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Yin Z, Liu S, Tian Z, Zhao X, He J, Wang C. Carbon-based nanomaterials mediated adsorption and photodegradation of typical organic contaminants in aqueous fulvic acid solution. WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : A JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON WATER POLLUTION RESEARCH 2023; 88:1863-1874. [PMID: 37831001 PMCID: wst_2023_300 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2023.300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2023]
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In this work, the formation of carbon-based nanomaterials-fulvic acid (CNMs-FA) composites and their capacities for the adsorption and photodegradation of typical organic contaminants in aqueous solutions were investigated. The results suggested that the formation of CNMs-FA composites was dominated by adsorbing FA on CNMs via the physisorption process, which fit the pseudo-first-order kinetic model and the Langmuir isotherm model. The formed CNMs-FA composites were characterized by using the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller, scanning electron microscopy, and infrared spectroscopy techniques and further applied for examining their effects on the adsorption and photodegradation of selected organic contaminants in aqueous solutions. The adsorption of organic contaminants on CNMs-FA composites is mainly involved in hydrogen bonding and electrostatic interactions between organic contaminants and FA species adhering to CNMs. In addition, the CNMs-FA composites are able to promote the photosensitive degradation of organic contaminants due to the photogenerated reactive species including ROS and CNMs-3FA* under sunlight irradiation. This study provided a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of the environmental behavior of CNMs in real natural surface water and clarified the underlying mechanisms.
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- Zhiming Yin
- College of Resources and Environment, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan 430074, China E-mail:
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- College of Resources and Environment, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan 430074, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan 430074, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham-Ningbo China, Ningbo 315100, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan 430074, China
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He W, Yang H, Pu Q, Li Y. Novel control strategies for the endocrine-disrupting effect of PAEs to pregnant women in traffic system. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 851:158269. [PMID: 36029816 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2022] [Revised: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 08/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Traffic-related air pollution has become a global issue, and scientific regulation measures are urgently needed to reduce traffic pollution. Phthalates (PAEs) have been widely detected in the traffic environment; thus, they were chosen as target pollutants because of their endocrine-disrupting effects. The pathways of action and mechanisms of PAEs' endocrine-disrupting effects in pregnant women through inhalation were deduced. A novel whole-process 1C + 3D + 5R regulation system was developed to control the endocrine-disrupting effect of PAEs on pregnant women based on the cleaning production concept. (1) For source reduction, the 2D-QSAR model of endocrine-disrupting effects of PAEs in pregnant women was constructed to screen out the key influencing factors as hydrogen bond interaction and hydrophobic interaction. Based on this, a designed PAE substitute molecule with low volatility and endocrine-disrupting effects and no developmental toxicity was screened. The substitute molecule could reduce the volatilization amount of PAEs at the source by 41.76 %; (2) For process interception, selecting C-band UV light to eliminate PAEs molecules in the traffic environment can slow down 19.99 % of the endocrine-disrupting effect of PAEs molecules. The homology modeling method was used to design four kinds of green belt plant proteins with high PAEs absorption efficiency to absorb PAEs molecules in the traffic environment. Compared with the original green belt plant proteins, the absorption amount of PAEs increased by up to 96.08 %, and (3) For terminal prevention, dietary food schemes were designed to regulate PAEs' endocrine-disrupting effect on pregnant women. The optimal dietary food scheme was the simultaneous intake of glutamate, catechin and folic acid, which could reduce the adverse effect of PAEs on maternal and infants by 32.51 %. This study presents theoretical support for regulating PAE exposure to specific populations in the traffic environment and treating other pollutants in the future.
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- Wei He
- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources Environmental Systems Optimization, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources Environmental Systems Optimization, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources Environmental Systems Optimization, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources Environmental Systems Optimization, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China.
