact on biological soil functions. However, its major limitation is its low removal efficiency, especially for long-chain hydrocarbons (LCH), compared to thermal desorption. Nevertheless, the use of fungi for remediation of environmental contaminants retains the benefits of bioremediation treatments, including low economic, social, and environmental costs, while attaining removal efficiencies similar to thermal desorption. Mycoremediation is a widely studied technology at lab scale, but there are few experiences at pilot scale. Several factors may reduce the overall efficiency of on-site mycoremediation biopiles (mycopiles), and the efficiency detected in the bench scale. These factors include the bioavailability of hydrocarbons, the selection of fungal species and bulking agents and their application rate, the interaction between the inoculated fungi and the indigenous microbiota, soil properties and nutrients, and other environmental factors (e.g., humidity, oxygen, and temperature). The identification of these factors at an early stage of biotreatability experiments would allow the application of this on-site technology to be refined and fine-tuned. This review brings together all mycoremediation work applied to aliphatic petroleum hydrocarbons (APH) and identifies the key factors in making mycoremediation effective. It also includes technological advances that reduce the effect of these factors, such as the structure of mycopiles, the application of surfactants, and the control of environmental factors.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rafael Antón-Herrero
- Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Food Science, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (R.A.-H.); (E.E.)
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- Department of Geology and Geochemistry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department for Innovation in Biological, Agri-Food and Forestry Systems, University of Tuscia, 01100 Tuscia, Italy; (S.C.); (D.L.); (M.P.); (A.D.)
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- Department for Innovation in Biological, Agri-Food and Forestry Systems, University of Tuscia, 01100 Tuscia, Italy; (S.C.); (D.L.); (M.P.); (A.D.)
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- Water, Air and Soil Unit, Eurecat, Centre Tecnològic de Catalunya, 08242 Manresa, Spain; (R.M.G.); (J.H.)
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- Water, Air and Soil Unit, Eurecat, Centre Tecnològic de Catalunya, 08242 Manresa, Spain; (R.M.G.); (J.H.)
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Food Science, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (R.A.-H.); (E.E.)
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- Department for Innovation in Biological, Agri-Food and Forestry Systems, University of Tuscia, 01100 Tuscia, Italy; (S.C.); (D.L.); (M.P.); (A.D.)
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- Department for Innovation in Biological, Agri-Food and Forestry Systems, University of Tuscia, 01100 Tuscia, Italy; (S.C.); (D.L.); (M.P.); (A.D.)
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Zhang Y, Kong X, Yang Y, Ran Y. Effect of organic carbon structures on the degradation of nonylphenol by hydrogen peroxide in sediment-water system. J Environ Qual 2023; 52:1166-1177. [PMID: 37683113 DOI: 10.1002/jeq2.20510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Revised: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
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A laboratory experiment is conducted to investigate the effects of organic carbon (OC) from riverine and marine sediments on the degradation of ring-14 C-labeled nonylphenol (14 C-NP) by hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 ). Researchers have isolated demineralized OC (DM) before and after oxidation, namely, DM and resistant OC (ROC) fractions, respectively. The structures of DM and ROC are characterized using solid-state 13 C nuclear magnetic resonance. Unstable structures (O-alkyl, OCH3 /NCH, and COO/NC=O) show a significant and positive correlation with the degradation of 14 C-NP (R2 > 0.73, p < 0.05), thus suggesting that the NP absorbed in the unstable structures is easily degraded because of the decomposition of unstable components. The stable structures (alkyl C and non-protonated aromatic C [Arom C─C]) exhibit a significant and negative correlation with the degradation of 14 C-NP (R2 > 0.69, p < 0.05), thus suggesting that the NP absorbed and protected in these resistant structures is minimally degraded. The significant correlations among the degradation kinetic parameters (Frap and Fslow ), OC structures (Falip and Farom ), and microporosity further illustrate the important protective roles of OC structures and micropores in the degradation of 14 C-NP by H2 O2 (R2 > 0.69, p < 0.05). The parent NP fraction that desorbed into the aqueous solution or extracted is completely degraded, indicating preferential degradation of the easily desorbed NP. This study provides important insights into the NP degradation mechanism in sediment-water systems, particularly regarding sediment OC structures and microporosity.
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- Yongli Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Environmental Pollution and Control, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Deep Earth Science, Guangzhou, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Environmental Pollution and Control, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Deep Earth Science, Guangzhou, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Environmental Pollution and Control, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Deep Earth Science, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Environmental Pollution and Control, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Deep Earth Science, Guangzhou, China
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Kundu A, Harrisson O, Ghoshal S. Impacts of Arctic diesel contamination on microbial community composition and degradative gene abundance during hydrocarbon biodegradation with and without nutrients: A case study of seven sub-Arctic soils. Sci Total Environ 2023; 871:161777. [PMID: 36709895 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [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: 09/27/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Although a number of studies have assessed hydrocarbon degradation or microbial responses in petroleum contaminated soils, few have examined both and/or assessed impacts in multiple soils simultaneously. In this study petroleum hydrocarbon biodegradation and microbial activity was monitored in seven sub-Arctic soils at similar levels (∼3500-4000 mg/kg) of Arctic diesel (DSL), amended with moisture and nutrients (70 mg-N/kg, 78 mg-P/kg), and incubated at site-representative summer temperatures (∼7 °C) under water unsaturated conditions. Total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) biodegradation extents (42.7-85.4 %) at 50 days were slightly higher in nutrient amended (DSL + N,P) than unamended (DSL) systems in all but one soil. Semi-volatile (C10-C16) hydrocarbons were degraded to a greater extent (40-80 %) than non-volatile (C16-C24) hydrocarbons (20-40 %). However, more significant shifts in microbial diversity and relative abundance of genera belonging to Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria phyla were observed in DSL + N,P than in DSL systems in all soils. Moreover, higher abundance of the alkane degrading gene alkB were observed in DSL + N,P systems than in DSL systems for all soils. The more significant microbial community response in the DSL + N,P systems indicate that addition of nutrients may have influenced the microbial community involved in degradation of carbon sources other than the diesel compounds, such as the soil organic matter or degradation intermediates of diesel compounds. Nocardioides, Arthrobacter, Marmoricola, Pseudomonas, Polaromonas, and Massilia genera were present in high relative abundance in the DSL systems suggesting those genera contained hydrocarbon degraders. Overall, the results suggest that the extents of microbial community shifts or alkB copy number increases may not be closely correlated to the increase in hydrocarbon biodegradation and thus bioremediation performance between various treatments or across different soils.
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- Anirban Kundu
- Department of Civil Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0C3, Canada
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- Department of Civil Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0C3, Canada
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- Department of Civil Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0C3, Canada.
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Cao H, Zhou Z, Wang C, Sun H. Adsorption of Phenanthrene on Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in the Presence of Nonionic Surfactants. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2023; 20:3648. [PMID: 36834341 PMCID: PMC9959379 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20043648] [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: 02/04/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The bioavailability and mobility of phenanthrene (Phe) adsorbed by multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) may be substantially influenced by nonionic surfactants used both in the synthesis and dispersion of MWCNTs. The adsorption mechanisms of Phe adsorbed onto MWCNTs under the different nonionic surfactants Tween 80 (TW-80) and Triton X-100 (TX-100) in the aqueous phase were investigated in terms of changes in the MWCNTs' compositions and structures. The results showed that TW-80 and TX-100 were easily adsorbed onto MWCNTs. Phe adsorption data onto MWCNTs were better suited to the Langmuir equation than the Freundlich equation. Both TW-80 and TX-100 reduced the adsorption capacity of Phe onto MWCNTs. When TW-80 and TX-100 were added in the adsorption system, the saturated adsorption mass of Phe decreased from 35.97 mg/g to 27.10 and 29.79 mg/g, respectively, which can be attributed to the following three reasons. Firstly, the hydrophobic interactions between MWCNTs and Phe became weakened in the presence of nonionic surfactants. Secondly, the nonionic surfactants covered the adsorption sites of MWCNTs, which caused Phe adsorption to be reduced. Finally, nonionic surfactants can also promote the desorption of Phe from MWCNTs.
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Armada D, Martinez-Fernandez A, Celeiro M, Dagnac T, Llompart M. Assessment of the bioaccessibility of PAHs and other hazardous compounds present in recycled tire rubber employed in synthetic football fields. Sci Total Environ 2023; 857:159485. [PMID: 36257444 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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: 06/23/2022] [Revised: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Recycled tire crumb rubber (RTCR) surfaces contain harmful and carcinogenic substances, which can be ingested by the users of these facilities, mainly athletes and children. In this work, the potential in-vitro oral bioaccessibility of eighteen polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from RTCR employed as infill in synthetic football fields was studied in human synthetic body fluids (saliva, gastric, duodenal and bile), prepared according the Unified Bioaccessibility Method. Solid-phase extraction (SPE) using commercial sorbents and a new green material based on cork (cork industry by-product) were used to isolate the bioaccessible PAHs before gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis. The method was optimized and validated attending the analytical figures of merit. The feasibility of cork biosorbent for the extraction of the compounds was demonstrated, as well as the suitability of the UBM method to perform the digestion with good precision. The application to real samples collected from football fields demonstrated the presence of 17 of the 18 target PAHs in the biofluids. Most volatile PAHs such as NAP, ACY, ACE, FLU, PHN and ANC, achieved the highest bioaccessibility percentage levels. The carcinogenic B[a]P was detected in 75 % of the samples at concentrations up to 2.5 ng g-1 (bioaccessible fraction). Children exposure assessment was carried out to identify potential risk. Other hazardous and environmentally problematic compounds such as N-(1,3-Dimethylbutyl)-N'-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine-quinone (6PPD-quinone), recently related with the dead of coho salmon, and hexamethoxymethylmelamine (HMMM), among others, were also detected. This is the first study in which the bioaccesibility from real crumb rubber samples of 15 out of the 16 PAHs considered as priority pollutants by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the presence of 6PPD-quinone and HMMM in the bioaccessible fractions is reported.
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- Daniel Armada
- CRETUS, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Science, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- CRETUS, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Science, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- CRETUS, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Science, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Agronomic Research Centre (AGACAL-CIAM), Unit of Organic Contaminants, Apartado 10, E-15080 A Coruña, Spain
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- CRETUS, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Science, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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Cazals F, Colombano S, Huguenot D, Betelu S, Galopin N, Perrault A, Simonnot MO, Ignatiadis I, Rossano S, Crampon M. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons remobilization from contaminated porous media by (bio)surfactants washing. J Contam Hydrol 2022; 251:104065. [PMID: 36054960 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2022.104065] [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: 01/05/2022] [Revised: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Biosurfactants, surface-active agents produced by microorganisms, are increasingly studied for their potential use in soil remediation processes because they are more environmentally friendly than their chemically produced homologues. In this work, we report on the use of a crude biosurfactant produced by a bacterial consortium isolated from a PAHs-contaminated soil, compared with other (bio)surfactants (Tween80, Sodium dodecyl sulfate - SDS, rhamnolipids mix), to wash PAHs from a contaminated porous media. Assays were done using columns filled with sand or sand-clay mixtures (95:5) spiked with four model PAHs. The crude biosurfactant showed less adsorption to the [sand] and the [sand + clay] columns compared to Tween 80, SDS and the rhamnolipid mix. The biosurfactant showed the second best capacity to remove PAHs from the columns (as dissolved and particulate phases), both from [sand] and [sand + clay], after SDS when applied at lower concentrations than the other sufactants. The effluent concentrations of phenanthrene (PHE), pyrene (PYR) and benzo[a]pyrene (BAP) increased in the presence of the crude biosurfactant. Compared to the control experiment using only water, the global PAHs washed mass (amount of PAHs removed from the columns) increased between 9 and 1000 times for PHE and BAP in the [sand] column, and between 55 and 6000 times respectively for PHE and BAP in the [sand + clay] columns. Moreover, in the [sand + clay] columns, leaching of a part of the clays was observed in the SDS and the biosurfactant injections assays. This clay leaching resulted in higher PAHs removal, due not to desorption but rather to particulate transport. In the context of washing PAH-contaminated soils in biopiles or subsurface remediation, our results could help in sizing the remediation approach using an environmental friendly biosurfactant, before a pump-and-treat process.
