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{"title":"Antimony speciation in soils in areas subjected to industrial anthropopressure","authors":"M. Jabłońska-Czapla, Katarzyna Grygoyć, M. Rachwał","doi":"10.24425/aep.2022.140765","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24425/aep.2022.140765","url":null,"abstract":"compounds accumulate in plasma. The symptoms of poisoning caused by antimony are similar to those caused by arsenic. Headaches, weakness, breathing disorders, vomiting, and diarrhea are observed. Antimony and its salts are toxic mainly to the central nervous system and blood. They also cause conjunctivitis and skin inflammation, and damage the heart muscle and liver. Antimony compounds show mutagenic and carcinogenic effects (","PeriodicalId":48950,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Environmental Protection","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90499036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water and bottom sediments of a shallow, lowland dammed reservoir (on the example of the reservoir Blachownia, South Poland)","authors":"I. Jureczko, M. Kostecki, A. Pohl, M. Czaplicka, B. Łozowski","doi":"10.24425/118177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24425/118177","url":null,"abstract":"The content of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in water and sediments of the Blachownia reservoir (South Poland) was investigated. Spatial variability of PAH concentrations in the longitudinal profi le of the tank was determined. PAHs in samples were determined by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometric detection (GC-MS QP-2010 Plus Shimadzu) using an internal standard. Concentrations ranged from 0.103 μg/L to 2.667 μg/L (Σ16 PAHs) in water samples and from 2.329 mg/kg d.w. to 9.078 mg/kg d.w. (Σ16 PAHs) in sediment samples. A pollution balance was calculated and it was estimated that the infl ow load was 17.70 kg PAHs during the year and the outfl ow load was 9.30 kg PAHs per year. Accumulation of about 50% of the annual PAH loads (8.90 kg) is a threat to the ecological condition of the ecosystem. It was calculated that the PAH loads in bottom sediment were about 80 kg, which limits their economic use. Improvement of the ecological status of this type of reservoir can be achieved by removing the sediment. Analysis of the diagnostic ratios obtained for selected PAHs showed that the potential sources of PAH emissions in small agricultural – forest catchments can be combustion of a coal, wood, plant material (low emission, forest fi res, burning grass, etc.). Transportation is also signifi cant. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water and bottom sediments of a shallow, lowland dammed reservoir... 11 in the environment or utilization (Kostecki 2003, Kostecki and Czaplicka 2001). Determining the relationship between selected PAHs can be used to defi ne the origin of the pollutant. Table 1 shows PAH diagnostic ratios with their typically reported values for particular processes. The aim of the study was to obtain knowledge about the role of lowland dam reservoir as the reactor in which the quality of water and bottom sediments is formed. The novelty scientifi c studies were to attempt to determine the relationship between the morphometry of the reservoir and PAHs concentration in sediments. In determining the spatial variability of concentrations in the longitudinal profi le of the reservoir, its depth diversity was taken into account. The aim of the study was to demonstrate the specifi city of the self-cleaning processes taking place in the lowland reservoirs. Using the balance method, the ecosystem’s ability to accumulate organic pollutants was determined. Research Methodology The object of studies The reservoir in Blachownia is an example of a typical lowland, dammed reservoir formed by damming the Stradomka river. Such reservoirs are important elements in local water management. By small differences in the level of damming they maintain the correct level of groundwater, thus reducing the effects of drought and fl oods during the spring and summer. They are valuable ecosystems enhancing biodiversity of fl ora and fauna. Additionally, they are a recreation area for local communities. The reservoir has an area of 47 hectares, and","PeriodicalId":48950,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Environmental Protection","volume":"178 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76042804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Nanoparticles for water disinfection by photocatalysis: A review","authors":"","doi":"10.24425/aep.2022.140541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24425/aep.2022.140541","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48950,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Environmental Protection","volume":"96 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85780758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The application of the geo-accumulation index and geostatistical methods to the assessment of forest soil contamination with heavy metals in the Babia Góra National Park (Poland)","authors":"","doi":"10.24425/aep.2020.134537","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24425/aep.2020.134537","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48950,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Environmental Protection","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88262466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Converting sewage holding tanks to rainwater harvesting tanks in Poland","authors":"S. Murat-Błażejewska, R. Błażejewski","doi":"10.24425/aep.2020.135770","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24425/aep.2020.135770","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48950,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Environmental Protection","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75601321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The mobility of arsenic and its species in selected herbs","authors":"M. Jabłońska-Czapla, R. Michalski, K. Nocoń, Katarzyna