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Mixed response of trace element concentrations in fluvial sediments to a flash flood in a former mining area 河流沉积物中微量元素浓度对原采矿区山洪暴发的混合反应
IF 5.9 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2024-05-29 DOI: 10.1186/s12302-024-00926-5
Alexandra Weber, Frank Lehmkuhl

Background

Floods, especially flash floods, are the major transporting agent for fluvial sediments, whose pollution is a global concern. As floods result in the dispersion of and exposure to these sediments, a profound understanding of sedimentary dynamics during flood events and the related pollutant dispersion is of relevance. However, the characteristics of extreme flood events concerning pollutant dynamics are insufficiently known so far.

Results

In a Central European catchment impacted by intense industrial activities and former mining, over the course of five years, we surveyed six high-discharge events, five of them approx. bankfull discharge and one major flash flood event, supplemented by sampling of bank sediments. Fluvial sediments were analyzed for elemental composition by X-Ray fluorescence and for grain size distribution of the fine faction by laser diffraction. By applying a local enrichment factor, trace metal(loid) signatures in these sample sets were compared. Furthermore, Positive Matrix Factorization was used to investigate the trace metal(loid)s’ sources.

The sediments deposited by minor flooding had continual trace metal(loid) signatures. However, for the extreme event, significant divergencies arose and persisted for the following years: The enrichment of anthropogenically influenced elements increased, with a slowly decreasing trend in the subsequent two years. Naturally dominated metal(oid)s decrease in enrichment without indicating a return to original levels. In contrast, other elements were insensitive to the extreme event. Positive Matrix Factorization identified anthropogenic influences in elements originating from copper and lead processing and mining activities. Furthermore, bed sediments and a natural background factor were found to dominate the non-anthropogenically influenced metal(loid)s.

Conclusions

In between extreme events, winnowing processes slowly alter the elemental composition of bed sediments. The depletion of such sediments due to the flash flood proves catchment-wide flushing, which induces a natural resetting of the geochemical signals. This ability to renew is an integral part of resilience in fluvial systems. This mechanism is disturbed by industrial activities in floodplains. The exceptional flooding reaches infrastructure that is assumed to be safe and, therefore, unprotected. These additional sources can shift flood sediments’ trace metal(loid) signature, which has a long-lasting impact on the catchment sediments. However, the modifications depend on the flooding extent, possible emitters, and protection measures.

背景洪水,尤其是山洪,是河道沉积物的主要运输工具,而河道沉积物的污染是全球关注的问题。由于洪水会导致这些沉积物的扩散和暴露,因此深入了解洪水事件期间的沉积动力学以及相关的污染物扩散具有重要意义。结果 在中欧一个受激烈工业活动和前采矿业影响的集水区,我们用五年时间调查了六次高排水量事件,其中五次接近河岸满排水量,还有一次山洪暴发事件,并对河岸沉积物进行了取样。我们用 X 射线荧光分析了冲积物的元素组成,并用激光衍射分析了细颗粒的粒度分布。通过应用局部富集因子,对这些样本集中的痕量金属(loid)特征进行了比较。小洪水沉积的沉积物具有持续的痕量金属(loid)特征。小洪水沉积的沉积物具有持续的痕量金属(loid)特征,但在极端事件中,出现了明显的差异,并在随后几年中持续存在:受人类活动影响的元素富集增加,随后两年呈缓慢下降趋势。自然界占主导地位的金属元素富集度下降,但没有恢复到原来的水平。相比之下,其他元素对极端事件并不敏感。正矩阵因式分解确定了铜和铅加工及采矿活动对元素的人为影响。此外,还发现河床沉积物和自然背景因素在非人为影响的金属(loid)中占主导地位。山洪暴发造成的沉积物损耗证明了整个流域的冲刷,从而引起地球化学信号的自然重置。这种更新能力是河川系统恢复能力的一个组成部分。这一机制受到洪泛区工业活动的干扰。特殊的洪水会到达被认为是安全的基础设施,因此这些基础设施没有受到保护。这些额外的来源会改变洪水沉积物的痕量金属(loid)特征,从而对流域沉积物产生长期影响。不过,这种改变取决于洪水范围、可能的排放源和保护措施。
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Natures instead of nature—plural perceptions and representations of nature and its challenges for ecological transition: a systematic review of the scientific production 自然而非自然--对自然的多元认知和表述及其对生态转型的挑战:对科学成果的系统回顾
IF 5.9 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2024-05-28 DOI: 10.1186/s12302-024-00934-5
Diogo Guedes Vidal, Fátima Alves, Cristina Sá Valentim, Helena Freitas

Background

Recognizing nature and the environment as sociocultural constructions is critical to enhancing a transformational ecological change. This involves understanding their diverse sociocultural meanings and societal approaches and how these understandings affect equitable ecological transitions. We reviewed empirical studies and essays, categorizing 161 studies into three main categories: opposition, domination, and interdependencies, reflecting varying knowledge, power dynamics, cultures, and contexts. These studies aim to uncover how societies conceptualize, explain, and engage with nature and the environment, shaping society–nature relationships and influencing ecological transitions.