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- Florian Cazals
- Laboratoire Géomatériaux et Environnement, Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, France; Colas Environnement, France; Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), F-45060 Orléans, France.
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- Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), F-45060 Orléans, France.
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- Laboratoire Géomatériaux et Environnement, Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, France.
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- Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), F-45060 Orléans, France.
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- Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), F-45060 Orléans, France.
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- Laboratoire Géomatériaux et Environnement, Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, France.
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- Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), F-45060 Orléans, France.
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Bako C, Martinez A, Ewald JM, Hua JBX, Ramotowski DJ, Dong Q, Schnoor JL, Mattes TE. Aerobic Bioaugmentation to Decrease Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Emissions from Contaminated Sediments to Air. Environ Sci Technol 2022; 56:14338-14349. [PMID: 36178372 PMCID: PMC9583607 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c01043] [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] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Revised: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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We conducted experiments to determine whether bioaugmentation with aerobic, polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-degrading microorganisms can mitigate polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) emissions from contaminated sediment to air. Paraburkholderia xenovorans strain LB400 was added to bioreactors containing PCB-contaminated site sediment. PCB mass in both the headspace and aqueous bioreactor compartments was measured using passive samplers over 35 days. Time-series measurements of all 209 PCB congeners revealed a 57% decrease in total PCB mass accumulated in the vapor phase of bioaugmented treatments relative to non-bioaugmented controls, on average. A comparative congener-specific analysis revealed preferential biodegradation of lower-chlorinated PCBs (LC-PCBs) by LB400. Release of the most abundant congener (PCB 4 [2,2'-dichlorobiphenyl]) decreased by over 90%. Simulations with a PCB reactive transport model closely aligned with experimental observations. We also evaluated the effect of the phytogenic biosurfactant, saponin, on PCB bioavailability and biodegradation by LB400. Time-series qPCR measurements of biphenyl dioxygenase (bphA) genes showed that saponin better maintained bphA abundance, compared to the saponin-free treatment. These findings indicate that an active population of bioaugmented, aerobic PCB-degrading microorganisms can effectively lower PCB emissions and may therefore contribute to minimizing PCB inhalation exposure in communities surrounding PCB-contaminated sites.
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- Christian
M. Bako
- The
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, 4105 Seamans
Center for the Engineering Arts & Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52245, United States
- IIHR—Hydroscience
& Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- The
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, 4105 Seamans
Center for the Engineering Arts & Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52245, United States
- IIHR—Hydroscience
& Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- The
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, 4105 Seamans
Center for the Engineering Arts & Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52245, United States
- IIHR—Hydroscience
& Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- The
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, 4105 Seamans
Center for the Engineering Arts & Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52245, United States
- IIHR—Hydroscience
& Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- The
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, 4105 Seamans
Center for the Engineering Arts & Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52245, United States
- IIHR—Hydroscience
& Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- The
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, 4105 Seamans
Center for the Engineering Arts & Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52245, United States
- IIHR—Hydroscience
& Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- The
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, 4105 Seamans
Center for the Engineering Arts & Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52245, United States
- IIHR—Hydroscience
& Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- The
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, 4105 Seamans
Center for the Engineering Arts & Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52245, United States
- IIHR—Hydroscience
& Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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Smułek W, Kaczorek E. Factors Influencing the Bioavailability of Organic Molecules to Bacterial Cells-A Mini-Review. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27196579. [PMID: 36235114 PMCID: PMC9570905 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27196579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 08/25/2022] [Revised: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The bioavailability of organic compounds to bacterial cells is crucial for their vital activities. This includes both compounds that are desirable to the cells (e.g., sources of energy, carbon, nitrogen, and other nutrients) and undesirable compounds that are toxic to the cells. For this reason, bioavailability is an issue of great importance in many areas of human activity that are related to bacteria, e.g., biotechnological production, bioremediation of organic pollutants, and the use of antibiotics. This article proposes a classification of factors determining bioavailability, dividing them into factors at the physicochemical level (i.e., those related to the solubility of a chemical compound and its transport in aqueous solution) and factors at the microbiological level (i.e., those related to adsorption on the cell surface and those related to transport into the cell). Awareness of the importance of and the mechanisms governing each of the factors described allows their use to change bioavailability in the desired direction.
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Camargo K, Vogelbein MA, Horney JA, Dellapenna TM, Knap AH, Sericano JL, Wade TL, McDonald TJ, Chiu WA, Unger MA. Biosensor applications in contaminated estuaries: Implications for disaster research response. Environ Res 2022; 204:111893. [PMID: 34419473 PMCID: PMC8639622 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Revised: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Given the time and monetary costs associated with traditional analytical chemistry, there remains a need to rapidly characterize environmental samples for priority analysis, especially within disaster research response (DR2). As PAHs are both ubiquitous and occur as complex mixtures at many National Priority List sites, these compounds are of interest for post-disaster exposures. OBJECTIVE This study tests the field application of the KinExA Inline Biosensor in Galveston Bay and the Houston Ship Channel (GB/HSC) and in the Elizabeth River, characterizing the PAH profiles of these region's soils and sediments. To our knowledge, this is the first application of the biosensor to include soils. METHODS The biosensor enables calculation of total free PAHs in porewater (C free), which is confirmed through gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis. To determine potential risk of the collected soils the United States Environmental Protection (USEPA) Agency's Regional Screening Level (RSL) Calculator is used along with the USEPA Region 4 Ecological Screening Values (R4-ESV) and Refined Screening Values (R4-RSV). RESULTS Based on GC-MS results, all samples had PAH-related hazard indices below 1, indicating low noncarcinogenic risks, but some samples exceeded screening levels for PAH-associated cancer risks. Combining biosensor-based C free with Total Organic Carbon yields predictions highly correlated (r > 0.5) both with total PAH concentrations as well as with hazard indices and cancer risks. Additionally, several individual parent PAH concentrations in both the GB/HSC and Elizabeth River sediments exceeded the R4- ESV and R4-RSV values, indicating a need for follow-up sediment studies. CONCLUSIONS The resulting data support the utility of the biosensor for future DR2 efforts to characterize PAH contamination, enabling preliminary PAH exposure risk screening to aid in prioritization of environmental sample analysis.
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- Krisa Camargo
- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences - Interdisciplinary Faculty of Toxicology (IFT), Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA; Texas A&M University Geochemical and Environmental Research Group, College Station, TX, 77845, USA
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- Department of Aquatic Health Sciences, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, 23062, USA
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- Epidemiology Program, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19716, USA
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- Department of Marine and Coastal Environmental Science, Texas A&M University Galveston, Galveston, TX, 77554, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences - Interdisciplinary Faculty of Toxicology (IFT), Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA; Texas A&M University Geochemical and Environmental Research Group, College Station, TX, 77845, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences - Interdisciplinary Faculty of Toxicology (IFT), Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA; Texas A&M University Geochemical and Environmental Research Group, College Station, TX, 77845, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences - Interdisciplinary Faculty of Toxicology (IFT), Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA; Texas A&M University Geochemical and Environmental Research Group, College Station, TX, 77845, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences - Interdisciplinary Faculty of Toxicology (IFT), Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA; School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences - Interdisciplinary Faculty of Toxicology (IFT), Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Department of Aquatic Health Sciences, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, 23062, USA.
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Abdullah Al-Dhabi N, Arasu MV. Biosorption of hazardous waste from the municipal wastewater by marine algal biomass. Environ Res 2022; 204:112115. [PMID: 34563525 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 07/06/2021] [Revised: 09/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Lead is one of the highly toxic heavy metals causes various diseases even at very lower concentrations to human and affects eco-system. It is mainly released into the water through industrial activities. Phytoremediation is useful to degrade, reduce, metabolize and assimilate lead from wastewater. In this study, Turbinaria ornata was collected from the sea and dried biomass was used for biosorption of heavy metals. Adsorption of heavy metal was maximum after 100 min incubation with alga powder at acidic pH (4.5). The interactive effects of lead concentration, contact times, pH, biomass concentration and agitation speed was evaluated by a two-level full factorial design. Initial lead concentration, agitation speed and biomass concentration were the most important variables affecting lead removal (p < 0.001) were selected for optimization using central composite rotatable design. Lead removal was found to be maximum (99.8%) in optimized conditions: initial lead 99.8 mg/L, 250 rpm agitation speed and 16.2 g/L biomass concentrations. Municipal wastewater was collected and lead concentration (0.013 mg/L) and physiochemical factors were analyzed. Algal biomass removed >98.5% lead form the wastewater within 10 min in an optimized condition. The present study confirmed the potential application of T. ornata for the removal of lead from contaminated environment.
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- Naif Abdullah Al-Dhabi
- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. BOX 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. BOX 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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Posada-Baquero R, Semple KT, Ternero M, Ortega-Calvo JJ. Determining the bioavailability of benzo(a)pyrene through standardized desorption extraction in a certified reference contaminated soil. Sci Total Environ 2022; 803:150025. [PMID: 34500273 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150025] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Revised: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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There is a strong need for certified reference materials in the quality assurance of nonionic soil contaminant bioavailability estimations through physicochemical methods. We applied desorption extraction, a method recently standardized as ISO16751, to determine the bioavailable concentration of the most commonly regulated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), benzo(a)pyrene (BaP), in the reference industrial soil BCR-524 with a certified BaP total concentration of 8.60 mg kg-1. This concentration represented BaP levels found in many PAH-polluted soils. The method, based on single-point extraction of the analyte desorbed into the aqueous phase by a receiving phase (Tenax or cyclodextrin), was applied ten times. The data fulfilled highly demanding quality criteria based on recovery and repeatability. The bioavailable BaP concentration detected through Tenax extraction, 1.82 mg kg-1, was comparable to bioavailable concentrations determined in field-contaminated soils and to environmental quality standards based on previously observed total BaP concentrations. There was good agreement (Student's t-test, P ≤ 0.05) with the bioavailable BaP concentration determined by cyclodextrin extraction (1.53 mg kg-1). The methods were extended to four other certified 4- and 5-ringed PAHs for comparative purposes. We suggest ways of improving of the ISO16751 standard related to further systematic assessment of the Tenax-to-soil ratio and incorporation of mass balances. Furthermore, BCR-524 is suitable for quality-assurance protocols with these methods when used in site-specific risk assessments of PAH-polluted environments.
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- Rosa Posada-Baquero
- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), C. S. I. C., Seville, Spain
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom
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- Departamento de Química Analítica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), C. S. I. C., Seville, Spain.
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Mazarji M, Minkina T, Sushkova S, Mandzhieva S, Fedorenko A, Bauer T, Soldatov A, Barakhov A, Dudnikova T. Biochar-assisted Fenton-like oxidation of benzo[a]pyrene-contaminated soil. Environ Geochem Health 2022; 44:195-206. [PMID: 33411119 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-020-00801-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 09/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In the present study, the biochar derived from sunflower husks was used as a mediator in the heterogeneous Fenton process. The physical and chemical characteristics were studied in terms of specific surface area, elemental contents, surface morphology, surface functional groups, thermal stability, and X-ray crystallography. The main aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of biochar in a heterogeneous Fenton process catalyzed by hematite toward the degradation of benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) in Haplic Chernozem. The Fenton-like reaction was performed at a pH of 7.8 without pH adjustment in chernozem soil. The effects of operating parameters, such as hematite dosage and H2O2 concentrations, were investigated with respect to the removal efficiency of BaP. The overall degradation of 65% was observed at the optimized conditions where 2 mg g-1 hematite and 1.25 M H2O2 corresponded to the H2O2 to Fe ratio of 22:1. Moreover, the biochar amendment showed an increment in the removal efficiency and promotion in the growth of spring barley (Hordeum sativum distichum). The BaP removal was reached 75 and 95% after 2.5 and 5% w/w addition of biochar, respectively. The results suggested that the Fenton-like reaction's effectiveness would be greatly enhanced by the ability of biochar for activation of H2O2 and ejection of the electron to reduce Fe(III) to Fe(II). Finally, the presence of biochar could enhance the soil physicochemical properties, as evidenced by the better growth of Hordeum sativum distichum compared to the soil without biochar. These promising results open up new opportunities toward the application of a modified Fenton reaction with biochar for remediating BaP-polluted soils.
