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Grundy JS, Lambert MK, Burgess RM. Passive Sampling-Based versus Conventional-Based Metrics for Evaluating Remediation Efficacy at Contaminated Sediment Sites: A Review. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 57:10151-10172. [PMID: 37364241 PMCID: PMC10404352 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c00232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Passive sampling devices (PSDs) are increasingly used at contaminated sites to improve the characterization of contaminant transport and assessment of ecological and human health risk at sediment sites and to evaluate the effectiveness of remedial actions. The use of PSDs after full-scale remediation remains limited, however, in favor of evaluation based on conventional metrics, such as bulk sediment concentrations or bioaccumulation. This review has three overall aims: (1) identify sites where PSDs have been used to support cleanup efforts, (2) assess how PSD-derived remedial end points compare to conventional metrics, and (3) perform broad semiquantitative and selective quantitative concurrence analyses to evaluate the magnitude of agreement between metrics. Contaminated sediment remedies evaluated included capping, in situ amendment, dredging and monitored natural recovery (MNR). We identify and discuss 102 sites globally where PSDs were used to determine remedial efficacy resulting in over 130 peer-reviewed scientific publications and numerous technical reports and conference proceedings. The most common conventional metrics assessed alongside PSDs in the peer-reviewed literature were bioaccumulation (39%), bulk sediments (40%), toxicity (14%), porewater grab samples (16%), and water column grab samples (16%), while about 25% of studies used PSDs as the sole metric. In a semiquantitative concurrence analysis, the PSD-based metrics agreed with conventional metrics in about 68% of remedy assessments. A more quantitative analysis of reductions in bioaccumulation after remediation (i.e., remediation was successful) showed that decreases in uptake into PSDs agreed with decreases in bioaccumulation (within a factor of 2) 61% of the time. Given the relatively good agreement between conventional and PSD-based metrics, we propose several practices and areas for further study to enhance the utilization of PSDs throughout the remediation of contaminated sediment sites.
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- James S Grundy
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education c/o U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ORD/CEMM, Atlantic Coastal Environmental Sciences Division, Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882, United States
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OLEM, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation, Edison, New Jersey 08837, United States
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OLEM, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation, Washington, District of Columbia 20460, United States
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ORD/CEMM, Atlantic Coastal Environmental Sciences Division, Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882, United States
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Wang AP, Conder J, Chadwick B, Rosen G. Long-Term Monitoring of an In Situ Activated Carbon Treatment to Reduce Polychlorinated Biphenyl Availability in an Active Harbor. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2022; 41:1568-1574. [PMID: 35199881 DOI: 10.1002/etc.5318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Revised: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 02/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Activated carbon-based amendments have been demonstrated as a means of sequestering sediment-associated organic compounds such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). In a 2012 effort, an activated carbon amendment was placed at a 0.5-acre amendment area adjacent to and underneath Pier 7 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Bremerton, Washington, USA to reduce PCB availability. Multiple postplacement monitoring events over a 3-year period showed an 80%-90% reduction in PCBs, stability of activated carbon, and no significant negative impacts to the benthic community. To further evaluate the long-term performance, a follow-on to the approximately 7-year (82-month) postplacement monitoring event was conducted in 2019. The results of in situ porewater and bioaccumulation evaluations were consistent with previous observations, indicating overall PCB availability reductions of approximately 80%-90% from preamendment conditions. Multiple measurement approaches for quantifying activated carbon and amendment presence indicated that the amendment was present and stable in the amendment area and that the activated carbon content was similar to levels observed previously. As in the previous investigation, benthic invertebrate community metrics indicated that the amendment did not significantly impair benthic health. An application of carbon petrography to quantify activated carbon content in surface sediments was also explored. The results were found to correspond within a factor of 1.3 (on average) with those of data for the black carbon content via a black carbon chemical oxidation method, an approach that quantifies all forms of black carbon (including activated carbon). The results suggest that at sites with low soot-derived black carbon content in sediment (relative to the targeted activated carbon dose), the black carbon chemical oxidation method would be a reasonable method for measurement of activated carbon dosage in sediment at sites amended with activated carbon. Environ Toxicol Chem 2022;41:1568-1574. © 2022 SETAC.
