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Dutta S, Sinelshchikova A, Andreo J, Wuttke S. Nanoscience and nanotechnology for water remediation: an earnest hope toward sustainability. NANOSCALE HORIZONS 2024; 9:885-899. [PMID: 38591932 DOI: 10.1039/d4nh00056k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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Water pollution and the global freshwater crisis are the most alarming concerns of the 21st century, as they threaten the sustainability and ecological balance of the environment. The growth of global population, climate change, and expansion of industrial processes are the main causes of these issues. Therefore, effective remediation of polluted water by means of detoxification and purification is of paramount importance. To this end, nanoscience and nanotechnology have emerged as viable options that hold tremendous potential toward the advancement of wastewater treatment methods to enhance treatment efficiency along with augmenting water supply via utilization of unconventional water sources. Materials at the nano level have shown great promise toward water treatment applications owing to their unique physicochemical properties. In this focus article, we highlight the role of new fundamental properties at the nano scale and material properties that are drastically increased due to the nano dimension (e.g. volume-surface ratio) and highlight their impact and potential toward water treatment. We identify and discuss how nano-properties could improve the three main domains of water remediation: the identification of pollutants, their adsorption and catalytic degradation. After discussing all the beneficial aspects we further discuss the key challenges associated with nanomaterials for water treatment. Looking at the current state-of-the-art, the potential as well as the challenges of nanomaterials, we believe that in the future we will see a significant impact of these materials on many water remediation strategies.
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- Subhajit Dutta
- BCMaterials, Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures, UPV/EHU Science Park, 48950 Leioa, Spain.
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- BCMaterials, Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures, UPV/EHU Science Park, 48950 Leioa, Spain.
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- BCMaterials, Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures, UPV/EHU Science Park, 48950 Leioa, Spain.
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- BCMaterials, Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures, UPV/EHU Science Park, 48950 Leioa, Spain.
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48009 Bilbao, Spain
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Li Y, Xiang K, Qu G, Li R. Preparation of ionic liquid modified graphene composites and their adsorption mechanism of arsenic (V) in aqueous solution. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:16401-16412. [PMID: 38311685 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-31830-3] [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] [Received: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 02/06/2024]
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Graphene (GR) is a new type of carbon-based material that combines many excellent properties. In order to give full play to the excellent properties of graphene and expand its application scope, this study used ionic liquid SbF6 to modify it and successfully prepared ionic liquid modified graphene composites (H/GR), and studied its adsorption mechanism of arsenic in aqueous solution. By investigating the effects of reaction temperature, reaction time, pH, adsorbent (H/GR) dosage, and humic acid concentration on the removal rate of arsenic in aqueous solution, the experimental results showed that when the reaction temperature was 30 °C, reaction time was 1 h, pH was 6, H/GR dosage was 0.1g·L-1, and humic acid (HA) concentration was 10 mg·L-1, the best arsenic removal effect was achieved with a maximum. The removal rate was 99.4%. The equilibrium adsorption capacity was well modeled by the Langmuir, Freundlich, and Tenkin models at 30 °C. The Langmuir adsorption isotherm was the most consistent, with a calculated maximum value of 137.95 mg·g-1, which is higher than most adsorbents in the field. In addition, it was determined that the graphene surface was indeed immobilized with the ionic liquid [Hmim]SbF6 by SEM mapping and EDS energy spectroscopy observation, and the adsorption isotherms and pore size distribution maps of graphene before and after the loading of the ionic liquid were analyzed by BET, which further confirmed a significant increase in the microporosity and porosity of the modified H/GR, and furthermore, it was demonstrated that the arsenic ions are chemically bonded with and indeed adsorbed on the surface of the H/GR by FT-IR and XPS characterization analyses. The results of all experimental data studies indicate that the main mechanism of As(V) removal from water by H/GR is due to electrostatic adsorption, ion exchange, and complexation between the modified graphene itself and the ionic liquid [Hmim]SbF6 itself.
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- Yingli Li
- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, No. 727, Jingming South Road, Chenggong District, Kunming, 650500, Yunnan, China
- National Regional Engineering Research Center-NCW, Yunnan, 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, No. 727, Jingming South Road, Chenggong District, Kunming, 650500, Yunnan, China
- National Regional Engineering Research Center-NCW, Yunnan, 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, No. 727, Jingming South Road, Chenggong District, Kunming, 650500, Yunnan, China.
- National Regional Engineering Research Center-NCW, Yunnan, 650500, China.