Results

This study underscores the diverse perceptions and representations of nature, from a controllable resource to an integrated web of life. Three main categories emerged: (i) nature against society, in a logic of opposition; (ii) nature subordinated to society, in a logic of domination, although integrated into society; and (iii) nature united with society, in a logic of interdependence. Thus, this study advocates discussing “natures” as sociocultural constructs, highlighting the plurality of social perceptions and representations, which can inform policies and challenge socio-political and socio-economic systems.

Conclusions

This review may pave the way to, first, give visibility and value that diversity and plurality as an instrument that can enrich policies and defy socio-political and socio-economic systems to change and, second, identify the main drivers and resistances that the implementation of an ecological transformation change may face in different sociocultural contexts.

背景认识到自然和环境是社会文化的建构,这对促进生态转型变革至关重要。这涉及到理解它们不同的社会文化含义和社会方法,以及这些理解如何影响公平的生态转型。我们回顾了实证研究和论文,将 161 项研究分为三大类:对立、支配和相互依存,反映了不同的知识、权力动态、文化和背景。这些研究旨在揭示社会如何对自然和环境进行概念化、解释并与之打交道,从而塑造社会与自然的关系并影响生态过渡。出现了三个主要类别:(i) 自然与社会对立,处于对立逻辑中;(ii) 自然从属于社会,处于支配逻辑中,尽管已融入社会;(iii) 自然与社会结合,处于相互依存逻辑中。因此,本研究主张将 "自然 "作为社会文化建构来讨论,强调社会认知和表述的多元性,这可以为政策提供依据,并对社会政治和社会经济制度提出挑战。结论 本综述可为以下两方面的工作铺平道路:首先,提高多样性和多元性的可见度和价值,将其作为一种工具,丰富政策内容,抵制社会政治和社会经济制度的变革;其次,确定在不同社会文化背景下实施生态转型变革可能面临的主要驱动力和阻力。
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Association of PM2.5 chemical constituents with general, abdominal and visceral obesity and mediation roles of physical activity PM2.5 化学成分与全身肥胖、腹部肥胖和内脏肥胖的关系以及体育锻炼的调解作用
IF 5.9 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2024-05-27 DOI: 10.1186/s12302-024-00935-4
Tingting Ye, Ying Shao, Changwei Cai, Yuchen Li, Bin Yu, Xu Qiao, Chuanteng Feng, Peng Jia, Shujuan Yang

Background

The association between exposure to PM2.5 chemical constituents and obesity remains to be elucidated, as most studies have used a single measure of obesity. This study aimed to investigate the associations of exposure to PM2.5 chemical constituents with general, abdominal, and visceral obesity, and the mediation effect of physical activity (PA) in the associations.

Methods

Based on a total of 49,819 adults from the baseline of the Yunnan Behavior and Disease Surveillance cohort (YBDS) in southern China in 2021, we used multiple linear regression, weighted quantile sum regression, and quantile regression to estimate independent and joint effects of PM2.5 chemical constituents on elevated BMI, waist circumference (WC) and visceral adiposity index (VAI) and whether these effects changed in quantiles. Mediation analysis was used to examine whether physical activity acts as a mediator in these pathways.

Results

Per IQR μg/m3 increase in all PM2.5 chemical constituents was significantly associated with the elevated BMI (β [95% CI]: 0.170 [0.127, 0.214]), WC (0.316 [0.217, 0.415]) and VAI (0.102 [0.075, 0.129]), with the largest weights from OM (53.89, 81.67, and 89.82%, respectively). The effects of PM2.5 chemical constituents on obesity showed an overall upward trend from quantiles 1–4 of BMI, WC, and VAI, especially with a rapid upward trend from the sixth decile of VAI. Reduced PA mediated 3.16, 7.08, and 3.78% of the associations between PM2.5 chemical constituents and elevated BMI, WC, and VAI, respectively.

Conclusions

Exposure to PM2.5 chemical constituents, especially OM, was significantly associated with increased risks for obesity in adults. The effects of associations increased with obesity severity, with PA playing a mediation role.