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- Mahmoud Mazarji
- Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation.
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- Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation
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- Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation
- Federal Research Centre the Southern Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation
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- Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation
- Federal Research Centre the Southern Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation
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Qin S, Qi S, Li X, Shi Q, Li H, Mou X, Zhang Y. Magnetic poly(β-cyclodextrin) combined with solubilizing agents for the rapid bioaccessibility measurement of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils. Environ Pollut 2021; 291:118260. [PMID: 34601030 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118260] [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: 05/31/2021] [Revised: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The rapid determination of the bioaccessibility of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soils is challenging due to their slow desorption rates and the insufficient extraction efficiency of the available methods. Herein, magnetic poly(β-cyclodextrin) microparticles (Fe3O4@PCD) were combined with hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HPCD) or methanol (MeOH) as solubilizing agents to develop a rapid and effective method for the bioaccessibility measurement of PAHs. Fe3O4@PCD was first validated for the rapid and quantitative adsorption of PAHs from MeOH and HPCD solutions. The solubilizing agents were then coupled with Fe3O4@PCD to extract PAHs from soil-water slurries, affording higher extractable fractions than the corresponding solution extraction and comparable to or higher than single Fe3O4@PCD or Tenax extraction. The desorption rates of labile PAHs could be markedly accelerated in this process, which were 1.3-12.0 times faster than those of single Fe3O4@PCD extraction. Moreover, a low HPCD concentration was sufficient to achieve a strong acceleration of the desorption rate without excessive extraction of the slow desorption fraction. Finally, a comparison with a bioaccumulation assay revealed that the combination of Fe3O4@PCD with HPCD could accurately predict the PAH concentration accumulated in earthworms in three field soil samples, indicating that the method is a time-saving and efficient procedure to measure the bioaccessibility of PAHs.
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- Shibin Qin
- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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- School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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Šmídová K, Svobodová M, Hofman J. Toxicokinetics of hydrophobic organic compounds in oligochaeta: A critical review. Environ Pollut 2021; 289:117743. [PMID: 34392100 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117743] [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: 10/13/2020] [Revised: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Toxicokinetic studies appertain to the fundamental research of soil bioavailability. However, the research outcomes of aspects influencing uptake and elimination of hydrophobic organic compounds have not been summarized so far. In our review, a recapitulation of available toxicokinetic data (i.e. experimental conditions, if the steady state was reached, uptake and elimination rate constants, and bioaccumulation factors) is presented in well-arranged tables. Further, toxicokinetic models are overviewed in the schematic form. In the review, the required information could be quickly found and/or the experimental gaps easily identified. Generally a little is known about the effects of soil properties other than soil organic matter. Limited or no data are available about soil treatment, food supply during laboratory exposure, and metabolization in oligochaeta. The impact of these factors might be important especially for arable soils with typically low organic matter content but high consequences on humans. Besides these circumstances, other uncertainties between published studies have been found. Firstly, the scientific results are provided in heterogenous units: bioaccumulation factors as well as the rate constants are reported in dry or wet weight of soil and earthworms. The steady state is another critical factor because the time to reach the equilibrium is influenced not only by soil and compound characteristics but for example also by aging. Nevertheless, toxicokinetic studies bring irreplaceable information about the real situation in soil and our review help to define missing knowledge and estimate the scientific priorities.
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- Klára Šmídová
- Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, RECETOX, Kamenice 753/5, Brno, CZ-62500, Czech Republic
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- Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, RECETOX, Kamenice 753/5, Brno, CZ-62500, Czech Republic
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- Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, RECETOX, Kamenice 753/5, Brno, CZ-62500, Czech Republic.
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Rajan S, Rex KR, Pasupuleti M, Muñoz-Arnanz J, Jiménez B, Chakraborty P. Soil concentrations, compositional profiles, sources and bioavailability of polychlorinated dibenzo dioxins/furans, polychlorinated biphenyls and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in open municipal dumpsites of Chennai city, India. Waste Manag 2021; 131:331-340. [PMID: 34218066 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2021.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 01/14/2021] [Revised: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Several studies have reported the release of halogenated persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) associated with open burning of municipal solid waste. Considering soil as a sink for such organic contaminants, we conducted an in-depth study on the surface soil concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/furans (PCDD/Fs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and sixteen USEPA enlisted PAHs collected from thirteen zones of the two major municipal dumpsites, Kodungaiyur dumpsite (KDS) and Perungudi dumpsite (PDS) of Chennai city. Indigenous microbes from dumpsite soil samples were isolated and identified based on 16S rRNA sequencing and phylogenetic analysis. Using indigenous microbes, we have elucidated the bioavailability of the targeted organic pollutants for each site.Range of Σ17PCDD/Fs, Σ25PCBs and ∑16PAHs varied between 3.96-612 pg/g (96.0 pg/g; median), ND-182 ng/g (6.35 ng/g; median) and 0.62-3649 ng/g (64.3 ng/g; median), respectively. All the dumpsite samples showed bioavailability for POPs and PAHs. Toxicity equivalent values (TEQs) associated with dioxin-like PCBs and PCDD/Fs from the zones where dumped municipal solid wastes were collected from electronic-waste/IT-corridor/port areas and toxic PAHs from the zone receiving wastes from the industrial corridor of the city were higher than the soil permissible limit prescribed by the World Health Organization.
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- Sancho Rajan
- Department of Civil Engineering and SRM Research Institute, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu 603203, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering and SRM Research Institute, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu 603203, India
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- Central Drug Research Institute, B.S. 10/1, Sector 10, Jankipuram Extension, Sitapur Road, Lucknow 226031, India
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- Department of Instrumental Analysis and Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry, CSIC, Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Instrumental Analysis and Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry, CSIC, Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Civil Engineering and SRM Research Institute, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu 603203, India.
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Ammeri RW, Hassen W, Hidri Y, Di Rauso Simeone G, Hassen A. Macrophyte and indigenous bacterial co-remediation process for pentachlorophenol removal from wastewater. Int J Phytoremediation 2021; 24:271-282. [PMID: 34121527 DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2021.1933897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 06/12/2023]
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This study has contributed in the description of bioaugmentation-phytoremediation efficiency process using Typha angustifolia concerning PCP tolerance and removal from wastewater. Samples of wastewater were collected from industrial wastewater plants, namely row wastewater effluent "E.WW", primary wastewater "P.WW", secondary wastewater "S.WW", clarified wastewater "AC.WW". These effluents were spiked with PCP at different rate (100, 500, and 1000 mg.L-1), physical, chemical and biological properties were monitored. A second experiment was set up in order to check the efficiency of phytoremediation treatments of the different effluents artificially contaminated with 200 mg.L-1 PCP after 20 days lab scale experiment. An important PCP removal by indigenous bacteria was showed in S. WW with values from 1000 to 72.2 mg.L-1 from T0 (start of the experiment) to TF (end of the experiment), respectively. Phytoremediation process allowed a decrease of PCP rate from 200 to 6.4 mg.L-1, a decrease of chloride content from 14.0 to 4.0 mg.L-1 in S.WW samples was observed. Furthermore, a significant increase of bacterial number in S.WW and AC.WW to 1.700 × 106 and 1.450 × 106 CFU.mL-1, respectively was observed. In addition, the DGGE analysis showed that after bioaugmentation-phytoremediation treatments, the highest species richness and relative abundance in wastewater effluent was observed. Novelty statement Pentachlorophenol (PCP) is one of highly toxic of polychlorophenols and required to continuously monitor in environment. This paper presenting a sensitive method phytoremediation and bioaugmentation for PCP biotransformation in wastewater. The novelty is the choice of a macrophyte Typha angustifolia, which is still used for the elimination of heavy metals but it not used for pesticide and pollutant removal in wastewater. Also, there are different analysis that was performed in order to check phyto-technique process (DGGE and HPLC). On the other side, in this study, the phyto-techniques with Typha angustifolia positively affected intrinsic microorganisms in order to promote pollutant remediation. So, the intrinsic microorganisms in wastewater with the macrophyte presence have a great capacity to reduce this pollutant and improve the bioremediation process.
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- Rim Werheni Ammeri
- Water Treatment and Recycling Laboratory, Water Research and Technology Center (CERTE), Technopole Borj-Cédria, Soliman, Tunisia
- Faculty of Sciences of Tunis (FST), University of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Research Unit of Analysis and Process Applied to the Environmental (APAE), Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology Mahdia, University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Integrated Olive Oil Production Laboratory (LR 16IO3), Cité Mahragène, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Water Treatment and Recycling Laboratory, Water Research and Technology Center (CERTE), Technopole Borj-Cédria, Soliman, Tunisia
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Davin M, Colinet G, Fauconnier ML. Targeting the right parameters in PAH remediation studies. Environ Pollut 2021; 278:116857. [PMID: 33711627 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 04/26/2020] [Revised: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Contaminated land burdens the economy of many countries and must be dealt with. Researchers have published thousands of documents studying and developing soil and sediment remediation treatments. Amongst the targeted pollutants are the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), described as a class of persistent organic compounds, potentially harmful to ecosystems and living organisms. The present paper reviews and discusses three scientific trends that are leading current PAH-contaminated soil/sediment remediation studies and management. First, the choice of compounds that are being studied and targeted in the scientific literature is discussed, and we suggest that the classical 16 US-EPA PAH compounds might no longer be sufficient to meet current environmental challenges. Second, we discuss the choice of experimental material in remediation studies. Using bibliometric measures, we show the lack of PAH remediation trials based on co-contaminated or aged-contaminated material. Finally, the systematic use of the recently validated bioavailability measurement protocol (ISO/TS 16751) in remediation trials is discussed, and we suggest it should be implemented as a tool to improve remediation processes and management strategies.
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- Marie Davin
- Soil-Water-Plant Exchanges, University of Liège, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, 2 Passage des Déportés, 5030, Gembloux, Belgium; Laboratory of Chemistry of Natural Molecules, University of Liège, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, 2 Passage des Déportés, 5030, Gembloux, Belgium.
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- Soil-Water-Plant Exchanges, University of Liège, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, 2 Passage des Déportés, 5030, Gembloux, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Chemistry of Natural Molecules, University of Liège, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, 2 Passage des Déportés, 5030, Gembloux, Belgium.
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Hua T, Wang H, Li S, Chen P, Li F, Wang W. Electrochemical performance and response of bacterial community during phenanthrene degradation in single-chamber air-cathode microbial fuel cells. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2021; 28:22705-22715. [PMID: 33423195 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-12226-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 09/25/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons have attracted considerable attention for their carcinogenic, teratogenic, and mutagenic properties in humans. Phenanthrene is one of the most abundant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in aquatic environments. In this study, different concentrations of phenanthrene were degraded by single-chamber air-cathode microbial fuel cells. The electrochemical parameter of microbial fuel cells and biofilm changes on the anode were observed. The results showed that the addition of phenanthrene reduced the power output of the microbial fuel cell which affected the process of microbial electricity generation. Meanwhile, microorganisms destroyed the original structure of phenanthrene through anaerobic metabolism, and achieved good average degradation of 94.9-98.4%. Observation of the anodic biofilm found that the microbes had tolerance to phenanthrene and the biofilm exhibited to be well-constructed. Bacterial community distribution showed a decrease in the relative abundance of Acidovorax and Aquamicrobium, whereas the relative content of the main electroactive organism, Geobacter, increased by a factor of three. The results show that it is feasible for microbial fuel cells to biodegrade phenanthrene, and provide some references for the changes of microbial community during degradation process.
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- Tao Hua
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Tianjin, 300350, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria at (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, Tianjin, 300350, People's Republic of China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Tianjin, 300350, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria at (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, Tianjin, 300350, People's Republic of China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Tianjin, 300350, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria at (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, Tianjin, 300350, People's Republic of China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Tianjin, 300350, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria at (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, Tianjin, 300350, People's Republic of China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Tianjin, 300350, People's Republic of China.
