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Liu X, Wu L, Kümmel S, Gehre M, Richnow HH. Determination of Stable Hydrogen Isotopic Composition and Isotope Enrichment Factor at Low Hydrogen Concentration. Anal Chem 2023; 95:16272-16278. [PMID: 37878670 PMCID: PMC10637740 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c03214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Revised: 09/30/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
Abstract
Determination of stable hydrogen isotopic compositions (δ2H) is currently challenged to achieve a high detection limit for reaching the linear range where δ2H values are independent of concentration. Therefore, it is difficult to assess precise δ2H values for calculating the hydrogen isotope enrichment factor (εH) and for field application where the concentrations of contaminants are relatively low. In this study, a data treatment approach was developed to obtain accurate δ2H values below the linear range. The core concept was to use a logarithmic function to fit the δ2H values below the linear range and then adjust the δ2H values below the linear range into the linear range by using the fitted logarithmic equation. Moreover, the adjusted δ2H values were calibrated by using laboratory reference materials, e.g., n-alkanes. Tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (TCEP) and hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) isomers were selected as examples of complex heteroatom-bearing compounds to develop the data treatment approach. This data treatment approach was then tested using δ2H values from a TCEP transformation experiment with OH radicals. Comparable δ2H values and εH between the low-concentration experiment and the reference experiment were obtained using the developed approach. Therefore, the developed data treatment approach enables a possibility of determining the hydrogen isotopic compositions of organic components in low concentrations. It is especially valuable for determining organic contaminants in environmental samples, which are usually present in low concentrations.
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Affiliation(s)
- Xiao Liu
- Department
of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research-UFZ,Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department
of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research-UFZ,Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Ecometrix
Incorporated, 6800 Campobello
Road, Mississauga, ON L5N 2L8, Canada
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- Department
of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research-UFZ,Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department
of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research-UFZ,Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department
of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research-UFZ,Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Isodetect
GmbH, Deutscher Platz
5b, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Tian YX, Chen HY, Ma J, Liu QY, Qu YJ, Zhao WH. A critical review on sources and environmental behavior of organophosphorus flame retardants in the soil: Current knowledge and future perspectives. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 452:131161. [PMID: 37030217 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Revised: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
Organophosphorus flame retardants (OPFRs) have been widely used in industrial and commercial applications. Unfortunately, the chemical constituents of OPFRs, organophosphate esters (OPEs), which have been proven to be carcinogenic and biotoxic, can release into the environment and pose potential risks to human health. This paper reviews the research progress of OPEs in the soil through bibliometric analysis and comprehensively elaborates on their pollution status, potential sources, and environmental behaviors. The OPE pollution is widely distributed in the soil at concentrations ranging from several to tens of thousands of ng/g dw. Some novel OPEs, newly discovered OPEs in the environment in recent years, are also detected. OPE concentrations vary substantially among landuses, and waste processing areas are important point sources of OPE pollution in the soil. Emission source intensity, physicochemical properties of compounds, and soil properties play important roles in the transfer process of OPEs in the soil. Biodegradation, especially microbial degradation, has potential application prospects in the remediation of OPE-contaminated soil. Brevibacillus brevis, Sphingomonas, Sphingopyxis, Rhodococcus, and other microorganisms can degrade some OPEs. This review helps clarify the pollution status of OPEs in the soil and highlights perspectives for future research.
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- Y X Tian
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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Blessing M, Baran N. A review on environmental isotope analysis of aquatic micropollutants: Recent advances, pitfalls and perspectives. Trends Analyt Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2022.116730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Zhu X, Deng S, Fang Y, Yang S, Zhong Y, Li D, Wang H, Wu J, Peng P. Dehalococcoides-Containing Enrichment Cultures Transform Two Chlorinated Organophosphate Esters. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:1951-1962. [PMID: 35015551 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c06686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Although chlorinated organophosphate esters (Cl-OPEs) have been reported to be ubiquitously distributed in various anoxic environments, little information is available on their fate under anoxic conditions. In this study, we report two Dehalococcoides-containing enrichment cultures that transformed 3.88 ± 0.22 μmol tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (TCEP) and 2.61 ± 0.02 μmol tris(1-chloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TCPP) within 10 days. Based on the identification of the transformed products and deuteration experiments, we inferred that TCEP may be transformed to generate bis(2-chloroethyl) phosphate and ethene via one-electron transfer (radical mechanism), followed by C-O bond cleavage. Ethene was subsequently reduced to ethane. Similarly, TCPP was transformed to form bis(1-chloro-2-propyl) phosphate and propene. 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis revealed that Dehalococcoides was the predominant contributor to the transformation of TCEP and TCPP. Two draft genomes of Dehalococcoides assembled from the metagenomes of the TCEP- and TCPP-transforming enrichment cultures contained 14 and 15 putative reductive dehalogenase (rdh) genes, respectively. Most of these rdh genes were actively transcribed, suggesting that they might contribute to the transformation of TCEP and TCPP. Taken together, this study provides insights into the role of Dehalococcoides during the transformation of representative Cl-OPEs.