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, No. 727, Jingming South Road, Chenggong District, Kunming, 650500, Yunnan, China
- National Regional Engineering Research Center-NCW, Yunnan, 650500, China
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Tang L, Lan J, Jiang X, Huang R, Pang Q, Wu S, Wan F, Zhong G, Tang Z, Hu L. Curcumin antagonizes inflammation and autophagy induced by arsenic trioxide through immune protection in duck spleen. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:75344-75355. [PMID: 35653021 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-20691-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Arsenic is a toxic heavy metal widely found in the natural environment and has adverse effects on the health of waterfowl and human. Curcumin (CUR), a natural pigment of the golden spice turmeric, exhibits excellent anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant activities. But the effects of CUR on duck spleen exposed to arsenic remain largely unknown. In this study, 75 ducks were divided randomly into Control, L-ATO, M-ATO, H-ATO and CUR + H-ATO groups to systematically analyze the underlying role of CUR. The results showed that arsenic trioxide (ATO) led to growth retardation of ducks, hyaline degeneration and sparse cell arrangement on their spleen. And in the ATO-exposed ducks, the levels of immunoglobulins (Ig; IgA, IgG, IgM) in the serum and the expression of autophagy-related genes (Atg5, P62, LC3I, LC3II, LC3II/I, Beclin-1) were significantly upregulated compared with the control ducks. Moreover, ATO also activated NF-κB signal pathway and upregulated the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IFN-γ, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-18). Meanwhile, application of CUR alleviated the ATO toxicity with the release of growth inhibition, and the reduced hyaline degeneration and distortion of the spleen capsule. CUR also suppressed ATO-induced NF-κB activation, pro-inflammatory cytokine addition and expression of autophagy-related genes. Overall, these results suggested that CUR might exert a protective effect against ATO-induced immunosuppression in ducks via anti-inflammation and autophagy restoring.
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- Lixuan Tang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
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Weerasundara L, Ok YS, Bundschuh J. Selective removal of arsenic in water: A critical review. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2021; 268:115668. [PMID: 33017746 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2020] [Revised: 09/13/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Selective removal of arsenic (As) is the key challenge for any of As removal mechanisms as this not only increases the efficiency of removal of the main As species (neutral As(III) and As(V) hydroxyl-anions) but also allows for a significant reduction of waste as it does not co-remove other solutes. Selective removal has a number of benefits: it increases the capacity and lifetime of units while lowering the cost of the process. Therefore, a sustainable selective mitigation method should be considered concerning the economic resources available, the ability of infrastructure to sustain water treatment, and the options for reuse and/or safe disposal of treatment residuals. Several methods of selective As removal have been developed, such as precipitation, adsorption and modified iron and ligand exchange. The biggest challenge in selective removal of As is the presence of phosphate in water which is chemically comparable with As(V). There are two types of mechanisms involved with As removal: Coulombic or ion exchange; and Lewis acid-base interaction. Solution pH is one of the major controlling factors limiting removal efficiency since most of the above-mentioned methods depend on complexation through electrostatic effects. The different features of two different As species make the selective removal process more difficult, especially under natural conditions. Most of the selective As removal methods involve hydrated Fe(III) oxides through Lewis acid-base interaction. Microbiological methods have been studied recently for selective removal of As, and although there have been only a small number of studies, the method shows remarkable results and indicates positive prospects for the future.
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- Lakshika Weerasundara
- School of Civil Engineering and Surveying, Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences, University of Southern Queensland, West Street, Toowoomba, Queensland, 4350, Australia.
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- Korea Biochar Research Center & Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- School of Civil Engineering and Surveying, Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences, University of Southern Queensland, West Street, Toowoomba, Queensland, 4350, Australia; UNESCO Chair on Groundwater Arsenic within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, University of Southern Queensland, West Street, Toowoomba, Queensland, 4350, Australia.