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria at (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, Tianjin, 300350, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Tianjin, 300350, People's Republic of China
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Gómez-Flores P, Gutiérrez-Rojas M, Gómez SA, González I. Sequential solvent extraction as a tool for evaluating hydrocarbons speciation in soil after electrochemical treatment. Sci Total Environ 2021; 752:141802. [PMID: 32890830 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141802] [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: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Soluble and total extractable concentrations used for predicting contaminants' environmental fate may lead to uncertainties due to the lack of understanding of soil-contaminants interactions. The present study focuses on the influence of a controlled electric field on the distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil samples evaluated through a speciation scheme. Soil samples were spiked with 25,000 mg (hexadecane, phenanthrene, and pyrene 100:1:1 w/w) per kg of soil, and speciation of hydrocarbons was determined by employing a novel Sequential Solvent Extraction procedure, resulting in five fractions: soluble, pseudosoluble, desorbable, extractable, and sequestered. The distribution of hydrocarbons was then changed through the application of an electric field (72 h, 0.708 mA cm-2, 2.95 ± 0.13 V cm-1), which modified the interactions in the soil-water interface. The electrochemical treatment significantly increased the pyrene soluble, desorbable and sequestered fractions by 340, 1.3 and 19-fold (p < 0.05); the hexadecane soluble fraction increased in 6-fold (p < 0.05) and the phenanthrene desorbable fraction increased in 1.3-fold (p < 0.05). The use of the speciation scheme proposed in this study provides a wider view of hydrocarbons distribution in soils, rather than using water-soluble or total extractable concentrations. Finally, this speciation scheme is proposed as a tool to evaluate the environmental fate of organic contaminants in soils.
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- Paulina Gómez-Flores
- Departamento de Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Av. San Rafael Atlixco No. 186, Col. Vicentina, C.P. 09340 Iztapalapa, CDMX, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Av. San Rafael Atlixco No. 186, Col. Vicentina, C.P. 09340 Iztapalapa, CDMX, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ingeniería de Procesos e Hidráulica, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Av. San Rafael Atlixco No. 186, Col. Vicentina, C.P. 09340 Iztapalapa, CDMX, Mexico
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- Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Av. San Rafael Atlixco No. 186, Col. Vicentina, C.P. 09340 Iztapalapa, CDMX, Mexico.
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Chen S, Zhou Z, Tsang DCW, Wang J, Odinga ES, Gao Y. Glomalin-related soil protein reduces the sorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by soils. Chemosphere 2020; 260:127603. [PMID: 32682136 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 03/03/2020] [Revised: 06/04/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Large amounts of glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP) are present in the soil; however, the impacts of GRSP on the chemical process of soil polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are far under investigation. This research sought to elucidate the sorption of phenanthrene as a representative PAH by soils, including Kandiudult, TypicPaleudalf, and Mollisols with co-existing GRSP (0-50 mg/L). The results indicated that soil sorption capacities for phenanthrene reduced significantly. Notably, GRSP changed the sorption process of phenanthrene by Kandiudult, well described as the Freundlich model. In contrast, the phenanthrene sorption isotherms were well described with the Linear model for TypicPaleudalf and Mollisols. The reduced percentage of phenanthrene sorption due to GRSP addition was 7.01%-49.21%, 23.92%-68.71%, and17.26%-66.80% for Kandiudult, TypicPaleudalf and Mollisols, respectively. It was noted that GRSP has a strong capacity for phenanthrene sorption in aqueous solutions and elevates the availability of phenanthrene for microorganisms or plants. During the sorption process, the introduction of GRSP resulted in the reduction of organic matter in soils and elevated the concentrations of dissolved organic matter in solutions, which was the primary mechanism of GRSP-reduced phenanthrene sorption by soils. The findings revealed that GRSP enrichment can increase the mobility of PAHs in contaminated soils.
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- Shuang Chen
- Institute of Organic Contaminant Control and Soil Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Institute of Organic Contaminant Control and Soil Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Institute of Organic Contaminant Control and Soil Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Institute of Organic Contaminant Control and Soil Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Institute of Organic Contaminant Control and Soil Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
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Qin S, Qi S, Li X, Fan Y, Li H, Mou X, Zhang Y. Magnetic solid-phase extraction as a novel method for the prediction of the bioaccessibility of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Sci Total Environ 2020; 728:138789. [PMID: 32375114 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 02/11/2020] [Revised: 04/11/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Chemical methods used to predict the bioaccessibility of hydrophobic organic compounds (HOCs) still need further development and improvement. In this work, magnetic solid-phase extraction (MSPE) based on poly(β-cyclodextrin)-coated magnetic polydopamine (Fe3O4@PDA@PCD) was first introduced to assess the bioaccessibility of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soils. Due to its good hydrophilicity and submicrometer scale, Fe3O4@PDA@PCD displayed a higher extraction rate for PAHs in an aqueous solution (equilibrium time < 5 min) than Tenax resin, which had an equilibrium time longer than 30 min. The merits of Fe3O4@PDA@PCD are beneficial to accelerate the desorption of PAHs from soil, especially for high molecular weight PAHs, in which the amounts extracted by Fe3O4@PDA@PCD were 1.2-2.8 times higher than those extracted by Tenax resin. The desorption kinetics data were well fitted with a two- or three-fraction model. The fitting results indicated that the MSPE method can be used to predict the bioaccessible fractions of PAHs. By comparing the prediction results obtained from the MSPE method with bioassays using earthworms, a significant linear correlation (R2 = 0.98) with a slope statistically close to 1 was obtained. These results suggested that the MSPE method can act as a simple and efficient method to measure the bioaccessibility of PAHs in soil.
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- Shibin Qin
- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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Huang JH, Shetaya WH, Osterwalder S. Determination of (Bio)-available mercury in soils: A review. Environ Pollut 2020; 263:114323. [PMID: 32311621 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 10/27/2019] [Revised: 03/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Despite the mercury (Hg) control measures adopted by the international community, Hg still poses a significant risk to ecosystem and human health. This is primarily due to the ability of atmospheric Hg to travel intercontinentally and contaminating terrestrial and aquatic environments far from its natural and anthropogenic point sources. The issue of Hg pollution is further complicated by its unique physicochemical characteristics, most noticeably its multiple chemical forms that vary in their toxicity and environmental mobility. This meant that most of the risk evaluation protocols developed for other metal(loid)s are not suitable for Hg. Soil is a major reservoir of Hg and a key player in its global cycle. To fully assess the risks of soil Hg it is essential to estimate its bioavailability and/or availability which are closely linked to its toxicity. However, the accurate determination of the (bio)-available pools of Hg in soils is problematic, because the terms 'bioavailable' and 'available' are ill-defined. In particular, the term 'bioavailable pool', representing the fraction of Hg that is accessible to living organisms, has been consistently misused by interchanging with other intrinsically different terms e.g. mobile, labile, reactive and soluble pools. A wide array of physical, chemical, biological and isotopic exchange methods were developed to estimate the (bio)-available pools of Hg in soil in an attempt to offer a plausible assessment of its risks. Unfortunately, many of these methods do not mirror the (bio)-available pools of soil Hg and suffer from technical drawbacks. In this review, we discuss advantages and disadvantages of methods that are currently applied to quantify the (bio)-availability of Hg in soils. We recommended the most feasible methods and give suggestions how to improve the determination of (bio)-available Hg in soils.
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- Jen-How Huang
- Environmental Geosciences, University of Basel, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland.
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- Air Pollution Research Department, National Research Centre, 33 El-Bohouth St., Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt
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- Environmental Geosciences, University of Basel, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland
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Ukalska-Jaruga A, Smreczak B. The Impact of Organic Matter on Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Availability and Persistence in Soils. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25112470. [PMID: 32466451 PMCID: PMC7321076 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25112470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2020] [Revised: 05/23/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) exhibit persistence in soils, and most of them are potentially mutagenic/carcinogenic and teratogenic for human beings but also influence the growth and development of soil organisms. The PAHs emitted into the atmosphere are ultimately deposited (by dry or wet deposition processes) onto the soil surface where they tend to accumulate. Soil organic matter (SOM) plays an important role in the fate and transformation processes of PAHs, affecting their mobility, availability, and persistence. Therefore, the aim of this research was to investigate the influence of SOM fractional diversification (fulvic acids-FA, humic acids-HA, and humins-HN) on PAH availability and persistence in soils. Twenty soil samples (n = 20) were collected from upper horizons (0-30 cm) of agricultural soils exposed to anthropogenic emissions from industrial and domestic sources. The assessment of PAH concentrations included the determination of medium-molecular-weight compounds from the US EPA list: fluoranthene-FLA, pyrene-PYR, benz(a)anthracene-BaA, and chrysene-CHR. The assessment was conducted using the GC-MS/MS technique. Three operationally defined fractions were investigated: total extractable PAHs (TE-PAHs) fraction, available/bioavailable PAHs (PB-PAHs) fraction, and nonavailable/residual PAHs (RE-PAHs) fraction, which was calculated as the difference between total and available PAHs. TE-PAHs were analyzed by dichloromethane extraction, while PB-PAHs were analyzed with a hydrophobic β-cyclodextrin solution. SOM was characterized by total organic carbon content (Turin method) and organic carbon of humic substances including FA, HA, HN (IHSS method). Concentrations of PAHs differed between soils from 193.5 to 3169.5 µg kg-1, 4.3 to 226.4 µg kg-1, and 148.6 to 3164.7 µg kg-1 for ∑4 TE-PAHs, ∑4 PB-PAHs, and ∑4 RE-PAHs, respectively. The ∑4 PB-PAHs fraction did not exceed 30% of ∑4 TE-PAHs. FLA was the most strongly bound in soil (highest content of RE-FLA), whereas PYR was the most available (highest content of PB-PYR). The soils were characterized by diversified total organic carbon (TOC) concentration (8.0-130.0 g kg-1) and individual SOM fractions (FA = 0.4-7.5 g kg-1, HA = 0.6-13.0 g kg-1, HN = 0.9-122.9 g kg-1). FA and HA as the labile fraction of SOM with short turnover time strongly positively influenced the potential ∑4 PAH availability (r = 0.56 and r = 0.52 for FA and HA, respectively). HN, which constitutes a stable fraction of organic matter with high hydrophobicity and poor degradability, was strongly correlated with ∑4 RE-PAHs (r = 0.75), affecting their persistence in soil.
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Cazals F, Huguenot D, Crampon M, Colombano S, Betelu S, Galopin N, Perrault A, Simonnot MO, Ignatiadis I, Rossano S. Production of biosurfactant using the endemic bacterial community of a PAHs contaminated soil, and its potential use for PAHs remobilization. Sci Total Environ 2020; 709:136143. [PMID: 31884277 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [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: 09/30/2019] [Revised: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 12/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Biosurfactants are surface-active agents produced by microorganisms whose use in soil remediation processes is increasingly discussed as a more environmentally friendly alternative than chemically produced surfactants. In this work, we report the production of a biosurfactant by a bacterial community extracted from a polluted soil, mainly impacted by PAHs, in order to use it in a soil-washing process coupled with bioremediation. Nutrient balance was a critical parameter to optimize the production. Best conditions for biosurfactant production were found to be 20 g/L of glucose, 2 g/L of NH4NO3, and 14.2 g/L of Na2HPO4, corresponding to a C/N/P molar ratio equal to 13/1/2. Purification of the produced biosurfactant by acidification and double extraction with dichloromethane as a solvent allowed measuring the Critical Micellar Concentration (CMC) as equal to 42 mg/L. The capacity of the purified biosurfactant to increase the apparent solubility of four reference PAHs (naphthalene, phenanthrene, pyrene and benzo[a]pyrene) was completed. The solubilisation ratios, in mg of PAH/g of biosurfactant for phenanthrene, pyrene and benzo[a]pyrene are 0.214, 0.1204 and 0.0068, respectively. Identification of the bacteria found in the colony producing the biosurfactant showed the presence of bacteria able to produce biosurfactant (Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas), as well as, others able to degrade PAHs (Microbacterium, Pseudomonas, Rhodanobacteraceae).
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- Florian Cazals
- Laboratoire Géomatériaux et Environnement, Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, France; Colas Environnement, France; Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), France.