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- Geosyntec Consultants, Costa Mesa, California, USA
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- Coastal Monitoring Associates, San Diego, California, USA
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- Naval Information Warfare Systems Center Pacific, US Department of the Navy, San Diego, California
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Song N, Hursthouse A, McLellan I, Wang Z. Treatment of environmental contamination using sepiolite: current approaches and future potential. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH 2021; 43:2679-2697. [PMID: 32918158 PMCID: PMC8275560 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-020-00705-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2019] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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To evaluate the potential of sepiolite-based materials to resolve environmental pollution problems, a study is needed which looks at the whole life cycle of material application, including the residual value of material classified as waste from the exploitation of sepiolite deposits in the region or from its processing and purification. This would also maximize value from the exploitation process and provide new potential for local waste management. We review the geographical distribution of sepiolite, its application in the treatment of potentially toxic elements in soil and across the wider landscape, an assessment of modification and compositional variation of sepiolite-based applications within site remediation and wastewater treatment. The potential of sepiolite-based technologies is widespread and a number of processes utilize sepiolite-derived materials. Along with its intrinsic characteristics, both the long-term durability and the cost-effectiveness of the application need to be considered, making it possible to design ready-to-use products with good market acceptance. From a critical analysis of the literature, the most frequently associated terms associated with sepiolite powder are the use of lime and bentonite, while fly ash ranked in the top ten of the most frequently used material with sepiolite. These add improved performance for the inclusion as a soil or wastewater treatment options, alone or applied in combination with other treatment methods. This approach needs an integrated assessment to establish economic viability and environmental performance. Applications are not commonly evaluated from a cost-benefit perspective, in particular in relation to case studies within geographical regions hosting primary sepiolite deposits and wastes that have the potential for beneficial reuse.
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- Na Song
- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK.
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Shale Gas Resource Utilization, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, 411201, China
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Shale Gas Resource Utilization, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, 411201, China
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Allan IJ, Raffard V, Kringstad A, Næs K. Assessment of marine sediment remediation efficiency with SPME-based passive sampling measurement. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 756:143854. [PMID: 33279202 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Revised: 11/08/2020] [Accepted: 11/08/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Passive sampling has been shown to be a suitable procedure to assess the risk of contaminated sediments through the measurement of freely dissolved concentrations (CFree) and remedial actions involving amendments such as activated carbon (AC). Here we report results of the application of simple, solvent-free solid phase micro extraction methodology (SPME) to assess the performance of different materials for the remediation of selected Norwegian harbour sediments contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). AC amendments enabled a reduction of the availability of PAHs and/or PCBs by a factor of ten to over one hundred in Aker Brygge sediments (Oslo) and sediments from Elkembukta, impacted by industrial emissions of PAHs with/from coal tar pitch. Another material, anthracite, slightly less effective in this set of experiment than AC, showed nonetheless great promise as capping material. The SPME data are put in perspective with equilibrium measurements of CFree for PAHs and organochlorines with silicone rubber in other Elkembukta sediments collected in the vicinity of those used for the remediation experiments. A reduction of sediment Cfree for pyrene, benzo[a]pyrene and benzo[ghi]perylene in inner Elkembukta sediment from on average 407, 6.3 and 0.82 ng L-1 to values of/or below 1.3, 0.15 and 0.076 ng L-1, respectively can be expected upon remediation with AC. For the outer, less contaminated Elkembukta sediment, Cfree would reduce from 36, 0.81 and 0.13 ng L-1 to value of or below 0.06, 0.03 and 0.005 ng L-1 for these three compounds, respectively. Differences in pattern of PAH and organochlorine contamination of inner and outer Elkembukta sediments are discussed.
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- Ian J Allan
- Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Gaustadalléen 21, NO-0349 Oslo, Norway.
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- Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Gaustadalléen 21, NO-0349 Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Gaustadalléen 21, NO-0349 Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Gaustadalléen 21, NO-0349 Oslo, Norway
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Yan S, Rakowska M, Shen X, Himmer T, Irvine C, Zajac-Fay R, Eby J, Janda D, Ohannessian S, Reible DD. Bioavailability assessment in activated carbon treated coastal sediment with in situ and ex situ porewater measurements. WATER RESEARCH 2020; 185:116259. [PMID: 32798889 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116259] [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: 02/24/2020] [Revised: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Passive sampling and bioaccumulation assessments were used to evaluate the performance of activated carbon (AC) remediation of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contaminated sediment offshore in Parcel F of the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (HPNS) (San Francisco, California). Two different composite AC materials, AquaGate+PAC™ (86 tons) and SediMite™ (24 tons) were placed on the sediment surface covering an area of 3200 m2. PCB tissue concentrations in the clam Macoma nasuta were reduced 75 to 80% in pilot amendment areas after 8 months and 84-87% in non-lipid normalized tissues after 14 months during in situ monitoring, confirming the effectiveness of the AC at reducing bioavailability of the PCBs. Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) passive samplers were applied to evaluate and monitor freely dissolved concentrations (Cfree) of PCBs in sediment porewater before AC placement (i.e., during baseline) and at 8 months, 14 months and 26 months following placement. Although AC composite materials were placed only at the surface, 80% reductions were observed to a depth of 16 cm after 8 months and up to 26 cm after 26 months in AquaGate+PAC treatment area. Total PCB porewater concentrations in surface sediments (1-6 cm) were reduced 89 and 91% in the AquaGate+PAC and SediMite areas during final sampling. Ex situ passive sampling showed porewater concentrations 2-5 times larger than in situ measurements due to the absence of hyporheic exchange in laboratory measurements and near equilibration between sediment and porewater. Estimated post placement ex situ porewater concentrations were more consistent with a model of bioaccumulation using the octanol-water partition coefficient (KOW) as a bioaccumulation factor leading to a hypothesis that the bioaccumulation factor in the deposit feeding clam is better estimated by equilibrium ex situ porewater measurements.