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Pincus LN, Rudel HE, Petrović PV, Gupta S, Westerhoff P, Muhich CL, Zimmerman JB. Exploring the Mechanisms of Selectivity for Environmentally Significant Oxo-Anion Removal during Water Treatment: A Review of Common Competing Oxo-Anions and Tools for Quantifying Selective Adsorption. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020; 54:9769-9790. [PMID: 32515947 PMCID: PMC10514893 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c01666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Development of novel adsorbents often neglects the competitive adsorption between co-occurring oxo-anions, overestimating realistic pollutant removal potentials, and overlooking the need to improve selectivity of materials. This critical review focuses on adsorptive competition between commonly co-occurring oxo-anions in water and mechanistic approaches for the design and development of selective adsorbents. Six "target" oxo-anion pollutants (arsenate, arsenite, selenate, selenite, chromate, and perchlorate) were selected for study. Five "competing" co-occurring oxo-anions (phosphate, sulfate, bicarbonate, silicate, and nitrate) were selected due to their potential to compete with target oxo-anions for sorption sites resulting in decreased removal of the target oxo-anions. First, a comprehensive review of competition between target and competitor oxo-anions to sorb on commonly used, nonselective, metal (hydr)oxide materials is presented, and the strength of competition between each target and competitive oxo-anion pair is classified. This is followed by a critical discussion of the different equations and models used to quantify selectivity. Next, four mechanisms that have been successfully utilized in the development of selective adsorbents are reviewed: variation in surface complexation, Lewis acid/base hardness, steric hindrance, and electrostatic interactions. For each mechanism, the oxo-anions, both target and competitors, are ranked in terms of adsorptive attraction and technologies that exploit this mechanism are reviewed. Third, given the significant effort to evaluate these systems empirically, the potential to use computational quantum techniques, such as density functional theory (DFT), for modeling and prediction is explored. Finally, areas within the field of selective adsorption requiring further research are detailed with guidance on priorities for screening and defining selective adsorbents.
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- Lauren N Pincus
- School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 195 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
- Yale University, Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
- Yale Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, 370 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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- Yale University, Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, 17 Hillhouse Ave, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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- School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 195 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
- Yale Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, 370 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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- Yale University, Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
- School of Sustainable Engineering and The Built Environment, Arizona State University, Box 3005, Tempe, Arizona 85287-3005 United States
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- Yale University, Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
- School of Sustainable Engineering and The Built Environment, Arizona State University, Box 3005, Tempe, Arizona 85287-3005 United States
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- Yale University, Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
- School for the Engineering of Mater, Transport, and Energy, Ira A Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85001, United States
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- School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 195 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
- Yale University, Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
- Yale Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, 370 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, 17 Hillhouse Ave, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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Pincus LN, Lounsbury AW, Zimmerman JB. Toward Realizing Multifunctionality: Photoactive and Selective Adsorbents for the Removal of Inorganics in Water Treatment. Acc Chem Res 2019; 52:1206-1214. [PMID: 30969749 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.8b00668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Persistent and potentially toxic inorganic oxoanions (e.g., arsenic and selenium) are one class of contaminants of concern in drinking water for which treatment technologies must be improved. Effective removal of these oxoanions is made difficult by the varying adsorption affinity of the different oxidation states, as well as the presence of background ions with similar chemical structure and behavior that strongly compete for adsorption sites, greatly reducing removal efficiencies. Recent studies pointing to the negative health effects of inorganic oxoanion contaminants have resulted or are expected to result in new regulations lowering their allowable maximum concentration level (MCL) in drinking water. While these regulations are intended to protect human and environmental health, they must also allow for balanced economic costs. As such, the MCLs are often set at levels that are not as health protective due to high treatment costs that continue to present a significant challenge for small (500-3300 people) to very small (25-500 people) communities. In this Account, we focus on the development of novel cost-effective, sustainable, and efficient multifunctional and selective adsorbents that offer solutions to the above challenges through two platforms: nanoenabled and transition-metal cross-linked chitosan (TMCC) and crystal facet engineered nanometal oxides (NMO). These complementary platforms offer treatment solutions at different scales and flow rates (e.g., in a point-of-use device versus a small-scale community system). Multifunctional adsorbents combine processes that traditionally require multiple steps offering the potential for reducing treatment time and costs. Development of selective adsorbents can greatly increase removal efficiencies of target contaminants by either promoting their adsorption or hindering adsorption of competitive ions. The following sections describe (1) synthesis of novel nanoenabled waste sourced bioadsorbents; (2) development of multifunctional adsorbents to simultaneously photo-oxidize arsenite and adsorb arsenate; (3) development of a selective adsorbent for removal of arsenate and selenite over phosphate; (4) investigations of the conventional wisdom that increased surface area yields increased oxoanion removal using selenium sorption on nanohematite as a case study; and (5) crystal engineering of nanohematite to promote selenite adsorption. The novel technologies developed through these research efforts can serve as templates for the creation of future adsorbents tailored for use targeting other oxoanion contaminants of interest.