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- Laboratoire Géomatériaux et Environnement, Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, France.
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- Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), France.
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- Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des Procédés, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, 54000 Nancy, France.
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- Laboratoire Géomatériaux et Environnement, Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, France.
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Portet-Koltalo F, Gardes T, Debret M, Copard Y, Marcotte S, Morin C, Laperdrix Q. Bioaccessibility of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAHs, PCBs) and trace elements: Influencing factors and determination in a river sediment core. J Hazard Mater 2020; 384:121499. [PMID: 31685316 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 03/04/2019] [Revised: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 10/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Organic matter (OM), clays, sand or time are factors possibly influencing the bioaccessibility of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) from sediments. An experimental design was performed to monitor and quantify this process. The bioaccessible fraction, linked to the rapidly-desorbing fraction (Frap) of contaminants, was assessed through a non-exhaustive extraction using a carboxymethyl-β-cyclodextrin polymer. OM content was the most influential factor as regards Frap. Clay percentage was a slightly influential factor for PAHs while the interaction sand × OM was a slightly influential factor for PCBs. Frap was also determined in a sediment core collected from Martot's Pond (France). The higher the PAH/PCB concentration in this sediment, the higher the bioaccessible fraction. The relationship between a lower bioaccessibility and a higher number of PAHs cycles or PCB chlorines was linear. OM content impacted on Frap only for PAHs. Sequential extractions of some trace elements were also performed to evaluate their mobility. Cu, Cr, Pb, Ni were the less bioaccessible. A great part of As, Cd and Zn was found in the most bioaccessible sediment fractions. The 40-65 cm section might be considered as the most negatively impacting on the aquatic fauna, due to Cd and Zn high bioaccessible concentrations.
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- F Portet-Koltalo
- Normandie University, UNIROUEN, COBRA Laboratory UMR CNRS 6014, 55 rue Saint Germain, 27000 Evreux, France.
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- Normandie University, UNIROUEN, COBRA Laboratory UMR CNRS 6014, 55 rue Saint Germain, 27000 Evreux, France; Normandie University, UNIROUEN, M2C Laboratory UMR 6143, FR CNRS 3730 SCALE, Bâtiment Blondel, Place Emile Blondel, 76821 Mont Saint Aignan Cedex, France.
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- Normandie University, UNIROUEN, M2C Laboratory UMR 6143, FR CNRS 3730 SCALE, Bâtiment Blondel, Place Emile Blondel, 76821 Mont Saint Aignan Cedex, France.
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- Normandie University, UNIROUEN, M2C Laboratory UMR 6143, FR CNRS 3730 SCALE, Bâtiment Blondel, Place Emile Blondel, 76821 Mont Saint Aignan Cedex, France.
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- Normandie University, UNIROUEN, COBRA Laboratory UMR CNRS 6014, 55 rue Saint Germain, 27000 Evreux, France.
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- Normandie University, UNIROUEN, COBRA Laboratory UMR CNRS 6014, 55 rue Saint Germain, 27000 Evreux, France.
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- Normandie University, UNIROUEN, COBRA Laboratory UMR CNRS 6014, 55 rue Saint Germain, 27000 Evreux, France.
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Zhang R, Han D, Jiang L, Zhong M, Liang J, Xia T, Zhao Y. Derivation of site-specific remediation goals by incorporating the bioaccessibility of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with the probabilistic analysis method. J Hazard Mater 2020; 384:121239. [PMID: 31574384 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 04/01/2019] [Revised: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 09/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Incorporating bioaccessibility into human health risk assessment is recognized as a valid way to reduce the conservative properties of conventional results, where the total concentration of a contaminant analysed by exhaustive chemical extraction is applied. Taking a coke production site in Beijing as an example, a mild chemical extraction technology was employed to profile the bioaccessibility of benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene (IcP) and dibenz[ah]anthracene (DBA) in soils. The results that were regressed using two bi-phase desorption models (Karickhoff and Weibull) revealed that the rapid desorption fractions of BaP, IcP and DBA, which are taken for bioaccessible fractions, were basically less than half of the total contents in the soils. Probabilistic analysis (PA) was carried out with pre-set distributions of the exposure parameters to characterize the uncertainty in the assessment. The results incorporating bioaccessibility and PA were several times higher than the generic remediation goals which equal to national screening levels, and orders of magnitude higher than the baselines of the region and nation. The results of the Weibull fit were finally recommended as site-specific remediation goals (SSRGs) (10.59 mg/kg, 95.48 mg/kg and 9.24 mg/kg). Over-remediation was avoided while contributing to considerable economic and environmental benefits.
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- Ruihuan Zhang
- National Engineering Research Centre of Urban Environmental Pollution Control, Beijing Key Laboratory for Risk Modelling and Remediation of Contaminated Sites, Beijing Municipal Research Institute of Environmental Protection, Beijing, 100037, China
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- National Engineering Research Centre of Urban Environmental Pollution Control, Beijing Key Laboratory for Risk Modelling and Remediation of Contaminated Sites, Beijing Municipal Research Institute of Environmental Protection, Beijing, 100037, China
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- National Engineering Research Centre of Urban Environmental Pollution Control, Beijing Key Laboratory for Risk Modelling and Remediation of Contaminated Sites, Beijing Municipal Research Institute of Environmental Protection, Beijing, 100037, China.
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- National Engineering Research Centre of Urban Environmental Pollution Control, Beijing Key Laboratory for Risk Modelling and Remediation of Contaminated Sites, Beijing Municipal Research Institute of Environmental Protection, Beijing, 100037, China.
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- National Engineering Research Centre of Urban Environmental Pollution Control, Beijing Key Laboratory for Risk Modelling and Remediation of Contaminated Sites, Beijing Municipal Research Institute of Environmental Protection, Beijing, 100037, China
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- National Engineering Research Centre of Urban Environmental Pollution Control, Beijing Key Laboratory for Risk Modelling and Remediation of Contaminated Sites, Beijing Municipal Research Institute of Environmental Protection, Beijing, 100037, China
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- National Engineering Research Centre of Urban Environmental Pollution Control, Beijing Key Laboratory for Risk Modelling and Remediation of Contaminated Sites, Beijing Municipal Research Institute of Environmental Protection, Beijing, 100037, China
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Meng F, Yang X, Duan L, Naidu R, Nuruzzaman M, Semple KT. Influence of pH, electrical conductivity and ageing on the extractability of benzo[a]pyrene in two contrasting soils. Sci Total Environ 2019; 690:647-653. [PMID: 31301505 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2019] [Revised: 06/26/2019] [Accepted: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Higher soil pH and electrical conductivity (EC) were suspected to result in higher extractability and bioavailability of benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) in soils. In this study, we investigated the influence of pH, EC and ageing on the extractability of B[a]P in two contracting soils (varied largely in soil texture, clay mineralogy and organic carbon content) over 4 months. Dilute sodium hydroxide (0.2 mol L-1) and sodium chloride (0.1 mol L-1) solutions were used to adjust soil pH and EC either separately or simultaneously. Extractability of B[a]P in these soils was monitored using a mild solvent extraction using butanol (BuOH, end-over-end shake over 24 h), and an exhaustive mix-solvent extraction using dichloromethane/acetone (DCM/Ace, v:v = 1:1) facilitated by sonication and a subsequent NaOH saponification method following the DCM/Ace extraction. Results showed that increased pH and/or EC significantly increased the B[a]P extractability in the sandy soil (GIA). Variance analysis of contribution of pH and/or EC modification and ageing time on changes in B[a]P extractability indicated that in GIA > 55% and over 25% of the changes in B[a]P extractability was attributed to increased pH&EC and pH only respectively. While ageing resulted in >85% of the change in B[a]P extractability in the clayey soil (BDA), following by increased pH&EC (contribution < 15%). Large amount of non-extractable residue (NER) were formed over the ageing period, up to 95% and 79% in GIA/BDA and its modified soils, respectively. Significant correlations were observed between B[a]P BuOH extractability and the exhaustive sequential extraction using DCM/Ace followed by NaOH saponification for all soils (p < 0.001). With slopes of the correlations close to 1, our results indicated that the simple mild solvent BuOH extraction was equivalent to the complex sequential DCM/Ace and NaOH saponification extraction in these soils.
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- Fanbo Meng
- Institute of Soil, Jinan Environmental Research Academy, Jinan 250102, China; Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), ATC Building, the University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus, NSW 2308, Australia
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- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), ATC Building, the University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus, NSW 2308, Australia; Department of Geography & Spatial Information Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), ATC Building, the University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus, NSW 2308, Australia; Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE), the University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus, NSW 2308, Australia.
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- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), ATC Building, the University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus, NSW 2308, Australia; Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE), the University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus, NSW 2308, Australia
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- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), ATC Building, the University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus, NSW 2308, Australia
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- Lancaster Environmental Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom
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Klimkowicz-Pawlas A, Maliszewska-Kordybach B, Smreczak B. Triad-based screening risk assessment of the agricultural area exposed to the long-term PAHs contamination. Environ Geochem Health 2019; 41:1369-1385. [PMID: 30467649 PMCID: PMC6702193 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-018-0220-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2018] [Accepted: 11/13/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The aim of the study was ecological risk assessment (ERA) of the agricultural soils located in the vicinity of the highly industrialized area and exposed to different emission sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). In this study, we demonstrated the combination of generic and site-specific ERA approach for screening assessment and delineation of the area of a high ecological risk. Generic approach was based on a hazard quotient and indicated that 62% of the research area needs further assessment. For site-specific evaluation, the Triad approach was utilized. Information from three lines of evidence (LoE): chemical, ecotoxicological and ecological, was integrated into one environmental risk (EnvRI) index. The chemical risk was derived from toxic pressure coefficients based on the total PAHs concentration. The ecotoxicological LoE included an acute toxicity testing: the luminescent bacteria Aliivibrio fischeri activity in both liquid- and solid-phase samples and the ability of crustacean Thamnocephalus platyurus to food uptake. The ecological LoE comprised microbial parameters related to soil respiration and enzymatic activity. Integrated EnvRI index ranged from 0.44 to 0.94 and was mainly influenced by high values of chemical LoE risk, while the ecotoxicological and ecological LoE indicated no or low risk. Due to the relatively high uncertainty associated with the contradictory information given by LoEs, there is the need to confirm potential risk in a tier 2 analysis.
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- Agnieszka Klimkowicz-Pawlas
- Department of Soil Science Erosion and Land Protection, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation - State Research Institute, Czartoryskich 8, 24-100, Puławy, Poland.
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- Department of Soil Science Erosion and Land Protection, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation - State Research Institute, Czartoryskich 8, 24-100, Puławy, Poland
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- Department of Soil Science Erosion and Land Protection, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation - State Research Institute, Czartoryskich 8, 24-100, Puławy, Poland
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Umeh AC, Duan L, Naidu R, Semple KT. Extremely small amounts of B[a]P residues remobilised in long-term contaminated soils: A strong case for greater focus on readily available and not total-extractable fractions in risk assessment. J Hazard Mater 2019; 368:72-80. [PMID: 30665110 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.01.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2018] [Revised: 01/05/2019] [Accepted: 01/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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There is a lack of understanding about the potential for remobilisation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) residues in soils, specifically after the removal of readily available fractions, and the likelihood to cause harm to human and environmental health. Sequential solvent extractions, using butanol (BuOH), dichloromethane/acetone, and methanolic saponification were used to investigate the time-dependent remobilisation of B[a]P residues in aged soils, after removal of readily available or total-extractable fractions. After 120 d of aging, BuOH-remobilised B[a]P were small or extremely small ranging from 2.3 ± 0.1 mg/kg to 4.5 ± 0.5 mg/kg and from 0.9 ± 0.0 mg/kg to 1.0 ± 0.1 mg/kg, after removal of readily available and total-extractable fractions, respectively. After removal of readily available fractions, the remobilisation rates of B[a]P residues were constant over 5 re-equilibration times, as shown by first-order kinetics. The amounts of B[a]P remobilised significantly (p < 0.05) decreased with aging, particularly in hard organic carbon-rich soils. After 4 years of aging, BuOH- and total-remobilised B[a]P were generally < 5% of the initially spiked 50 mg/kg. Based on the findings of this study, the potential or significant potential for B[a]P NERs in soils to cause significant harm to human and environmental health are minimal.