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- Songjing Yan
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
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- Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
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- Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
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- Port of Oakland, Oakland, CA 94607, USA
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- Department of the Navy (DoN), Base Realignment and Closure Program Management Office (BRAC PMO) West, San Diego, CA 92014, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA; Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA.
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Wang J, Li J, Wang Q, Sun Y. Microplastics as a Vector for HOC Bioaccumulation in Earthworm Eisenia fetida in Soil: Importance of Chemical Diffusion and Particle Size. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020; 54:12154-12163. [PMID: 32865401 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c03712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The role of microplastics as a carrier in the bioaccumulation of hydrophobic organic contaminants (HOCs) in soil organisms is poorly understood. Two environmentally relevant scenarios, including earthworm Eisenia fetida exposed to contaminated soil amended with clean microplastics (S1) and clean soil introduced with precontaminated microplastics (S2), were simulated to estimate the importance of microplastics in bioaccumulation. Three polychlorinated biphenyls and polyethylene particles with different sizes were employed. The microplastics under the S1 scenario significantly decreased the polychlorinated biphenyl congener (PCB) bioaccumulation, whereas for the S2 scenario, the PCBs on the microplastics can be assimilated by earthworms. Compared to plastic-free treatments, the freely dissolved concentrations (Cfree) of PCBs were consistently lower in the soils amended with microplastics. Biodynamic model analysis suggested that the contribution of microplastic ingestion to bioaccumulation under the S2 scenario (mean 26.1%) was higher than that under S1 (8.7%), likely because of the slow chemical transfer between plastics and ambient media. These results indicated whether microplastics act as a source or a sink of HOCs depended strongly on the diffusion gradients between microplastics and soils. As ingestion of smallest particles (50-150 μm) showed the greatest contribution to bioaccumulation under S1 and S2 scenarios, the gradual breakdown of microplastics may increase their relative importance in contaminant transfer.
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- Jie Wang
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
- School of the Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Oleszczuk P, Godlewska P, Reible DD, Kraska P. Bioaccessibility of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in activated carbon or biochar amended vegetated (Salix viminalis) soil. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2017; 227:406-413. [PMID: 28486184 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.04.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2017] [Revised: 04/07/2017] [Accepted: 04/23/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of activated carbon (AC) or biochars on the bioaccessibility (Cbioacc) of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soils vegetated with willow (Salix viminalis). The study determined the effect of willow on the Cbioacc PAHs and the effect of the investigated amendments on changes in dissolved organic carbon (DOC), crop yield and the content of PAHs in plants. PAH-contaminated soil was amended with 2.5 wt% AC or biochar. Samples from individual plots with and without plants were collected at the beginning of the experiment and after 3, 6, 12 and 18 months. The Cbioacc PAHs were determined using sorptive bioaccessibility extraction (SBE) (silicon rods and hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin). Both AC and biochar caused a decrease in the Cbioacc PAHs. Immediately after adding AC, straw-derived biochar or willow-derived biochar to the soil, the reduction in the sum of 16 (Σ16) Cbioacc PAHs was 70.3, 38.0, and 29.3%, respectively. The highest reduction of Cbioacc was observed for 5- and 6-ring PAHs (from 54.4 to 100%), whereas 2-ring PAHs were reduced only 8.0-25.4%. The reduction of Cbioacc PAHs increased over time. Plants reduced Cbioacc in all soils although effects varied by soil treatment and PAH. Willow grown in AC- and biochar-amended soil accumulated less phenanthrene than in the control soil. The presence of AC in the soil also affected willow yield and shoot length and DOC was reduced from 53.5 to 66.9% relative to unamended soils. In the biochars-amended soil, no changes in soil DOC content were noted nor effects on willow shoot length.