背景 PM2.5化学成分暴露与肥胖之间的关系仍有待阐明,因为大多数研究使用的是单一的肥胖测量方法。本研究旨在探讨暴露于PM2.5化学成分与全身肥胖、腹部肥胖和内脏肥胖之间的关系,以及体育锻炼(PA)在这些关系中的中介作用。方法基于2021年中国南方云南行为与疾病监测队列(YBDS)基线的49 819名成年人,我们使用多元线性回归、加权量子和回归和量子回归来估计PM2.5化学成分对体重指数(BMI)、腰围(WC)和内脏脂肪指数(VAI)升高的独立效应和联合效应,以及这些效应是否随量子位数的变化而变化。结果 所有 PM2.5 化学成分中每 IQR μg/m3 的增加与 BMI 升高显著相关(β [95% CI]: 0.170[0.127,0.214])、WC(0.316[0.217,0.415])和 VAI(0.102[0.075,0.129])的升高明显相关,其中来自 OM 的权重最大(分别为 53.89%、81.67%和 89.82%)。PM2.5化学成分对肥胖的影响从BMI、WC和VAI的1-4分位数开始呈总体上升趋势,尤其是从VAI的第六个十分位数开始呈快速上升趋势。在PM2.5化学成分与BMI、WC和VAI升高的关联中,PA的减少分别起到了3.16%、7.08%和3.78%的中介作用。相关影响随着肥胖严重程度的增加而增加,而PA则起着调解作用。
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When, at what speed, and how? Resilient transformation of the Vesdre river basin (Belgium) following the 2021 floods 何时、以何种速度、如何进行?2021 年洪灾后维斯德勒河流域(比利时)的复原转型
IF 5.9 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2024-05-23 DOI: 10.1186/s12302-024-00928-3
Mathilde de Goër de Herve, Wieke D. Pot

Background

Dual crises happen when an acute shock unfolds in the context of a creeping crisis. The July 2021 floods in the Vesdre river basin (Wallonia, Belgium) is a typical case of such dual crises in the context of climate change. This study is based on 16 semi-structured interviews (conducted in Spring 2023) with 10 mayors, 4 representatives of the Public Service of Wallonia, 1 person working for the federal government, and 4 project managers, coupled with a document analysis (n = 13). It investigates the temporal strategies that connect short and long-term considerations in the aftermath of this disaster (timing, futuring, pacing, cyclical adaptation, and determining time horizons), at two different governmental levels: river basin and municipal level.

Results

In general, the window of opportunity to improve disaster resilience has been seized. Several studies were initiated by the Walloon region that shape the idea of an ideal future for the river basin and give recommendations for how to reach it. Unfortunately, those recommendations still come late compared to the temporal reality of the reconstruction process. Municipalities wish to strengthen disaster resilience as soon as possible, but they have to prioritize certain actions over others because of limited resources. The recommendations are considered flexible enough to adapt strategies to future contexts, but no monitoring and evaluation system for doing so has been implemented so far. In addition, clear policy agendas with transformational goals are scarce, and they diverge between the river basin and the municipalities. All these temporal strategies are shaped by elements of the institutional policy arrangement: resources, which affect them all, as well as actors, power, and formal rules, which affect some. These policy dimensions notably slow down the implementation of disaster resilience strategies and limit the determination of consensual time horizons.

Conclusions

The temporal strategies are passively shaped by the policy arrangement dimensions to a greater extent than actively chosen by the stakeholders. A structural transformation of the institutional policy arrangement is therefore needed to enable more coherent temporal strategies between different governance levels and to facilitate the consideration of long-term resilience during the recovery process from disasters.

背景双重危机是指在渐进危机的背景下出现的急性冲击。2021 年 7 月维斯德勒河流域(比利时瓦隆)发生的洪灾就是气候变化背景下双重危机的典型案例。本研究基于 16 个半结构式访谈(2023 年春进行),访谈对象包括 10 位市长、4 位瓦隆公共服务部门代表、1 位联邦政府工作人员和 4 位项目经理,以及文件分析(n = 13)。该报告从两个不同的政府层面:河流流域和城市层面,调查了在这场灾难之后将短期和长期考虑因素联系起来的时间策略(时机、未来性、步调、周期性适应和确定时间范围)。瓦隆地区发起了多项研究,为河流流域勾勒出理想的未来,并就如何实现这一理想提出了建议。遗憾的是,与重建进程的时间现实相比,这些建议仍然姗姗来迟。市政当局希望尽快加强抗灾能力,但由于资源有限,他们不得不优先采取某些行动。这些建议被认为具有足够的灵活性,可以根据未来的情况调整战略,但迄今为止还没有为此实施监测和评估系统。此外,具有变革目标的明确政策议程很少,而且在河流流域和城市之间也存在分歧。所有这些时间战略都受到制度政策安排要素的影响:影响所有战略的资源,以及影响部分战略的参与者、权力和正式规则。这些政策因素明显减缓了抗灾战略的实施,并限制了共识时间范围的确定。因此,需要对机构政策安排进行结构性改革,使不同治理层面之间的时间战略更加协调一致,并促进在灾后恢复过程中考虑长期抗灾能力。
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Can relative abundance of diatoms (RAD) serve as an indicator for the water quality assessment in river-connected lakes? A case study at Dongting Lake 硅藻相对丰度(RAD)能否作为河流连通湖泊的水质评估指标?洞庭湖案例研究
IF 5.9 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2024-05-23 DOI: 10.1186/s12302-024-00927-4
Guanghan Yan, Xueyan Yin, Xing Wang, Minsheng Huang