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- Anthony C Umeh
- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia; Co-operative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE), University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
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- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia; Co-operative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE), University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
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- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia; Co-operative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE), University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom
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Cheng Y, Ding J, Xie X, Ji X, Zhang Y. Validation and Application of a 3-Step Sequential Extraction Method to Investigate the Fraction Transformation of Organic Pollutants in Aging Soils: A Case Study of Dechlorane Plus. Environ Sci Technol 2019; 53:1325-1333. [PMID: 30595018 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b06201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A 3-step sequential extraction method was developed to characterize the "labile," "stable-adsorbed," and "bound-residue" fractions of Dechlorane Plus (DP) in aging soils. Afterward, the proposed method was used to observe the transformation of DP fractions during aging. Slight decrease of total DP concentrations suggested there was a rather limited degradation, with only 4.2-8.2% of initial DP having degraded after 260 days. The labile fraction, which indicated the bioavailability of DP, decreased from 25.5% to 8.2%. The bound-residue fraction, usually regarded as a route for detoxification, increased from 0.1% to 18.5%. Model simulations were then developed to investigate the transformation, indicating that transformation rates were inconstant and distinguishable over time. Half-lives of DP were estimated to range from 1325 to 2948 days, indicating its environmental persistence in aging soils. Through Sobol Global Sensitivity Analysis (SGSA), degradation was evaluated to be the most sensitive factor of effecting the DP transformation in aging soils. Furthermore, the fsyn values increased from 0.26 to 0.37 in the labile fraction and decreased from 0.25 to 0.18 in the bound-residue fraction. The observed stereoselectivity difference might be the cause of the stereoselective accumulation of DP in terrestrial organisms.
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- Yu Cheng
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Center for Hydrosciences Research, School of the Environment, School of Life Science , Nanjing University , Nanjing , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education. College of environment , Hohai University , Nanjing , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Center for Hydrosciences Research, School of the Environment, School of Life Science , Nanjing University , Nanjing , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Center for Hydrosciences Research, School of the Environment, School of Life Science , Nanjing University , Nanjing , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Center for Hydrosciences Research, School of the Environment, School of Life Science , Nanjing University , Nanjing , P. R. China
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Wolf DC, Gan J. Influence of rhamnolipid biosurfactant and Brij-35 synthetic surfactant on 14C-Pyrene mineralization in soil. Environ Pollut 2018; 243:1846-1853. [PMID: 30408872 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.10.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 07/25/2018] [Revised: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 10/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous contaminants in soil and are considered priority pollutants due to their carcinogenicity. Bioremediation of PAH-contaminated soils is often limited by the low solubility and strong sorption of PAHs in soil. Synthetic surfactants and biosurfactants have been used to enhance the bioavailability of PAHs and to accelerate microbial degradation. However, few studies have compared synthetic and biosurfactants in their efficiency in promoting PAH biodegradation in either native or bioaugmented soils. In this study, we evaluated mineralization of 14C-pyrene in soils with or without the augmentation of Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1, and characterized the effect of Brij-35 (synthetic) and rhamnolipid biosurfactant at different amendment rates. Treatment of rhamnolipid biosurfactant at 140 or 1400 μg surfactant g-dry soil-1 rates resulted in a significantly longer lag period in 14C-pyrene mineralization in both native and bioaugmented soils. In contrast, amendment of Brij-35 generally increased 14C-pyrene degradation, and the greatest enhancement occurred at 21.6 or 216 μg surfactant g-dry soil-1 rates, which may be attributed to increased bioavailability. Brij-35 and rhamnolipid biosurfactant were found to be non-toxic to M. vanbaalenii PYR-1 at 10X CMC, thus indicating rhamnolipid biosurfactant likely served as a preferential carbon source to the degrading bacteria in place of 14C-pyrene, leading to delayed and inhibited 14C-pyrene degradation. Mineralization of 14C-pyrene by M. vanbaalenii PYR-1 was rapid in the unamended soils, and up to 60% of pyrene was mineralized to 14CO2 after 10 d in the unamended or Brij-35 surfactant-amended soils. Findings of this study suggest that application of surfactants may not always lead to enhanced PAH biodegradation or removal. If the surfactant is preferentially used as an easier carbon substrate than PAHs for soil microorganisms, it may actually inhibit PAH biodegradation. Selection of surfactant types is therefore crucial for the effectiveness of surfactant-aided bioremediation of PAH-contaminated soils.
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- D C Wolf
- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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Ti Q, Gu C, Liu C, Cai J, Bian Y, Yang X, Song Y, Wang F, Sun C, Jiang X. Comparative evaluation of influence of aging, soil properties and structural characteristics on bioaccessibility of polychlorinated biphenyls in soil. Chemosphere 2018; 210:941-948. [PMID: 30208554 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.07.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 03/26/2018] [Revised: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 07/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Though bioaccessibility commonly recognized as a guideline for risk assessment is closely related with pollution occurrence and chemical species of compounds, the mechanistic links are barely evaluated particularly for widespread polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in soil. With the biomimetic extraction of hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (β-HPCD), the temporal and spatial influences of soil properties, aging and structural characteristics, e.g. polarity of PCB congeners on bioaccessibility were investigated for PCBs. Sensitive variation of bioaccessibility with aging, soil organic matter (SOM), particle size and soil moisture were clearly evidenced for different PCB congeners. Due to aging, the bioaccessibility decreased in the long term after stabilization for 36 h. In concert with the first-order kinetics, the decay rates of bioaccessibility were shown with congener-specificity and were well correlated with dipoles of PCBs. The increment of SOM diminished the bioaccessibility for the strengthened adsorption while the increased particle size and soil moisture elevated it possibly due to the less adsorption on soil particles and more accommodation of PCBs in soil pore water. Except the positive correlations with particle size, soil moisture and dipole moment, the greater dependency on aging and SOM was highlighted for bioaccessibility by partial least squares (PLS) analysis. The mutual relationship with influential factors was quantitatively formulated for accelerative prediction of bioaccessibility, and the comparative evaluation and detailed insights into the mechanistic links would thus help enhance the precise determination of bioaccessibility and risk assessment of PCBs in soil.
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- Qingqing Ti
- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, PR China
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Ramadass K, Megharaj M, Venkateswarlu K, Naidu R. Bioavailability of weathered hydrocarbons in engine oil-contaminated soil: Impact of bioaugmentation mediated by Pseudomonas spp. on bioremediation. Sci Total Environ 2018; 636:968-974. [PMID: 29913620 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [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: 04/04/2018] [Revised: 04/27/2018] [Accepted: 04/27/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Heavier fraction hydrocarbons (C15-C36) formed in soil after biotic and abiotic weatherings of engine oil are the continuing constraints in the bioremediation strategy, and their bioavailability remains a poorly quantified regulatory factor. In a microcosm study, we used two strains of Pseudomonas, P. putida TPHK-1 and P. aeruginosa TPHK-4, in strategies of bioremediation, viz., natural attenuation, biostimulation and bioaugmentation, for removal of weathered total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs) in soil contaminated long-term with high concentrations of engine oil (39,000-41,000 mg TPHs kg-1 soil). Both the bacterial strains exhibited a great potential in remediating weathered hydrocarbons of engine oil. Addition of inorganic fertilizers (NPK), at recommended levels for bioremediation, resulted in significant inhibition in biostimulation/enhanced natural attenuation as well as bioaugmentation. The data on dehydrogenase activity clearly confirmed those of bioremediation strategies used, indicating that this enzyme assay could serve as an indicator of bioremediation potential of oil-contaminated soil. Extraction of TPHs from engine oil-contaminated soil with hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HPCD), but not 1-butanol, was found reliable in predicting the bioavailability of weathered hydrocarbons. Also, 454 pyrosequencing data were in accordance with those of bioremediation strategies used in the present microcosm study, suggesting the possible use of pyrosequencing in designing approaches for bioremediation.
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- Kavitha Ramadass
- Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia; Research and Innovation Division, University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW2308, Australia
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- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation, Faculty of Science, CRC CARE, University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW2308, Australia.
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- Formerly Professor of Microbiology, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur 515055, India
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- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation, Faculty of Science, CRC CARE, University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW2308, Australia
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Wei Y, Liang X, Guo C, Dang Z. Competitive partitioning of phenanthrene in carbon nanomaterials and anionic and nonionic micelles. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2018; 553:612-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2018.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Harmsen J, Rietra RPJJ. 25 years monitoring of PAHs and petroleum hydrocarbons biodegradation in soil. Chemosphere 2018; 207:229-238. [PMID: 29800823 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.05.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [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: 03/01/2018] [Revised: 04/19/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) in sediment and soil has been monitored on seven experimental fields during periods up to 25 years. With this unique dataset, we investigated long-term very slow biodegradation under field conditions. . The data show that three biodegradation rates can be distinguished for PAHs: 1) rapid degradation during the first year, 2) slow degradation during the following 6 years and 3), subject of this paper, a very slow degradation after 7 years until at least 25 years. Beside 2-, 3- and 4-ring PAHs, also 5- and 6-ring PAHs (aromatic rings) were degraded, all at the same rate during very slow degradation. In the period of very slow degradation, 6% yr-1 of the PAHs present were removed in five fields and 2% yr-1 in two other fields, while in the same period no very slow degradation of TPH could be observed. The remaining petroleum hydrocarbons were high boiling and non-toxic. Using the calculated degradation rates and the independently measured bioavailability of the PAHs (Tenax-method), the PAHs degradation curves of all seven monitored fields could be modelled. Applying the model and data obtained with the Tenax-method for fresh contaminated material, results of long-term biodegradation can be predicted, which can support the use of bioremediation in order to obtain a legally acceptable residual concentration.
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- Joop Harmsen
- Wageningen Environmental Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen Environmental Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Lors C, Ponge JF, Damidot D. Environmental hazard assessment by the Ecoscore system to discriminate PAH-polluted soils. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2018; 25:26747-26756. [PMID: 28803428 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-9906-4] [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: 02/23/2017] [Accepted: 08/03/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A bioassay battery-integrated index was applied to different soils sampled from a former coke factory, with the aim to evaluate the discriminating capacity of the Ecoscore system (ES) to assess the environmental hazard of PAH-polluted soils. Two soils from a former coke factory, polluted with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), were evaluated for their ecotoxicity to terrestrial and aquatic organisms and their genotoxicity. These soils have been already presented in a previous paper but data have been reanalyzed for the present article in an endeavor to standardize the ES. One soil was sampled in the untreated site and the second underwent a windrow treatment. While these soils had a similar total concentrations of US-EPA 16PAHs (around 3000 mg kg-1), different ecoscores were obtained when subjected to a set of solid- and liquid-phase bioassays measuring acute, chronic, and genotoxic effects. The total PAH content of the soil is not a pertinent parameter to assess soil pollution hazards contrary to the ES. ES is a robust method to classify soils according to their toxicity level. Four levels of toxicity have been defined: no (ecoscore = 0), weak (0 < ecoscore ≤33), moderate (33 < ecoscore ≤67), and strong toxicity (67 < ecoscore ≤ 100). The combination of chemical and toxicological data highlights the relationship between three-ring PAHs and acute ecotoxicity. Conversely, chronic effects of water extracts on algal growth could be explained by high molecular weight PAHs, such as five- and six-ring PAHs.
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- Christine Lors
- IMT Lille Douai, EA 4515 - LGCgE - Laboratoire de Génie Civil et Géoenvironnement, Département Génie Civil & Environnemental, 941 rue Charles-Bourseul, 59508, Douai, France.
- Université Lille Nord de France, 1bis rue Georges Lefèvre, 59044, Lille Cedex, France.