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- Lauren N. Pincus
- School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 195 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
- Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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- Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, 17 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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- School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 195 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
- Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, 17 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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Pincus LN, Melnikov F, Yamani JS, Zimmerman JB. Multifunctional photoactive and selective adsorbent for arsenite and arsenate: Evaluation of nano titanium dioxide-enabled chitosan cross-linked with copper. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2018; 358:145-154. [PMID: 29990801 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.06.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2018] [Revised: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A novel multifunctional sorbent material of nano-titanium dioxide-enabled chitosan beads cross-linked with copper (CuTICB) is capable of photo-oxidation of As(III) to the less-toxic and more easily adsorbed As(V) in UV light and selective adsorption of arsenite (As(III)) and arsenate (As(V)) in the presence of phosphate, a strong adsorptive competitor and inhibitor of arsenic removal performance. CuTICB is an attractive sorbent as simultaneous photo-oxidation and adsorption reduces treatment time and cost while selective adsorption improves removal efficiency of arsenic in typical environmental conditions where competitive ions are predominant. In CuTICB, nano-titanium dioxide (n-TiO2) anatase photo-oxidizes As(III) to As(V) through generation of reactive oxygen species. Additionally, Cu-chitosan bidentate crosslinkers form through Lewis acid-base coordinate bonding between Cu(II) and chitosan amine groups resulting in cationic behavior that electrostatically favors As(V) chelation even when phosphate concentrations are orders of magnitude higher. The influence of copper and n-TiO2 loading on arsenic photo-oxidation and selective removal over phosphate was explored to optimize CuTICB design using batch experiments under varying systems conditions. For a system requiring both photo-oxidation and selective adsorption, it was found that copper and n-TiO2 act non-linearly and synergistically, where maximum loadings of both does not yield the optimal selectivity or removal efficacy.
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- Lauren N Pincus
- Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 195 Prospect St., New Haven, CT 06511, United States; Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, United States
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- Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 195 Prospect St., New Haven, CT 06511, United States
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- Yale University, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 17 Hillhouse Ave, New Haven, CT 06511, United States
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- Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 195 Prospect St., New Haven, CT 06511, United States; Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, United States; Yale University, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 17 Hillhouse Ave, New Haven, CT 06511, United States.
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Stanton BA, Caldwell K, Congdon CB, Disney J, Donahue M, Ferguson E, Flemings E, Golden M, Guerinot ML, Highman J, James K, Kim C, Lantz RC, Marvinney RG, Mayer G, Miller D, Navas-Acien A, Nordstrom DK, Postema S, Rardin L, Rosen B, SenGupta A, Shaw J, Stanton E, Susca P. MDI Biological Laboratory Arsenic Summit: Approaches to Limiting Human Exposure to Arsenic. Curr Environ Health Rep 2015; 2:329-37. [PMID: 26231509 PMCID: PMC4522277 DOI: 10.1007/s40572-015-0057-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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This report is the outcome of the meeting "Environmental and Human Health Consequences of Arsenic" held at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Salisbury Cove, Maine, August 13-15, 2014. Human exposure to arsenic represents a significant health problem worldwide that requires immediate attention according to the World Health Organization (WHO). One billion people are exposed to arsenic in food, and more than 200 million people ingest arsenic via drinking water at concentrations greater than international standards. Although the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set a limit of 10 μg/L in public water supplies and the WHO has recommended an upper limit of 10 μg/L, recent studies indicate that these limits are not protective enough. In addition, there are currently few standards for arsenic in food. Those who participated in the Summit support citizens, scientists, policymakers, industry, and educators at the local, state, national, and international levels to (1) establish science-based evidence for setting standards at the local, state, national, and global levels for arsenic in water and food; (2) work with government agencies to set regulations for arsenic in water and food, to establish and strengthen non-regulatory programs, and to strengthen collaboration among government agencies, NGOs, academia, the private sector, industry, and others; (3) develop novel and cost-effective technologies for identification and reduction of exposure to arsenic in water; (4) develop novel and cost-effective approaches to reduce arsenic exposure in juice, rice, and other relevant foods; and (5) develop an Arsenic Education Plan to guide the development of science curricula as well as community outreach and education programs that serve to inform students and consumers about arsenic exposure and engage them in well water testing and development of remediation strategies.