In this study, 15 sampling sites were set up in Dongting Lake, a typical river-connected lake in China, to investigate water quality and diatioms in March, June, September and December from year 2017 to 2022. Seven diatom indices, including relative abundance of diatoms (RAD), percentage motile diatoms (PMD), generic diatom index (GDI), diatom quotient (DU), pollution tolerance index for diatoms (PTI), trophic diatom index (TDI), and Pampean diatom index (IDP), were selected to screen the adaptability of water quality assessment comparing with the Nemero index (NI), which is simple to calculate and has always been the main method for water quality assessment in Dongting Lake. The results from 2017 to 2019 showed that the diatom density in Dongting Lake ranged from 0.7 × 104 to 85.5 × 104 ind./L, with a certain decreasing trend. The spatial and temporal changes of some water quality factors were obvious, just like the temperature of water (WT), ammonia nitrogen (NH4+–N), dissolved oxygen (DO) and the comprehensive trophic level index (∑TLI) ranged from 45.99 to 50.72, with an average value of 47.85, indicating that the overall condition of Dongting Lake was medium nutrition. Correlation analysis showed that PTI, RAD and PMD could represent the information of DU, GDI, TDI and IDP, and were significantly positively correlated with DO (p < 0.01), while significantly negatively correlated with electrical conductivity (Cond), potassium permanganate (CODMn), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5), chemical oxygen demand (CODCr) and ∑TLI (p < 0.001). The index verification results from year 2020 to 2022 showed that PTI, RAD and PMD were all significantly positively correlated with NI (p < 0.001). Taking into account the data integrity of the index calculation and the difficulty degree, RAD was finally selected as the biological indicator for evaluating the water quality of Dongting Lake. The results of this study provide a new path or alternative method for water quality assessment of the river-connected lakes.

本研究在中国典型的连江湖泊洞庭湖设置了15个采样点,于2017年至2022年的3月、6月、9月和12月对水质和硅藻进行了调查。选取硅藻相对丰度(RAD)、活动硅藻百分比(PMD)、通用硅藻指数(GDI)、硅藻商数(DU)、硅藻污染耐受指数(PTI)、营养硅藻指数(TDI)、潘潘硅藻指数(IDP)等7个硅藻指数,与计算简单且一直作为洞庭湖水质评价主要方法的内梅罗指数(NI)相比,筛选水质评价的适应性。2017年至2019年的研究结果表明,洞庭湖硅藻密度在0.7×104~85.5×104 ind./L之间,有一定的下降趋势。部分水质因子时空变化明显,如水温(WT)、氨氮(NH4+-N)、溶解氧(DO)和综合营养级指数(∑TLI)在45.99~50.72之间,平均值为47.85,表明洞庭湖整体状况为中等营养。相关分析表明,PTI、RAD 和 PMD 可代表 DU、GDI、TDI 和 IDP 的信息,与溶解氧呈显著正相关(p < 0.01),与电导率(Cond)、高锰酸钾(CODMn)、生化需氧量(BOD5)、化学需氧量(CODCr)和∑TLI 呈显著负相关(p < 0.001)。2020 年至 2022 年的指数验证结果显示,PTI、RAD 和 PMD 均与 NI 显著正相关(p < 0.001)。综合考虑指数计算的数据完整性和难易程度,最终选择 RAD 作为评价洞庭湖水质的生物指标。该研究结果为连江湖泊水质评价提供了一条新的路径或替代方法。
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Spatiotemporal snowline status and climate variability impact assessment: a case study of Pindari River Basin, Kumaun Himalaya, India 时空雪线状况和气候多变性影响评估:印度库马恩喜马拉雅山平达里河流域案例研究
IF 5.9 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2024-05-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12302-024-00924-7
Arvind Pandey, Deepanshu Parashar, Sarita Palni, Mriganka Shekhar Sarkar, Arun Pratap Mishra, Ajit Pratap Singh, Romulus Costache, Tuhami Jamil Abdulqadim, Chaitanya Baliram Pande, Abebe Debele Tolche, Mohd Yawar Ali Khan