Grygoyć","doi":"10.24425/AEP.2019.128645","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24425/AEP.2019.128645","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of the study was verifi cation of the response of chamomile (Matricaria recutita (L.) Rauschert), peppermint (Mentha x piperita) lemon balm (Melissa offi cinalis L.), and sage (Salvia offi cinalis L.) on the elevated contents of inorganic As species in soils. The ability of herbs to accumulate arsenic was tested in pot experiment in which soils were contaminated by As(III) and As(V). The As(III), As(V), AB (arsenobetaine), MMA (monomethylarsonic acid) and DMA (dimethylarsinic acid) ions were successfully separated in the Hamilton PRP-X100 column with high performance-liquid chromatography-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (HPLC-ICP-MS) techniques. The study examined total arsenic contents in soil and plants, as well as the mobility of the arsenic species from the soil into the studied plants. Peppermint demonstrated the highest arsenic concentration and phytoaccumulation among studied plants. The sequential chemical extraction showed that arsenic in the contaminated soil was mainly related to the oxide and organic-sulfi de fractions. The results showed that the oxidized arsenic form had a greater ability to accumulate in herbs and was more readily absorbed from the substrate by plants. Research has shown that soil contaminated with As(III) or As(V) has different effects on the arsenic content in plants. The plant responses to strong environmental pollution varied and depended on their type and the arsenic species with which the soil was contaminated. In most cases it resulted in the appearance of the organic arsenic derivatives. The mobility of arsenic and its species in selected herbs 87 As in the environment are still increasing, due to the industrial development and economic growth. In Polish rivers, the content of As(III) in water was even 2.36 μg∙L-1 in the Kłodnica River (Jabłońska-Czapla 2015a) or 3.83 μg∙L-1 in the Biała Przemsza River (Jabłońska-Czapla 2015b). Human exposure to arsenic can cause various detrimental health effects, such as dermatological, pulmonary, cardiological, genetic, genotoxic or mutagenic (Selene et al. 2003). For humans, water and food are the main arsenic sources. When compared to its inorganic forms, the organic compounds of As are relatively non-toxic to humans. Inorganic arsenic forms are metabolized in the human body to their methylated species (in the methylation process) and removed at least partly, together with urine (Vahidnia et al. 2007). The application of hyphenated techniques such as high performance-liquid chromatography-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (HPLC-ICP-MS) allows for speciation analysis (Cai et al. 2017, Das et al. 2001, Donner et al. 2017, Hong et al. 2018, Jabłońska-Czapla et al. 2014a, Jabłońska-Czapla et al. 2015, Jabłońska-Czapla 2015b, Marcinkowska et al. 2016, Templeton et al. 2000, Zheng et al. 2003). It is necessary for the hyphenated methods used in the arsenic speciation analytics (at low concentration levels) to be both appropriately selective an","PeriodicalId":48950,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Environmental Protection","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75435126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Promising method of ion exchange separation of anions before reverse osmosis","authors":"I. Trus, M. Gomelya, V. Vorobyova, Margarita Skіba","doi":"10.24425/aep.2021.139505","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24425/aep.2021.139505","url":null,"abstract":"A method to improve the quality of purified water, reduce the cost of reagents for the regeneration of resin and create low-waste processes have been developed. This paper presents the results of ion exchange separation of sulfates and nitrates using AV-17-8 anion exchange resin in NO3 form. The efficiency of anion separation on the highly basic anion exchange resin AV-17-8 depends on the magnitude and ratio of their concentrations in water. Separation on the AV-17-8 anion exchange resin has been shown to be effective at concentrations of sulfates up to 800 mg/dm3 and nitrates up to 100 mg/dm3. Conditions for regeneration of 10% NaNO3 anion exchange resin were determined. Reagent precipitation of sulfates from the used regeneration solution in the form of calcium sulfate was carried out. Calcium sulfate precipitate can be used in the manufacturing of building materials. The regeneration solution is suitable for reuse. The developed results will allow to introduce low-waste desalination technology of highly mineralized waters. 94 I. Trus, M. Gomelya, V. Vorobyova, M. Skiba this problem, the processes of ion exchange separation of these ions in the stages preceding the reverse osmosis desalination of water can be used. The most characteristic anions of highly mineralized waters are chlorides, nitrates and sulfates. The use of an anion exchange resin Amberlite IRA 900 allows for the separation of chlorides and nitrates (Berbar, Y. et al. 2008). Today, reverse osmosis methods are preferred for purifying waters with a high content of chlorides and sulfates, (Mubita, T. et al. 2020). These anions can be preliminarily separated on the AV-17-8 anion exchange resin in Cl-form. During the electrochemical separation of chlorides and sulfates in the anode chamber, sulfuric acid is concentrated, and chlorides are oxidized and then released in the form of chlorine gas. It is much more difficult to purify water that contains nitrates along with sulfates. It should be noted that the extraction of nitrates from water with low mineralization is a simple task (Rajca, M. 2012, Wiśniowska E. and Włodarczyk-Makuła M. 2020). Ion exchange is a fairly simple and reliable method that allows to effectively remove nitrates, reducing their concentration in water to acceptable levels. Ion resins are well regenerated with the solutions of sodium, potassium and ammonium compounds. At high concentrations of chlorides and sulfates during their electrochemical separation a mixture of sulfuric and nitric acids will form, which is unsuitable for further use. Therefore, this issue needs