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- Bruce A Stanton
- Center for the Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA,
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González MJ, Botto L, Canafoglia ME, Coccaro L, Soto E. Iron-Modification of Pyroclastic Material from PCCVC Eruption (Chile): Characterization and Application to Remove Arsenic from Groundwater. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.4236/jep.2015.610099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Vera-Aguilar E, López-Sandoval E, Godina-Nava JJ, Cebrián-García ME, López-Riquelme O, Rodríguez-Segura MA, Zendejas-Leal BE, Vázquez-López C. Arsenic Removal from Zimapan Contaminated Water Monitored by the Tyndall Effect. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.4236/jep.2015.65049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Kowalski KP, Søgaard EG. Implementation of zero-valent iron (ZVI) into drinking water supply - role of the ZVI and biological processes. CHEMOSPHERE 2014; 117:108-114. [PMID: 24996201 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.05.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2014] [Revised: 05/27/2014] [Accepted: 05/31/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Arsenic in drinking water is concerning millions of people around the world, even though many solutions to the problem have come up in recent years. One of the promising solutions for removing arsenic from water is by implementation of a zero-valent iron (ZVI) in the drinking water production. The purpose of this work was to study a treatment of As pollution based on the ZVI, aeration and sand filtration that was monitored for period of 45 months. In applied configuration and conditions ZVI was not able to remove arsenic alone, but it worked as a source of ferrous ions that during its oxidation enabled to co-precipitate arsenic compounds in the sand filter. The results show that after a lag phase of about 6 months, it was possible to achieve water production with an As content from 20 μg L(-1) to below 5 μg L(-1). The treatment also enabled to remove phosphates that were present in groundwater and affected As uptake by hindering its co-precipitation with Fe compounds. Determination of colony forming units on As amended agar helped to find arsenic resistant bacteria at each stage of treatment and also in the sand filter backwash sludge. Bacterial communities found in groundwater, containing low concentration of As, were found to have high As resistance. The results also indicate that the lag phase might have been also needed to initiate Fe ions release by corrosion from elemental Fe by help of microbial activity.
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- Krzysztof P Kowalski
- Section of Chemical Engineering, Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Aalborg University Esbjerg, Niels Bohrs Vej 8, DK-6700 Esbjerg, Denmark.
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- Section of Chemical Engineering, Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Aalborg University Esbjerg, Niels Bohrs Vej 8, DK-6700 Esbjerg, Denmark.
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German M, Seingheng H, SenGupta AK. Mitigating arsenic crisis in the developing world: role of robust, reusable and selective hybrid anion exchanger (HAIX). THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2014; 488-489:547-553. [PMID: 24321388 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.10.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2013] [Revised: 09/17/2013] [Accepted: 10/25/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In trying to address the public health crisis from the lack of potable water, millions of tube wells have been installed across the world. From these tube wells, natural groundwater contamination from arsenic regularly puts at risk the health of over 100 million people in South and Southeast Asia. Although there have been many research projects, awards and publications, appropriate treatment technology has not been matched to ground level realities and water solutions have not scaled to reach millions of people. For thousands of people from Nepal to India to Cambodia, hybrid anion exchange (HAIX) resins have provided arsenic-safe water for up to nine years. Synthesis of HAIX resins has been commercialized and they are now available globally. Robust, reusable and arsenic-selective, HAIX has been in operation in rural communities over numerous cycles of exhaustion-regeneration. All necessary testing and system maintenance is organized by community-level water staff. Removed arsenic is safely stored in a scientifically and environmentally appropriate manner to prevent future hazards to animals or people. Recent installations have shown the profitability of HAIX-based arsenic treatment, with capital payback periods of only two years in ideal locations. With an appropriate implementation model, HAIX-based treatment can rapidly scale and provide arsenic-safe water to at-risk populations.
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- Michael German
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University, 1 W. Packer Ave, Bethlehem, PA 18015, United States
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- Institute of Technology of Cambodia, PO Box 86, Russian Federation Blvd, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University, 1 W. Packer Ave, Bethlehem, PA 18015, United States.
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Ghosh D, Sarkar S, Sengupta AK, Gupta A. Investigation on the long-term storage and fate of arsenic obtained as a treatment residual: a case study. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2014; 271:302-310. [PMID: 24641993 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2013] [Revised: 02/10/2014] [Accepted: 02/11/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
In several places in India, activated alumina is used for effective removal of arsenic from contaminated ground water used for drinking purposes. Once exhausted, activated alumina is regenerated and reused for number of cycles. Regeneration of activated alumina generates treatment residuals containing arsenic, disposal of which needs care so as to avoid further pollution of the neighbouring environment. In the present study, a suitable stabilization and disposal method for the treatment residuals inside a well aerated coarse sand filter bed has been developed. Standard leaching tests carried out with the stabilized treatment residual indicated that the leaching of arsenic from the stabilized treatment residual was minimum, and was within the regulatory limit. Water quality data of all the wells located within 100 m from the sand filter were monitored for nearly four years and no adverse impact of disposal of arsenic-laden treatment residuals in the sand filter was observed.
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- Debabrata Ghosh
- Civil Engineering Department, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, Howrah 711103, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, India
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Civil Engineering Department, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, Howrah 711103, India.
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- Gerald T Keusch
- Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
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