The snowline exhibits significant seasonal shifts upward and downward, reflecting the ever-changing dynamics of the seasons and being influenced by climate variations, which can vary annually. These fluctuations profoundly impact the cryosphere, biota, and ecosystem processes in high mountain regions. Despite the critical role of snowline variations, comprehensive information on how actual climate variability affects snow cover trends in the central mountain range of the western Himalayas is scarce. In the 'Pindari' region of the Uttarakhand district, India, which is part of the Himalayas, these challenges are exacerbated by the unchecked growth of anthropogenic activities and the broader impacts of climate change. This study analyses snowline variations in the Pindari glacial region from 1972 to 2018. The findings revealed that the snowline elevation significantly shifted upward between 1972 and 2018. Notably, this research revealed a decrease in snow-covered areas of approximately 5.01 km2 over the course of 46 years. This decrease is attributed to a direct response to the increasing number of high-temperature events that occurred during this extended period. This study emphasizes the urgent need for conservation measures in the study region and similar high mountains to combat global warming and safeguard the snowline, which serves as a visible proxy indicator to safeguard high-altitude Himalayan glaciers.

雪线呈现出明显的季节性上下波动,反映了四季不断变化的动态,并受到气候变异的影响,而气候变异每年都会发生变化。这些波动对高山地区的冰冻圈、生物群和生态系统过程产生了深远影响。尽管雪线变化起着至关重要的作用,但有关实际气候变异如何影响喜马拉雅山脉西部中央山脉积雪覆盖趋势的全面信息却很少。印度北阿坎德邦的 "平达里 "地区是喜马拉雅山脉的一部分,人为活动的无节制增长和气候变化的广泛影响加剧了这些挑战。本研究分析了 1972 年至 2018 年期间平达里冰川地区的雪线变化。研究结果显示,1972 年至 2018 年间,雪线海拔明显上移。值得注意的是,这项研究显示,在 46 年间,积雪覆盖面积减少了约 5.01 平方公里。这一减少归因于在这一漫长时期内发生的越来越多的高温事件的直接反应。这项研究强调,迫切需要在研究地区和类似的高山采取保护措施,以应对全球变暖和保护雪线,因为雪线是保护喜马拉雅高海拔冰川的可见替代指标。
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Reconstruction of the pollution history of the Urft reservoir: an organic-geochemical investigation 乌尔夫特水库污染历史的重建:有机地球化学调查
IF 5.9 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2024-05-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12302-024-00929-2
Christina A. Schwanen, Georg Stauch, Philipp Schulte, Jan Schwarzbauer

Background

The reconstruction of the pollution history using aquatic sedimentary archives is of major relevance not only for the present and past, but also for future actions. The extent and influence of past anthropogenic emissions can be correlated with site-specific (e.g., industrial) developments as well as political actions, regulations, and initiatives. Finally, the need for further restrictions, specific monitoring or other countermeasures can be defined. Accordingly, within the scope of this study, a drilling core of subaquatic sediment was comprehensively analyzed to reconstruct the pollution history of the Urft reservoir and to understand the linkage between introduction, fate, and behavior of different organic pollutants.

Results

The Urft reservoir is well suitable for pollution reconstruction as the investigated interval covered a period of nearly 60 years of undisturbed sedimentation of fine-grained material. Additionally, specific input factors and their development (e.g., in industrial production) could be easily correlated with the emission profile detected for the reservoir. Overall, quantitative data of more than 60 lipophilic organic compounds were obtained and traced back to urban and industrial emissions. Concentrations were mainly in the range of ng/gTOC–µg/gTOC showing a decreasing tendency toward the surface and, thus, the effectiveness of political regulations. In addition, a clear maximum was detected for almost all substances at the end of the 1970s/beginning of the 1980s, probably related to an exceptional event such as a flood or a malfunction affecting wastewater-related compounds of both urban and industrial origin.

Conclusions

Based on the organic-geochemical investigation and the associated dating, it was possible to reconstruct the pollution history of the Urft catchment in the northern Eifel mountains. Overall, organic indicators have proven to be very useful to obtain information on distribution patterns and the influence of industrial as well as governmental actions. For instance, catchment-specific developments such as the closure of ironworks were recognizable in the identified emission patterns. Generally, in the last 50 years, the pollution of the reservoir sediment has decreased clearly showing the efficiency of increasing environmental awareness and corresponding regulations.