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- Patryk Oleszczuk
- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Maria Curie-Skłodowska, Lublin, Poland; Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Maria Curie-Skłodowska, Lublin, Poland
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- Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
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- Department of Agricultural Ecology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland
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Besseling E, Foekema EM, van den Heuvel-Greve MJ, Koelmans AA. The Effect of Microplastic on the Uptake of Chemicals by the Lugworm Arenicola marina (L.) under Environmentally Relevant Exposure Conditions. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2017; 51:8795-8804. [PMID: 28682597 PMCID: PMC5541328 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b02286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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It has been hypothesized that ingestion of microplastic increases exposure of aquatic organisms to hydrophobic contaminants. To date, most laboratory studies investigated chemical transfer from ingested microplastic without taking other exposure pathways into account. Therefore, we studied the effect of polyethylene (PE) microplastic in sediment on PCB uptake by Arenicola marina as a model species, quantifying uptake fluxes from all natural exposure pathways. PCB concentrations in sediment, biota lipids (Clip) and porewater measured with passive samplers were used to derive lipid-normalized bioaccumulation metrics Clip, Biota sediment accumulation factor (BSAF), Bioaccumulation factor (BAF) and the Biota plastic accumulation factor (BPAF). Small effects of PE addition were detected suggesting slightly increased or decreased bioaccumulation. However, the differences decreased in magnitude dependent on the metric used to assess bioaccumulation, in the order: Clip > BSAF > BPAF > BAF, and were nonsignificant for BAF. The fact that BAF, that is, normalization of Clip on porewater concentration, largely removed all effects of PE, shows that PE did not act as a measurable vector of PCBs. Biodynamic model analysis confirmed that PE ingestion contributed marginally to bioaccumulation. This work confirmed model-based predictions on the limited relevance of microplastic for bioaccumulation under environmentally realistic conditions, and illustrated the importance of assessing exposure through all media in microplastic bioaccumulation studies.
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- Ellen Besseling
- Aquatic
Ecology and Water Quality Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Wageningen Marine
Research, P.O. Box 68, 1970 AB IJmuiden, The Netherlands
- Phone: + 31 3174 87124; e-mail:
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- Wageningen Marine
Research, P.O. Box 68, 1970 AB IJmuiden, The Netherlands
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- Aquatic
Ecology and Water Quality Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Wageningen Marine
Research, P.O. Box 68, 1970 AB IJmuiden, The Netherlands
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Chen WF, Zhang J, Zhang X, Wang W, Li Y. Investigation of heavy metal (Cu, Pb, Cd, and Cr) stabilization in river sediment by nano-zero-valent iron/activated carbon composite. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2016; 23:1460-1470. [PMID: 26370818 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-5387-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2015] [Accepted: 09/07/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Nano-zero-valent iron/activated carbon (nZVI/AC) composite was evaluated for its effectiveness in the stabilization of Cu, Pb, Cd, and Cr in dredged river sediment. Synthetic precipitation leaching procedure (SPLP) and toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) were adopted to compare the effects of nZVI/AC dosage, particle size, time duration, and temperature on heavy metal leachability. The results show that leachability dropped considerably with the addition of nZVI/AC and powdered particles in the size of 0.075-0.18 mm was more effective in stabilization than granular ones. Stabilization effect was stable in long-term and robust against changes in temperature. Tessier sequential extraction revealed that heavy metals were associated with solid particle, inorganic or organic matters in sediment. The addition of nZVI/AC was able to convert relatively weakly bound heavy metals into more strongly bound species and thus reduce the bioavailability and toxicity. Also, the standard potential of heavy metals may decide the mechanism of stabilization process.
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- Wei-fang Chen
- School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 516 Jungong Rd., Shanghai, 200093, China.
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- School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 516 Jungong Rd., Shanghai, 200093, China
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- School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 516 Jungong Rd., Shanghai, 200093, China
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- School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 516 Jungong Rd., Shanghai, 200093, China
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- School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 516 Jungong Rd., Shanghai, 200093, China
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Kupryianchyk D, Rakowska MI, Reible D, Harmsen J, Cornelissen G, van Veggel M, Hale SE, Grotenhuis T, Koelmans AA. Positioning activated carbon amendment technologies in a novel framework for sediment management. INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT 2015; 11:221-34. [PMID: 25641867 DOI: 10.1002/ieam.1606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2014] [Revised: 10/08/2014] [Accepted: 11/01/2014] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Contaminated sediments can pose serious threats to human health and the environment by acting as a source of toxic chemicals. The amendment of contaminated sediments with strong sorbents like activated C (AC) is a rapidly developing strategy to manage contaminated sediments. To date, a great deal of attention has been paid to the technical and ecological features and implications of sediment remediation with AC, although science in this field still is rapidly evolving. This article aims to provide an update on the recent literature on these features, and provides a comparison of sediment remediation with AC to other sediment management options, emphasizing their full-scale application. First, a qualitative overview of advantages of current alternatives to remediate contaminated sediments is presented. Subsequently, AC treatment technology is critically reviewed, including current understanding of the effectiveness and ecological safety for the use of AC in natural systems. Finally, this information is used to provide a novel framework for supporting decisions concerning sediment remediation and beneficial reuse.
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- Darya Kupryianchyk
- Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands; Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Oslo, Norway
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