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Fang N, Lu Z, Hou Z, Zhang C, Zhao X. Hydrolysis and photolysis of flupyradifurone in aqueous solution and natural water: Degradation kinetics and pathway. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 298:134294. [PMID: 35283145 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Flupyradifurone (FPO) easily spreads to the water environment after application because of its high solubility in water (3200 mg/L, 20 °C), but as a novel neonicotinoid pesticide, its environmental fate study is still lacking. Here, laboratory experiments were conducted to investigate the degradation kinetics and pathways of FPO in aqueous solutions and natural waters. The results showed that FPO was fairly stable in water under natural conditions (the hydrolysis half-lives at 15 °C, 25 °C, and 35 °C were >150 d, and the photolysis half-lives under sunlight were >168 h). However, FPO was photodegraded rapidly under ultraviolet (UV) light (half-lives of 2.37-3.81 min). Then, indirect photolysis under UV light was examined with the addition of photosensitizers, revealing that direct photolysis is the main FPO degradation pathway in water, and the contribution of indirect photolysis was limited. Moreover, two photoproducts were separated, purified and collected via preparative HPLC, and identified via high resolution mass spectrometry. Then, the plausible photolysis pathway was proposed. The results of this study will contribute to a better understanding of the fate of FPO in the water environment.
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- Nan Fang
- Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory for Pesticide Residue Detection, Institute of Agro-Products Safety and Nutrition, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China; College of Plant Protection, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, Jilin, 130118, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, Jilin, 130118, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, Jilin, 130118, China
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- Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory for Pesticide Residue Detection, Institute of Agro-Products Safety and Nutrition, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China.
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- Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory for Pesticide Residue Detection, Institute of Agro-Products Safety and Nutrition, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China.
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Malannata EM, Spitaleri L, Gulino A, Balsamo SA, Scirè S, Fiorenza R. Removal of phthalates from water by unconventional La‐based/WO3 photocatalysts. Eur J Inorg Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202200183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Enrica Maria Malannata
- Universita degli Studi di Catania Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche Viale Andre Doria 6 95125 Catania ITALY
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- Universita degli Studi di Catania Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche Viale Andre Doria 6 95125 Catania ITALY
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- Universita degli Studi di Catania Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche Viale Andre Doria 6 95125 Catania ITALY
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- Universita degli Studi di Catania Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche Viale Andre Doria 6 95125 Catania ITALY
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- Universita degli Studi di Catania Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche Viale Andre Doria 6 95125 Catania ITALY
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- Università degli Studi di Catania Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche Viale Andrea Doria 6 95125 Catania ITALY
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Zhang Y, Yu H, Li S, Wang L, Huang F, Guan R, Li J, Jiao Y, Sun J. Rapidly degradation of di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate by Z-scheme Bi 2O 3/TiO 2@reduced graphene oxide driven by simulated solar radiation. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 272:129631. [PMID: 33485039 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Revised: 01/01/2021] [Accepted: 01/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is a priority environmental pollutant with carcinogenic, teratogenic, and mutagenic toxicity. Because it is widely used and ubiquitous in water, it is urgent to use a non-toxic, fast, and non-temperature dependent photocatalyst for degradation. Herein, a Z-scheme heterojunction composite catalyst consisting of Bi2O3 and TiO2 with reduced graphene oxide (rGO) as a two-dimensional template was designed and characterized. Under simulated solar radiation, the catalyst doped with 4% rGO presented the best photocatalytic DEHP (10 mg L-1) degradation at pH = 6, reaching 89% conversion in 90 min, and the degradation rate was 2.05 times higher than unmodified materials. The successful preparation of the Z-scheme junction enhanced the utilization of visible light region, thereby improving the DEHP's photocatalytic degradation performance. Subsequently, density functional theory (DFT) combined with GC-MS metabolite detection to propose a complete DEHP photocatalytic degradation mechanism. ·O2- and ·OH were detected as the primary reactive oxygen radicals involved in DEHP degradation, which easily attacked the O11 site with a high Fukui index (f0) through de-esterification, β-oxidation, and hydroxylation. While satisfying the rapid degradation, the highly repeatable catalyst cleaved the aromatic ring so that DEHP achieved mineralization during the degradation process. Therefore, its ability to completely degrade was very promising for environmental remediation, especially in water treatment. Besides, there were only a few studies on the degradation mechanism and reaction pathway of DEHP under visible light, which provided a theoretical basis for the aromatic compounds' photocatalysis research.
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- Ying Zhang
- School of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, PR China; Shenzhen Key Lab of Industrial Water Conservation & Municipal Sewage Resources Technology, School of Construction & Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen Polytechnic, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China.