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- Xifen Zhu
- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wushan, Guangzhou 510640, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Pollution Process and Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming 525000, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Pollution Process and Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming 525000, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wushan, Guangzhou 510640, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Deep Earth Science, Guangzhou 510640, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wushan, Guangzhou 510640, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Deep Earth Science, Guangzhou 510640, China
- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Environmental Pollution and Control, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wushan, Guangzhou 510640, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wushan, Guangzhou 510640, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Deep Earth Science, Guangzhou 510640, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wushan, Guangzhou 510640, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Deep Earth Science, Guangzhou 510640, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wushan, Guangzhou 510640, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Deep Earth Science, Guangzhou 510640, China
- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Environmental Pollution and Control, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Höhener P, Imfeld G. Quantification of Lambda (Λ) in multi-elemental compound-specific isotope analysis. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 267:129232. [PMID: 33338724 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Revised: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
In multi-elemental compound-specific isotope analysis the lambda (Λ) value expresses the isotope shift of one element versus the isotope shift of a second element. In dual-isotope plots, the slope of the regression lines typical reveals the footprint of the underlying isotope effects allowing to distinguish degradation pathways of an organic contaminant molecule in the environment. While different conventions and fitting procedures are used in the literature to determine Λ, it remains unclear how they affect the magnitude of Λ. Here we generate synthetic data for benzene δ2H and δ13C with two enrichment factors εH and εC using the Rayleigh equation to examine how different conventions and linear fitting procedures yield distinct Λ. Fitting an error-free data set in a graph plotting the δ2H versus δ13C overestimates Λ by 0.225%⋅εH/εC, meaning that if εH/εCis larger than 22, Λ is overestimated by more than 5%. The correct fitting of Λ requires a natural logarithmic transformation of δ2H versus δ13C data. Using this transformation, the ordinary linear regression (OLR), the reduced major-axis (RMA) and the York methods find the correct Λ, even for large εH/εC. Fitting a dataset with synthetic data with typical random errors let to the same conclusion and positioned the suitability of each regression method. We conclude that fitting of non-transformed δ values should be discontinued. The validity of most previous Λ values is not compromised, although previously obtained Λ values for large εH/εC could be corrected using our error estimation to improve comparison.
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- Patrick Höhener
- Aix Marseille University - CNRS, UMR 7376, Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry, Marseille, France.
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- Laboratory of Hydrology and Geochemistry of Strasbourg (LHyGeS), Université de Strasbourg, UMR 7517 CNRS/EOST, 1 Rue Blessig, 67084, Strasbourg Cedex, France
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Avila R, Peris A, Eljarrat E, Vicent T, Blánquez P. Biodegradation of hydrophobic pesticides by microalgae: Transformation products and impact on algae biochemical methane potential. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 754:142114. [PMID: 32911153 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Revised: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 08/29/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Intensive and extensive use of pesticides has contributed to their wide distribution in soil, air, and water. Due to their detrimental effects on non-target organisms, different technologies have been considered for their removal. In this work, three hydrophobic pesticide active compounds, namely, chlorpyrifos, cypermethrin, and oxadiazon, were selected to study the potential for their removal from aqueous media by a microalgae consortium. An abiotic and a killed control (thermally inactivated dead microalgae biomass) were employed to clarify their removal pathways, and pesticide content was quantified in liquid and biomass phases for 7 days. At the final time, total degradation (biodegradation plus photodegradation) contributed to the removal of 55% of oxadiazon, 35% of chlorpyrifos, and 14% of cypermethrin. Furthermore, more than 60% of chlorpyrifos and cypermethrin were removed by sorption onto microalgae biomass. Overall, the three pesticides showed high removal from the liquid phase. O,O-diethyl thiophosphate was identified in the liquid phase as a transformation product of chlorpyrifos formed by microalgae degradation. Phycoremediation was coupled with anaerobic degradation of the microalgae biomass containing the retained pesticides by sorption through biochemical methane potential tests. Anaerobic digestion was not inhibited by the pesticides as verified by methane production yields. The removal efficiency of the pesticides in the digestate was as follows: chlorpyrifos > cypermethrin > oxadiazon. These results highlight the potential of low-cost algal-based systems for the treatment of wastewater or effluents from agrochemical industries. The integration of wastewater treatment with biogas production through anaerobic digestion is a biorefinery approach that facilitates the economic feasibility of the process.
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- Romina Avila
- Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering Department, Escola d'Enginyeria, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Water, Environmental and Food Chemistry, Dep. of Environmental Chemistry, IDAEA-CSIC, Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Water, Environmental and Food Chemistry, Dep. of Environmental Chemistry, IDAEA-CSIC, Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering Department, Escola d'Enginyeria, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering Department, Escola d'Enginyeria, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
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