背景利用水生沉积档案重建污染历史不仅对现在和过去,而且对未来的行动都具有重要意义。过去人为排放的程度和影响可以与特定地点(如工业)的发展以及政治行动、法规和倡议联系起来。最后,可以确定是否需要进一步限制、具体监测或采取其他对策。因此,在本研究范围内,对水下沉积物的钻孔岩芯进行了全面分析,以重建 Urft 水库的污染历史,并了解不同有机污染物的引入、归宿和行为之间的联系。此外,特定的输入因素及其发展(如工业生产)很容易与水库检测到的排放曲线相关联。总之,获得了 60 多种亲脂性有机化合物的定量数据,并可追溯到城市和工业排放。浓度主要在 ng/gTOC-µg/gTOC 范围内,显示出向地表递减的趋势,从而表明政治法规的有效性。此外,在 20 世纪 70 年代末/80 年代初,几乎所有物质都检测到了一个明显的最大值,这可能与洪水等特殊事件或影响城市和工业废水相关化合物的故障有关。总体而言,有机指标已被证明非常有助于获取有关分布模式以及工业和政府行为影响的信息。例如,在已确定的排放模式中,可以看到集水区的具体发展情况,如炼铁厂的关闭。总体而言,在过去的 50 年中,水库沉积物的污染有所减少,这清楚地表明了环境意识的提高和相应法规的有效实施。
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Grouping strategies for assessing and managing persistent and mobile substances 评估和管理持久性和流动性物质的分组战略
IF 5.9 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2024-05-21 DOI: 10.1186/s12302-024-00919-4
Parviel Chirsir, Emma H. Palm, Sivani Baskaran, Emma L. Schymanski, Zhanyun Wang, Raoul Wolf, Sarah E. Hale, Hans Peter H. Arp

Background

Persistent, mobile and toxic (PMT), or very persistent and very mobile (vPvM) substances are a wide class of chemicals that are recalcitrant to degradation, easily transported, and potentially harmful to humans and the environment. Due to their persistence and mobility, these substances are often widespread in the environment once emitted, particularly in water resources, causing increased challenges during water treatment processes. Some PMT/vPvM substances such as GenX and perfluorobutane sulfonic acid have been identified as substances of very high concern (SVHCs) under the European Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation. With hundreds to thousands of potential PMT/vPvM substances yet to be assessed and managed, effective and efficient approaches that avoid a case-by-case assessment and prevent regrettable substitution are necessary to achieve the European Union's zero-pollution goal for a non-toxic environment by 2050.

Main

Substance grouping has helped global regulation of some highly hazardous chemicals, e.g., through the Montreal Protocol and the Stockholm Convention. This article explores the potential of grouping strategies for identifying, assessing and managing PMT/vPvM substances. The aim is to facilitate early identification of lesser-known or new substances that potentially meet PMT/vPvM criteria, prompt additional testing, avoid regrettable use or substitution, and integrate into existing risk management strategies. Thus, this article provides an overview of PMT/vPvM substances and reviews the definition of PMT/vPvM criteria and various lists of PMT/vPvM substances available. It covers the current definition of groups, compares the use of substance grouping for hazard assessment and regulation, and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of grouping substances for regulation. The article then explores strategies for grouping PMT/vPvM substances, including read-across, structural similarity and commonly retained moieties, as well as the potential application of these strategies using cheminformatics to predict P, M and T properties for selected examples.

Conclusions

Effective substance grouping can accelerate the assessment and management of PMT/vPvM substances, especially for substances that lack information. Advances to read-across methods and cheminformatics tools are needed to support efficient and effective chemical management, preventing broad entry of hazardous chemicals into the global market and favouring safer and more sustainable alternatives.

背景持久性、流动性和毒性(PMT)或极持久性和极流动性(vPvM)物质是一类广泛的化学品,它们不易降解、易于迁移,并可能对人类和环境造成危害。由于其持久性和流动性,这些物质一旦排放,通常会在环境中广泛存在,尤其是在水资源中,从而给水处理过程带来更多挑战。根据欧洲化学品注册、评估、许可和限制(REACH)法规,一些 PMT/vPvM 物质,如 GenX 和全氟丁烷磺酸,已被确定为高度关注物质(SVHC)。有成百上千种潜在的 PMT/vPvM 物质尚待评估和管理,要实现欧盟到 2050 年实现无毒环境的零污染目标,就必须采取切实有效的方法,避免逐个评估,防止令人遗憾的替代品。本文探讨了分组策略在识别、评估和管理 PMT/vPvM 物质方面的潜力。其目的是促进及早识别可能符合 PMT/vPvM 标准的鲜为人知的物质或新物质,提示额外的测试,避免令人遗憾的使用或替代,并将其纳入现有的风险管理策略。因此,本文概述了 PMT/vPvM 物质,回顾了 PMT/vPvM 标准的定义和现有的各种 PMT/vPvM 物质清单。文章介绍了目前的分组定义,比较了在危害评估和监管中使用物质分组的情况,并讨论了在监管中对物质进行分组的利弊。然后,文章探讨了对 PMT/vPvM 物质进行分组的策略,包括交叉阅读法、结构相似性和常见保留分子,以及利用化学信息学预测选定实例的 P、M 和 T 特性的这些策略的潜在应用。要支持高效和有效的化学品管理,防止危险化学品广泛进入全球市场,并支持更安全和更可持续的替代品,就需要在解读方法和化学信息学工具方面取得进展。
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Regulatory and practical considerations on the implementation of a mixture allocation factor in REACH 关于在 REACH 中实施混合物分配系数的法规和实际考虑因素
IF 5.9 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2024-05-19 DOI: 10.1186/s12302-024-00910-z
Gabriele Treu, Jona Schulze, Wiebke Galert, Enken Hassold