to be addressed urgently. However, the processes of regeneration of ion exchangers and utilization of the resulting eluates are insufficiently studied. Therefore, the aim of this work was to study the processes of effective separation of sulfates and nitrates depending on their concentrations in water and to develop a method of processing of eluates, which will allow their reuse to create low-waste wa","PeriodicalId":48950,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Environmental Protection","volume":"317 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74046382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Biosorption of Pb(II) by the resistant Enterobacter sp.: Investigated by kinetics, equilibriumand thermodynamics","authors":"Lei Liu, Mengyang Xia, Jian-An Hao, Haoxie Xu, Wencheng Song","doi":"10.24425/aep.2021.138461","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24425/aep.2021.138461","url":null,"abstract":"The Pb(II)-resistant bacterium was isolated from heavy metal-contained soils and used as a biosorbent to remove Pb(II). The strain was identified as Enterobacter sp. based on the 16S rRNA sequence analysis. The effect of biosorption properties (pH value, Pb(II) concentration, bacterial concentration and temperature) on Pb(II) was investigated by batch experiments. Results of FTIR and XPS showed that the biosorption process mainly involved some oxygen-containing groups (-OH and -COOH groups). The experimental results and equilibrium data were fitted by pseudo-second-order kinetic model and Langmuir model, respectively. The experimental biosorption isotherms fitted the Langmuir model, and the maximum biosorption capacity was 40.75 mg/g at 298 K. The calculated ΔGо and ΔHо were –4.06 and 14.91(kJ/mol), respectively, which indicated that biosorption process was spontaneous and endothermic. Results show that Enterobacter sp. will be an efficient biosorbent for Pb(II) removal. Biosorption of Pb(II) by the resistant Enterobacter sp.: Investigated by kinetics, equilibrium and thermodynamics 29 et al. have found that Enterobacter sp. RC4 was capable of reducing crude oil content by 80%, which has been widely used (Baruah et al. 2016). Pb(II) biosorption by Enterobacter sp. is theoretically feasible, but to the best of our knowledge, there is no report on Pb(II) biosorption by Enterobacter sp., therefore, the use of Enterobacter sp. to adsorb Pb(II) has certain significance. The objectives of this study are as follows: (1) The strong Pb(II) resistant Enterobacter sp. was isolated from the Pb(II)-contaminated soils. (2) The influence of solution pH value, uptake time and biosorption doses on biosorption were investigated systematically. (3) XPS and FTIR were used to analyze the change elements and different functional groups on the surface of bacteria, respectively, and the morphological changes were analyzed by TEM. (4) The biosorption kinetics, thermodynamics and isotherm of Enterobacter sp. for Pb(II) were studied. Materials and methods Cultivation of biosorbent and identification The biosorbent was isolated from the Pb(II)-contaminated soils, and the samples (Pb(II)-contaminated soils) were stored in the School of Environment and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Vocational and Technical College. The strain was isolated by a specific method and was similar to the previous studies (Liu et al. 2018, 2019). Firstly, 10 g of soil sample was dissolved in 100 mL of sterile water, then the supernatant was gradually diluted to 10-4 times. Secondly, 1 mL of the dilution was spread on a nutrient agar plate (5 g/L of peptone, 1 g/L of glucose, 2.5 g/L of yeast extract) containing 100 g/L of Pb(II) ion, which was incubated for 24 hours at 37°C. Finally, the single colony was obtained for molecular identification and biosorption experiments. The methods used for the cultivation of Enterobacter sp. were the same as the methods for screening and separating. DNA was extracte","PeriodicalId":48950,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Environmental Protection","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75347737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Membrane processes innovationin environmental protection: Review","authors":"K. Konieczny, M. Wszelaka-Rylik, Bartłomiej Macherzyńsk","doi":"10.24425/aep.2019.130238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24425/aep.2019.130238","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48950,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Environmental Protection","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91289840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tolerance to cytostatic drugs bleomycin and vincristine by white rot fungi","authors":"Marcelina Jureczko, W. Przystaś, M. Urbaniak, Anna Banach-Wiśniewska, Łukasz Stępień","doi":"10.24425/aep.2020.134540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24425/aep.2020.134540","url":null,"abstract":": Cytostatic drugs have become one of the greatest environmental hazards. They exhibit toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic and teratogenic eff ects on fl ora and fauna, including people. They are poorly eliminated in conventional wastewater treatment plants and their mixtures could possess higher ecotoxicity than individual drugs. Fungi are organisms with enormous potential for biodegradation of a variety of toxic chemical pollutants. The aim of this work was to estimate tolerance of fi ve fungal strains to selected anticancer drugs, which will be useful to determine the potential for their possible use in cytostatics removal and may be signifi cant in the context of wastewater treatment application. Test was conducted on Fomes fomentarius (CB13), Hypholoma fasciculare (CB15), Phyllotopsis nidulans (CB14), Pleurotus ostreatus (BWPH) and Trametes versicolor (CB8) and the chosen drugs were bleomycin and vincristine. Their ability to grow in the presence of selected cytostatics was","PeriodicalId":48950,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Environmental Protection","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76317098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}