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- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS UMR 7179, 4 Avenue du Petit Château, 91800, Brunoy, France
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- IMT Lille Douai, EA 4515 - LGCgE - Laboratoire de Génie Civil et Géoenvironnement, Département Génie Civil & Environnemental, 941 rue Charles-Bourseul, 59508, Douai, France
- Université Lille Nord de France, 1bis rue Georges Lefèvre, 59044, Lille Cedex, France
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Umeh AC, Duan L, Naidu R, Semple KT. Comparison of Single- and Sequential-Solvent Extractions of Total Extractable Benzo[a]pyrene Fractions in Contrasting Soils. Anal Chem 2018; 90:11703-11709. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b03387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Anthony C. Umeh
- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
- Co-operative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE), University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
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- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
- Co-operative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE), University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
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- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
- Co-operative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE), University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom
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He W, Hu ZH, Yuan S, Zhong WH, Mei YZ, Dai CC. Bacterial Bioreporter-Based Mercury and Phenanthrene Assessment in Yangtze River Delta Soils of China. J Environ Qual 2018; 47:562-570. [PMID: 29864184 DOI: 10.2134/jeq2017.07.0286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Genetically engineered bacterial whole-cell bioreporters were deployed to investigate bioavailable mercury (b-Hg) and phenanthrene (b-PHE). Characterized by high sensitivity and specificity in aqueous solutions, the bioreporter system could detect in amended soils the concentrations of b-Hg and b-PHE in the ranges of 19.6 to 111.6 and 21.5 to 110.9 μg kg, respectively. The sensitivity of the system allowed for the combined analysis of b-Hg and b-PHE from real environmental samples. Therefore, soil samples from three large refinery facilities were tested, and the results from the instrumental analysis strongly correlated with the ones obtained with the bioreporter method. Large-scale and fast screening of soil contamination across the Yangtze River Delta in Eastern China was conducted. More than 36% of the samples contained b-Hg, whereas the fractions of b-PHE were below the detection limit for all the samples. These results indicated a higher toxicity and more hazardous condition for Hg contamination than for PHE. Population densities and airborne 10-μm particulate matter (PM10) concentrations were used as parameters for comparison with the spatial distribution of the b-Hg and b-PHE fractions. The results revealed that the bioreporters could offer a rapid and cost-efficient method to test soil samples from contaminated areas and provide a screening tool for environmental risk assessment.
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Cipullo S, Prpich G, Campo P, Coulon F. Assessing bioavailability of complex chemical mixtures in contaminated soils: Progress made and research needs. Sci Total Environ 2018; 615:708-723. [PMID: 28992498 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2017] [Revised: 09/29/2017] [Accepted: 09/29/2017] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Understanding the distribution, behaviour and interactions of complex chemical mixtures is key for providing the evidence necessary to make informed decisions and implement robust remediation strategies. Much of the current risk assessment frameworks applied to manage land contamination are based on total contaminant concentrations and the exposure assessments embedded within them do not explicitly address the partitioning and bioavailability of chemical mixtures. These oversights may contribute to an overestimation of both the eco-toxicological effects of the fractions and the mobility of contaminants. In turn, this may limit the efficacy of risk frameworks to inform targeted and proportionate remediation strategies. In this review we analyse the science surrounding bioavailability, its regulatory inclusion and the challenges of incorporating bioavailability in decision making process. While a number of physical and chemical techniques have proven to be valuable tools for estimating bioavailability of organic and inorganic contaminants in soils, doubts have been cast on its implementation into risk management soil frameworks mainly due to a general disagreement on the interchangeable use of bioavailability and bioaccessibility, and the associated methods which are still not standardised. This review focuses on the role of biotic and abiotic factors affecting bioavailability along with soil physicochemical properties and contaminant composition. We also included advantages and disadvantages of different extraction techniques and their implications for bioavailability quantitative estimation. In order to move forward the integration of bioavailability into site-specific risk assessments we should (1) account for soil and contaminant physicochemical characteristics and their effect on bioavailability; (2) evaluate receptor's potential exposure and uptake based on mild-extraction; (3) adopt a combined approach where chemical-techniques are used along with biological methods; (4) consider a simplified and cost-effective methodology to apply at regulatory and industry setting; (5) use single-contaminant exposure assessments to inform and predict complex chemical mixture behaviour and bioavailability.
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- S Cipullo
- Cranfield University, School of Water, Energy and Environment, Cranfield MK43 0AL, UK
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- Cranfield University, School of Water, Energy and Environment, Cranfield MK43 0AL, UK
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- Cranfield University, School of Water, Energy and Environment, Cranfield MK43 0AL, UK
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- Cranfield University, School of Water, Energy and Environment, Cranfield MK43 0AL, UK.
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Ren X, Zeng G, Tang L, Wang J, Wan J, Wang J, Deng Y, Liu Y, Peng B. The potential impact on the biodegradation of organic pollutants from composting technology for soil remediation. Waste Manag 2018; 72:138-149. [PMID: 29183697 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2017.11.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [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: 05/03/2017] [Revised: 10/08/2017] [Accepted: 11/16/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Large numbers of organic pollutants (OPs), such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, pesticides and petroleum, are discharged into soil, posing a huge threat to natural environment. Traditional chemical and physical remediation technologies are either incompetent or expensive, and may cause secondary pollution. The technology of soil composting or use of compost as soil amendment can utilize quantities of active microbes to degrade OPs with the help of available nutrients in the compost matrix. It is highly cost-effective for soil remediation. On the one hand, compost incorporated into contaminated soil is capable of increasing the organic matter content, which improves the soil environment and stimulates the metabolically activity of microbial community. On the other hand, the organic matter in composts would increase the adsorption of OPs and affect their bioavailability, leading to decreased fraction available for microorganism-mediated degradation. Some advanced instrumental analytical approaches developed in recent years may be adopted to expound this process. Therefore, the study on bioavailability of OPs in soil is extremely important for the application of composting technology. This work will discuss the changes of physical and chemical properties of contaminated soils and the bioavailability of OPs by the adsorption of composting matrix. The characteristics of OPs, types and compositions of compost amendments, soil/compost ratio and compost distribution influence the bioavailability of OPs. In addition, the impact of composting factors (composting temperature, co-substrates and exogenous microorganisms) on the removal and bioavailability of OPs is also studied.
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- Xiaoya Ren
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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Terzaghi E, Zanardini E, Morosini C, Raspa G, Borin S, Mapelli F, Vergani L, Di Guardo A. Rhizoremediation half-lives of PCBs: Role of congener composition, organic carbon forms, bioavailability, microbial activity, plant species and soil conditions, on the prediction of fate and persistence in soil. Sci Total Environ 2018; 612:544-560. [PMID: 28865272 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Revised: 08/17/2017] [Accepted: 08/17/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent organic pollutants widely produced and used in many countries until the increasing concern about their environmental risk lead to their ban in the 1980s. Although their emissions decreased, PCBs are nowadays still present in the environment and can be reemitted from reservoir compartments such as contaminated soils. In the last two decades, there has been a growing interest in bioremediation technologies that use plants and microorganisms (i.e. rhizoremediation) to degrade organic chemicals in contaminated sites. Different studies have been conducted to investigate the potential of plant-microbe interactions in the remediation of organic chemical contaminated soils. They range from short-term and laboratory/greenhouse experiments to long-term and field trials and, when correctly set up, they could provide useful data such as PCB rhizoremediation half-lives in soil. Such type of data are important input parameters for multimedia fate models that aim to estimate the time requested to achieve regulatory thresholds in a PCB contaminated site, allowing to draw up its remediation plan. This review focuses on the main factors influencing PCB fate, persistence and bioavailability in soil including PCB mixture congener composition, soil organic carbon forms, microorganism activity, plant species and soil conditions. Furthermore, it provides an estimate of rhizoremediation half-lives of the ten PCB families starting from the results of literature rhizoremediation experiments. Finally, guidance to perform appropriate experiments to obtain comparable, accurate and useful data for fate estimation is proposed.
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- Elisa Terzaghi
- Department of Science and High Technology (DiSAT), University of Insubria, Via Valleggio 11, Como, Italy.
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- Department of Science and High Technology (DiSAT), University of Insubria, Via Valleggio 11, Como, Italy.
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- Department of Science and High Technology (DiSAT), University of Insubria, Via Valleggio 11, Como, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical Materials Environmental Engineering (DICMA), Sapienza University of Rome, Via Eudossiana 18, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), University of Milan, Via Celoria 2, Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), University of Milan, Via Celoria 2, Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), University of Milan, Via Celoria 2, Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Science and High Technology (DiSAT), University of Insubria, Via Valleggio 11, Como, Italy.
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Ren X, Zeng G, Tang L, Wang J, Wan J, Liu Y, Yu J, Yi H, Ye S, Deng R. Sorption, transport and biodegradation - An insight into bioavailability of persistent organic pollutants in soil. Sci Total Environ 2018; 610-611:1154-1163. [PMID: 28847136 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 244] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.7] [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: 06/10/2017] [Revised: 08/09/2017] [Accepted: 08/09/2017] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Contamination of soils with persistent organic pollutants (POPs), such as organochlorine pesticide, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, halohydrocarbon, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is of increasing concern. Microbial degradation is potential mechanism for the removal of POPs, but it is often restricted by low bioavailability of POPs. Thus, it is important to enhance bioavailability of POPs in soil bioremediation. A series of reviews on bioavailability of POPs has been published in the past few years. However, bioavailability of POPs in relation to soil organic matter, minerals and soil microbes has been little studied. To fully understand POPs bioavailability in soil, research on interactions of POPs with soil components and microbial responses in bioavailability limitation conditions are needed. This review focuses on bioavailability mechanisms of POPs in terms of sorption, transport and microbial adaptation, which is particularly novel. In consideration of the significance of bioavailability, further studies should investigate the influence of various bioremediation strategies on POPs bioavailability.
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- Xiaoya Ren
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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Lors C, Ponge JF, Damidot D. Microscopy in addition to chemical analyses and ecotoxicological assays for the environmental hazard assessment of coal tar-polluted soils. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2018; 25:2594-2602. [PMID: 29128946 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-0693-8] [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: 06/13/2017] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Chemical analysis of soils contaminated with coal tar indicated that most organic compounds, and particularly PAHs, were contained in coarser particles (> 200 μm). Microscopic observations of this fraction, carried out on polished sections, reported the presence of organic particles in addition to mineral particles. Some organic particles had a very low porosity, and their microstructure did not evolve during biotreatment. Alternatively, other organic particles had a large porosity composed of an interconnected pore network that was open to coal tar surface and thus in contact with soil water. Interconnected porosity seemed to increase during biotreatment in relation to a decrease in the amount of organic compounds. The amount of open porosity in contact with soil water was expected to increase the desorption rate of PAHs. Consequently, the environmental hazard could depend on the amount of open porosity in addition to chemical properties of organic particles, such as their concentration in PAHs. Thus, microscopy can be complementary to chemical analysis and ecotoxicological assays to assess the best strategy for remediation but also to follow the advancement of a biotreatment.
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- Christine Lors
- IMT Lille Douai, University Lille, EA 4515 - LGCgE - Laboratoire de Génie Civil et Géoenvironnement, Département Génie Civil & Environnemental, 941 rue Charles-Bourseul, 59508, Douai, France.
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- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS UMR 7179, 4 Avenue du Petit Château, 91800, Brunoy, France
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- IMT Lille Douai, University Lille, EA 4515 - LGCgE - Laboratoire de Génie Civil et Géoenvironnement, Département Génie Civil & Environnemental, 941 rue Charles-Bourseul, 59508, Douai, France
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Azah E, Kim H, Townsend T. Assessment of direct exposure and leaching risk from PAHs in roadway and stormwater system residuals. Sci Total Environ 2017; 609:58-67. [PMID: 28734250 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Revised: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/15/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Wastes generated from municipal cleaning activities such as street sweeping, ditch cleaning, stormwater pond maintenance, and catch basin sediment removal require appropriate management. Beneficial use of these types of waste is a good alternative to landfilling; however, there are genuine concerns about possible soil and groundwater contamination by pollutants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). This study assessed the potential risks associated with beneficial use of roadway and stormwater system residuals collected from 14 cities across the state of Florida, USA. Total and leachable concentrations of 16 priority PAHs in the residual samples were measured and compared to appropriate risk-based regulatory threshold values. The bioaccessibility of the PAHs found in the waste streams was also determined using in vitro gastrointestinal leaching test. Of the PAHs studied, benzo [a] pyrene measured concentrations were above appropriate risk-based regulatory threshold values for soil and groundwater, while all other detected PAHs measured concentrations were below. Benzo [a] pyrene concentration (mg/kg) in street sweepings was 1.2 times higher than residential threshold values and 6 times lower than industrial threshold values. The in vitro study found PAH bioaccessibility to range from 1.7% to 49% in six roadway and stormwater system residual samples.