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- School of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, PR China
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- Shenzhen Key Lab of Industrial Water Conservation & Municipal Sewage Resources Technology, School of Construction & Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen Polytechnic, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, PR China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, PR China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, PR China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, PR China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, PR China
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- Shenzhen Key Lab of Industrial Water Conservation & Municipal Sewage Resources Technology, School of Construction & Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen Polytechnic, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China
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The Assessment of the Sewage and Sludge Contamination by Phthalate Acid Esters (PAEs) in Eastern Europe Countries. SUSTAINABILITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/su13020529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Phthalate acid esters (PAEs) are widely used as raw materials for industries that are well known for their environmental contamination and toxicological effects as “endocrine disruptors”. The determining of PAE contamination was based on analysis of dimethyl phthalate (DMP), diethyl phthalate (DEP), dipropyl phthalate (DPP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), diisobutyl phthalate (DiBP), dicyclohexyl phthalate (DCHP) and di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) in wastewater and sediment samples collected from city sewer systems of Lithuania and Poland, and Denmark for comparison. The potential PAE sources as well as their concentrations in the wastewater were analyzed and discussed. The intention of the study was to determine the level and key sources of pollution by phthalates in some Eastern European countries and to reveal the successful managerial actions to minimize PAEs taken by Denmark. Water and sludge samples were collected in 2019–2020 and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The highest contamination with phthalates in Lithuania can be attributed to DEHP: up to 63% of total PAEs in water samples and up to 94% of total PAEs in sludge samples, which are primarily used as additive compounds to plastics but do not react with them and are gradually released into the environment. However, in water samples in Poland, the highest concentration belonged to DMP—up to 210 μg/L, while the share of DEHP reached 15 μg/L. The concentrations of priority phthalate esters in the water samples reached up to 159 μg/L (DEHP) in Lithuania and up to 1.2 μg/L (DEHP) in Denmark. The biggest DEHP concentrations obtained in the sediment samples were 95 mg/kg in Lithuania and up to 6.6 mg/kg in Denmark. The dominant compounds of PAEs in water samples of Lithuania were DEHP > DEP > DiBP > DBP > DMP. DPP and DCHP concentrations were less than 0.05 μg/L. However, the distribution of PAEs in the water samples from Poland was as follows: DMP > DEHP > DEP > DBP, and DiBP, as well as DPP and DCHP, concentrations were less than 0.05 μg/L. Further studies are recommended for adequate monitoring of phthalates in wastewater and sludge in order to reduce or/and predict phthalates’ potential risk to hydrobiots and human health.
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Jiao X, Li Z, He J, Wang C. Enhanced photodegradation of applied dithianon fungicides on plant leaves by dissolved substances in atmosphere under simulated sunlight. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 254:126807. [PMID: 32334257 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Revised: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Photolysis of pesticides has been widely investigated for evaluating their environmental behavior and agricultural effectiveness after crop spraying. However, little information about the effects of the water-soluble substances in atmosphere on photodegradation of pesticides is available. In current study, we found that photolysis of applied dithianon fungicides on real plant leaves was much faster than that in sealed stock aqueous suspensions under simulated sunlight. To simulate the natural conditions, for the first time, photodegradation of dithianon in air-saturated solutions containing typical dissolved atmospheric substances (DAS) including CO2 (HCO3-/CO32-), NO2 (NO3-), Fe3+ (Fe3+-complexes), and humic-like substances (HULIS) exposed to simulated solar irradiations were carried out in lab-scale. Fulvic acid (FA) was used as a surrogate for atmospheric HULIS in this study. The dithianon photodegradation was significantly enhanced in the presence of DAS and the photo-generated reactive species such as ·OH, 1O2, CO3·- and 3FA∗ play important roles according to the results of reactive species quenching, electron spin resonance spectroscopy, and laser flash photolysis experiments. Moreover, the photodegraded intermediates and final products of dithianon on plant leaves have been identified by HPLC-MS analysis, and its possible photodegradation pathways were proposed. This work indicated that, except for direct photolysis, indirect photosensitive degradation induced by the dissolved photo-active substances in atmosphere should be considered for evaluating the degradation of the applied pesticides on crops.
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- Xiaoyu Jiao
- College of Resources and Environmental Science, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham-Ningbo China, Ningbo, 315100, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Science, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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