There is indisputable evidence that the environment, humans and wildlife are continuously exposed not to single but to multiple chemicals from different sources. Exposure to these mixtures can lead to combined risks not yet sufficiently addressed in any of the European chemical legislations. Under the REACH regulation for industrial chemicals, specific environmental mixture assessments are challenged by a lack of data on toxicity, use and exposures and the communication of data along the supply chain. Within the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability the European Commission proposed to introduce (a) mixture allocation factor(s) (MAF) as regulatory management tool to reduce exposures, effects and potential risks of unintentional mixtures. The MAF is proposed to be applied as default value within the chemical safety assessments undertaken by companies under REACH. Here, we critically review the relevant literature discussing the conceptual background of the MAF and approaches to derive its magnitude. The analysis focuses on the environment and key issues for an implementation in regulatory practise together with remaining uncertainties and needs for possible ways forward. At this stage introducing a MAF in REACH Annex I appears the most pragmatic and immediately implementable measure to address risks from unintentional mixtures in the environment. A so-called MAFceiling appears as the preferred option of policy makers, since it would only affect relevant substances close to their respective risk threshold. While the magnitude of a MAF will be decided politically, the choice of methods and assumptions to derive its size should be clear and transparent, build on the available scientific evidence and take account for uncertainties. A MAF will be most effective reducing environmental releases and exposure levels if risk mitigation measures are implemented in practise. Its socioeconomic impacts and costs need to be assessed in a balanced way together with the benefits for the environment, society, and for companies—also in comparison to the efforts needed for specific mixture risk assessments. In the future and with the experiences gathered in practise, a discussion is needed on how to assess and regulate unintentional mixtures across different pieces of chemicals legislation to consider the true exposure situation and ensure harmonisation.