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- Edmund Azah
- Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida, P. O. Box 116450, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida, P. O. Box 116450, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA; Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gannon University, 109 University Square, Erie, PA 16541, USA
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- Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida, P. O. Box 116450, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
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Okere UV, Schuster JK, Ogbonnaya UO, Jones KC, Semple KT. Indigenous 14C-phenanthrene biodegradation in "pristine" woodland and grassland soils from Norway and the United Kingdom. Environ Sci Process Impacts 2017; 19:1437-1444. [PMID: 29083422 DOI: 10.1039/c7em00242d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In this study, the indigenous microbial mineralisation of 14C-phenanthrene in seven background soils (four from Norwegian woodland and three from the UK (two grasslands and one woodland)) was investigated. ∑PAHs ranged from 16.39 to 285.54 ng g-1 dw soil. Lag phases (time before 14C-phenanthrene mineralisation reached 5%) were longer in all of the Norwegian soils and correlated positively with TOC, but negatively with ∑PAHs and phenanthrene degraders for all soils. 14C-phenanthrene mineralisation in the soils varied due to physicochemical properties. The results show that indigenous microorganisms can adapt to 14C-phenanthrene mineralisation following diffuse PAH contamination. Considering the potential of soil as a secondary PAH source, these findings highlight the important role of indigenous microflora in the processing of PAHs in the environment.
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Chen W, Wang H, Gao Q, Chen Y, Li S, Yang Y, Werner D, Tao S, Wang X. Association of 16 priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with humic acid and humin fractions in a peat soil and implications for their long-term retention. Environ Pollut 2017; 230:882-890. [PMID: 28735245 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.07.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [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: 05/11/2017] [Revised: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/13/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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To elucidate the environmental fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) once released into soil, sixteen humic acids (HAs) and one humin (HM) fractions were sequentially extracted from a peat soil, and sixteen priority PAHs in these humic substances (HSs) were analyzed. It was found that the total concentration of 16 PAHs (∑16PAHs) increased evidently from HA1 to HA16, and then dramatically reached the highest value in HM. The trend of ∑16PAHs in HAs relates to surface carbon and C-H/C-C contents, the bulk aliphatic carbon content and aliphaticity, as well as the condensation enhancement of carbon domains, which were derived from elemental composition, XPS, 13C NMR, as well as thermal analyses. HM was identified to be the dominant sink of 16 PAHs retention in soil, due to its aliphatic carbon-rich chemical composition and the highly condensed physical makeup of its carbon domains. This study highlights the joint roles of the physical and chemical properties of HSs in retention of PAHs in soil and the associated mechanisms; the results are of significance for PAH-polluted soil risk assessment and remediation.
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- Weixiao Chen
- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100038, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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- School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
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Škulcová L, Hale SE, Hofman J, Bielská L. Laboratory versus field soil aging: Impact on DDE bioavailability and sorption. Chemosphere 2017; 186:235-242. [PMID: 28780451 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.07.159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 05/02/2017] [Revised: 07/28/2017] [Accepted: 07/29/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Solid-phase microextraction (SPME), XAD, and the sequential supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) were used to assess the influence of aging of p,p'-DDE in a laboratory contaminated soil for up to 730 days. The end points determined were the freely dissolved concentration (Cfree) using SPME, the potentially bioaccessible fraction (FXAD, %) and the distribution of p,p'-DDE among fast, moderate, and slow desorbing soil sites determined by three sequentially stronger SFE conditions. Cfree and FXAD decreased during the first 35 days of aging by up to 40%. After this, no significant changes were observed up to the end of the aging experiment. The relative percentage of fast desorbing sites tended to exponentially decrease with aging, while the percentage of moderate and slow desorbing sites increased over time. These changes were most apparent within the first 90 days of aging, after which the relative distribution of p,p'-DDE among desorbing sites remained relatively constant. Significant correlations between SFE and XAD results demonstrated that the XAD method preferentially desorbed p,p'-DDE from fast and moderate desorbing sites and is capable of extracting the bioaccessible fraction. The distribution among desorbing sites, Cfree and FXAD values determined after different periods of laboratory aging were then compared to those measured for a field-contaminated soil where p,p'-DDE had resided for more than 40 years. Cfree, FXAD and SFE profiles measured for the field-aged p,p'-DDE were similar to those observed for p,p'-DDE aged in laboratory for between 35 and 90 days. These results suggest that aging in the laboratory must be carried out for periods of months if it is to approximate field aging.
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- L Škulcová
- Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX), Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, Brno, CZ-62500, Czech Republic
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- Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Department of Environmental Engineering, Oslo, Norway
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- Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX), Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, Brno, CZ-62500, Czech Republic
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- Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX), Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, Brno, CZ-62500, Czech Republic.
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Liang X, Guo C, Liao C, Liu S, Wick LY, Peng D, Yi X, Lu G, Yin H, Lin Z, Dang Z. Drivers and applications of integrated clean-up technologies for surfactant-enhanced remediation of environments contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Environ Pollut 2017; 225:129-140. [PMID: 28365510 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.03.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [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: 12/03/2016] [Revised: 03/18/2017] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Surfactant-enhanced remediation (SER) is considered as a promising and efficient remediation approach. This review summarizes and discusses main drivers on the application of SER in removing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from contaminated soil and water. The effect of PAH-PAH interactions on SER efficiency is, for the first time, illustrated in an SER review. Interactions between mixed PAHs could enhance, decrease, or have no impact on surfactants' solubilization power towards PAHs, thus affecting the optimal usage of surfactants for SER. Although SER can transfer PAHs from soil/non-aqueous phase liquids to the aqueous phase, the harmful impact of PAHs still exists. To decrease the level of PAHs in SER solutions, a series of SER-based integrated cleanup technologies have been developed including surfactant-enhanced bioremediation (SEBR), surfactant-enhanced phytoremediation (SEPR) and SER-advanced oxidation processes (SER-AOPs). In this review, the general considerations and corresponding applications of the integrated cleanup technologies are summarized and discussed. Compared with SER-AOPs, SEBR and SEPR need less operation cost, yet require more treatment time. To successfully achieve the field application of surfactant-based technologies, massive production of the cost-effective green surfactants (i.e. biosurfactants) and comprehensive evaluation of the drivers and the global cost of SER-based cleanup technologies need to be performed in the future.
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- Xujun Liang
- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China; The Key Lab of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Guangdong Polytechnic of Environmental Protection Engineering, Foshan 528216, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Department of Environmental Microbiology, UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, UFZ. Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Transportation and Environment, Shenzhen Institute of Information Technology, Shenzhen 518172, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China; The Key Lab of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China; The Key Lab of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China; The Key Lab of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China; The Key Lab of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China; The Key Lab of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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Crampon M, Cébron A, Portet-Koltalo F, Uroz S, Le Derf F, Bodilis J. Low effect of phenanthrene bioaccessibility on its biodegradation in diffusely contaminated soil. Environ Pollut 2017; 225:663-673. [PMID: 28390702 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.03.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 12/08/2016] [Revised: 03/21/2017] [Accepted: 03/24/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This study focused on the role of bioaccessibility in the phenanthrene (PHE) biodegradation in diffusely contaminated soil, by combining chemical and microbiological approaches. First, we determined PHE dissipation rates and PHE sorption/desorption isotherms for two soils (PPY and Pv) presenting similar chronic PAH contamination, but different physico-chemical properties. Our results revealed that the PHE dissipation rate was significantly higher in the Pv soil compared to the PPY soil, while PHE sorption/desorption isotherms were similar. Interestingly, increases of PHE desorption and potentially of PHE bioaccessibility were observed for both soils when adding rhamnolipids (biosurfactants produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa). Second, using 13C-PHE incubated in the same soils, we analyzed the PHE degrading bacterial communities. The combination of stable isotope probing (DNA-SIP) and 16S rRNA gene pyrosequencing revealed that Betaproteobacteria were the main PHE degraders in the Pv soil, while a higher bacterial diversity (Alpha-, Beta-, Gammaproteobacteria and Actinobacteria) was involved in PHE degradation in the PPY soil. The amendment of biosurfactants commonly used in biostimulation methods (i.e. rhamnolipids) to the two soils clearly modified the PHE sorption/desorption isotherms, but had no significant impact on PHE degradation rates and PHE-degraders identity. These results demonstrated that increasing the bioaccessibility of PHE has a low impact on its degradation and on the functional populations involved in this degradation.
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- M Crampon
- COBRA UMR CNRS 6014, Université de Rouen-Normandie, 55 rue saint Germain, 27000 Evreux, France; Laboratoire de Microbiologie Signaux et Microenvironnement, EA 4312, Université de Rouen, 76821 Mont Saint Aignan, France
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- CNRS, LIEC UMR 7360, Faculté des Sciences et Technologies, BP70239, 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex, France; Université de Lorraine, LIEC UMR 7360, Faculté des Sciences et Technologies, BP70239, 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex, France
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- COBRA UMR CNRS 6014, Université de Rouen-Normandie, 55 rue saint Germain, 27000 Evreux, France
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- UMR 1138 INRA, Centre de Nancy, Biogéochimie des Ecosystèmes forestiers, Route d'Amance, 54280 Champenoux, France
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- COBRA UMR CNRS 6014, Université de Rouen-Normandie, 55 rue saint Germain, 27000 Evreux, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie Signaux et Microenvironnement, EA 4312, Université de Rouen, 76821 Mont Saint Aignan, France; Université de Lyon, France, CNRS, INRA, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, UMR 5557 Ecologie Microbienne, 43 boulevard du 11 novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
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Biswas B, Sarkar B, Rusmin R, Naidu R. Mild acid and alkali treated clay minerals enhance bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in long-term contaminated soil: A 14C-tracer study. Environ Pollut 2017; 223:255-265. [PMID: 28131473 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 09/13/2016] [Revised: 01/10/2017] [Accepted: 01/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-contaminated soils requires a higher microbial viability and an increased PAH bioavailability. The clay/modified clay-modulated bacterial degradation could deliver a more efficient removal of PAHs in soils depending on the bioavailability of the compounds. In this study, we modified clay minerals (smectite and palygorskite) with mild acid (HCl) and alkali (NaOH) treatments (0.5-3 M), which increased the surface area and pore volume of the products, and removed the impurities without collapsing the crystalline structure of clay minerals. In soil incubation studies, supplements with the clay products increased bacterial growth in the order: 0.5 M HCl ≥ unmodified ≥ 0.5 M NaOH ≥ 3 M NaOH ≥ 3 M HCl for smectite, and 0.5 M HCl ≥ 3 M NaOH ≥ 0.5 M NaOH ≥ 3 M HCl ≥ unmodified for palygorskite. A14C-tracing study showed that the mild acid/alkali-treated clay products increased the PAH biodegradation (5-8%) in the order of 0.5 M HCl ≥ unmodified > 3 M NaOH ≥ 0.5 M NaOH for smectite, and 0.5 M HCl > 0.5 M NaOH ≥ unmodified ≥ 3 M NaOH for palygorskite. The biodegradation was correlated (r = 0.81) with the bioavailable fraction of PAHs and microbial growth as affected particularly by the 0.5 M HCl and 0.5 M NaOH-treated clay minerals. These results could be pivotal in developing a clay-modulated bioremediation technology for cleaning up PAH-contaminated soils and sediments in the field.
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- Bhabananda Biswas
- Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, SA 5095, Australia; Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment, ACT Building, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.
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- Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, SA 5095, Australia; Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA.
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- Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, SA 5095, Australia
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- Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment, ACT Building, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia; Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), Faculty of Science and Information Technology, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.
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