有无可争辩的证据表明,环境、人类和野生动物持续接触的不是单一的化学品,而是来自不同来源的多种化学品。接触这些混合物可能会导致综合风险,但任何欧洲化学品立法都没有充分解决这一问题。根据针对工业化学品的 REACH 法规,由于缺乏有关毒性、使用和接触的数据以及供应链上的数据交流,具体的环境混合物评估面临挑战。在化学品可持续发展战略中,欧盟委员会建议引入混合物分配系数(MAF)作为法规管理工具,以减少无意混合物的暴露、影响和潜在风险。根据 REACH 法规,建议将 MAF 作为默认值应用于公司进行的化学品安全评估。在此,我们对相关文献进行了批判性回顾,讨论了 MAF 的概念背景和得出其大小的方法。分析的重点是在监管实践中实施的环境和关键问题,以及剩余的不确定性和可能的前进方向需求。现阶段,在 REACH 法规附件 I 中引入 MAF 似乎是解决环境中无意混合物风险的最务实和可立即实施的措施。所谓的 MAF 上限似乎是决策者的首选方案,因为它只会影响接近各自风险阈值的相关物质。虽然 MAF 的大小将在政治上决定,但得出其大小的方法和假设的选择应清晰透明,以现有的科学证据为基础,并考虑到不确定性。如果风险减缓措施得到切实执行,那么最大允许减排量就能最有效地减少环境排放和暴露水平。其社会经济影响和成本需要与对环境、社会和公司的益处进行平衡评估,同时也要与特定混合物风险评估所需的努力进行比较。未来,根据在实践中积累的经验,需要讨论如何在不同的化学品立法中对无意混合物进行评估和监管,以考虑真实的暴露情况并确保协调性。
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Progress in European chemicals policy to support the protection of the environment and human health from persistent, mobile and toxic and very persistent and very mobile substances 欧洲化学品政策在支持保护环境和人类健康免受持久性、流动性和毒性物质以及持久性和流动性极强物质的危害方面取得的进展
IF 5.9 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2024-05-18 DOI: 10.1186/s12302-024-00932-7
Tobias Mohr, Ivo Schliebner, Michael Neumann, Lise Oules, Hans Peter H. Arp, Sarah E. Hale
<div><p>In 2020, the European Commission released its Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability towards a Toxic Free Environment (CSS) as part of the European Union’s zero pollution ambition, which is a key commitment of the European Green Deal. One group of substances highlighted in the CSS is persistent, mobile and toxic and very persistent and very mobile (PMT/vPvM) substances. This article focuses on the current, broad European political landscape that applies to PMT/vPvM substances as well as looking into gaps and opportunities within this policy framework. To look at the political landscape, strategies and action plans published in the context of the European Green Deal, as well as a small number of other strategies adopted prior to the European Green Deal, were reviewed. A template was developed to identify actions related to PMT/vPvM substances and the actions were split between the following categories: “Prevent & Reduce”, “Prioritize”, and “Remediation”. Following this, opportunities and gaps were identified.The current overarching strategy governing environmental policy is the European Green Deal which aims to achieve carbon neutrality and zero pollution by 2050. The CSS is the main and most focused Green Deal strategy addressing chemical pollution and uses a hierarchy tailored to chemicals management called the Toxic Free Hierarchy. The potential sources and exposure pathways of PMT/vPvM substances which result in environmental emissions are vast. This has the resultant effect that the relevant legal framework to address PMT/vPvM substances spans policies and legislation with different aims. Broadly, these policies and legislations are related to prevention, minimization/control and remediation, as reflected by the toxic-free hierarchy. There are many gaps and opportunities in the current policy framework which have primarily arisen due to the bold ambition of the CSS and the subsequent introduction of new hazard classes for PMT/vPvM substances. One such gap is related to a lack of harmonization across European Chemicals Policy demonstrated via the Cosmetics Regulation and the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) which are currently not aligned. The Cosmetics Regulation does not require a re-evaluation of a substance even in light of new scientific information, whilst the BPR requires new scientific evidence to be considered. In addition, REACH (SVHC criteria) and other legislation using hazard classes for triggering risk management measures (BPR, PPPR, pharmaceutical legislation, Water Framework Directive) may be expected to be revised or are currently being revised based on the new hazard class. The regulation of PMT/vPvM substances is in its infancy. While many EU action plans exhibit gaps and opportunities for chemical regulation as a whole, only certain policies refer to PMT/vPvM substances directly. It is up to policymakers, regulators and academia to highlight those gaps and corresponding emerging windows of opportunity that refl
2020 年,欧盟委员会发布了 "实现无毒环境的可持续性化学品战略"(CSS),作为欧盟零污染目标的一部分,这也是 "欧洲绿色交易 "的一项重要承诺。该战略强调的一类物质是持久性、流动性、毒性和极持久性、极流动性(PMT/vPvM)物质。本文将重点关注当前欧洲适用于 PMT/vPvM 物质的广泛政治格局,并探讨该政策框架内的差距和机遇。为了考察政治格局,我们审查了在欧洲绿色交易背景下发布的战略和行动计划,以及在欧洲绿色交易之前通过的少量其他战略。为确定与 PMT/vPvM 物质相关的行动,制定了一个模板,并将行动分为以下几类:"预防 & 减少"、"优先 "和 "补救"。当前环境政策的总体战略是 "欧洲绿色协议",其目标是到 2050 年实现碳中和和零污染。该战略旨在到 2050 年实现碳中和和零污染。"绿色政 策 "中最主要、最有针对性的战略是 "无毒品等级制度"(CSS)。导致环境排放的 PMT/vPvM 物质的潜在来源和接触途径非常广泛。因此,处理 PMT/vPvM 物质的相关法律框架涵盖了不同目的的政策和立法。从广义上讲,这些政策和立法与预防、最小化/控制和补救有关,正如无毒等级制度所反映的那样。当前的政策框架中存在许多差距和机遇,这些差距和机遇的产生主要是由于《化学品安全公约》(CSS)的大胆雄心以及随后引入的 PMT/vPvM 物质的新危害类别。其中一个差距是欧洲化学品政策缺乏统一性,这体现在《化妆品法规》和《杀菌剂产品法规》(BPR)上,两者目前并不一致。即使有新的科学信息,《化妆品法规》也不要求对物质进行重新评估,而《杀菌剂产品法规》则要求考虑新的科学证据。此外,REACH(高度关注物质标准)和其他使用危害等级来触发风险管理措施的立法(BPR、PPPR、制药立法、水框架指令)可能会根据新的危害等级进行修订,或目前正在进行修订。对 PMT/vPvM 物质的监管尚处于起步阶段。虽然许多欧盟行动计划都显示了化学品监管的整体差距和机遇,但只有某些政策直接提及 PMT/vPvM 物质。政策制定者、监管者和学术界有责任强调这些差距和相应的新兴机会窗口,以反映潜在的监管参与。分类、标签和包装(CLP)法规为 PMT/vPvM 物质引入了新的危害类别,这为确定这些物质迈出了第一步,但今后还需要在所有其他法规中落实监管后果。这需要欧盟委员会和欧盟成员国做出强有力的承诺。
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