湿沉淀对采汞地区山地土壤中汞的影响

There is abundance of Mercury mine resurces in the Fanjinshan Mountain,Mining mercury has a long history there,The concentration of geseous Hg produced in smelting He reaches 20-50mg/m^3 in the tail gas.Because mercury element is an easily transferring microelement,the paper talks about the effect of mercury in Hg mining in Guizhou Province on alpine soil,analyses Hg content in alpine soil at 2000 m of relative elevation in the Hg mining area,and explores for causes of the Hg pollution.     

土壤汞形态及其影响因素的研究

室内模拟实验与盆载试验的结果表明，外源ＨｇＣｌ２进入土壤后的形态分布为残留态〉酸溶态〉碱溶态与活性态。它们的稳定性依次下降，且随时间的延长，后三种形态的汞逐渐向残留态汞转化。添加ＣａＣＯ３只能在一定的时间和用量范围内影响土壤汞形态分布。     

一种准确测定土壤空气汞浓度的采样方法研究

自然源汞释放对全球大气汞的贡献和循环具有重要影响,地表过程释汞是大气汞重要的自然源,土壤空气汞浓度与大气汞浓度差决定着土壤/大气汞的交换通量。基于目前测定土壤空气中汞浓度的缺点,建立了一种新的测定土壤空气汞浓度的方法。本研究在南京六合循环农业生态区采集了水稻土壤剖面空气,并对样品总汞浓度进行了分析。利用本实验装置,真空泵在低流量下连续抽取土壤剖面空气并预富集于金管上,并结合冷原子荧光法(CVAFS)测定。实验结果显示方法检出限为0.023 ng m-3,水稻土壤空气汞浓度变化范围在6.0~18.9 ng m-3。平行实验装置在同时测定实验室大气和农田土壤空气汞浓度时,相对标准偏差(RSD)均小于15%,同时对比实验证明没有采集土壤表层大气。实验装置简单,野外操作方便,能准确和精确的测定水分不饱和土壤空气中汞浓度。     

Atmospheric mercury concentrations above mercury contaminated mill tailings in the Carson River Drainage Basin,NV

During processing of the historic Comstock Ore, Virginia City, NV, an estimated 5.5 × 10⁹ g of metallic mercury (Hg) were released into the Carson River Drainage Basin. The Bessels Mill site is one of at least 75 locations where Hg was used to amalgamate the gold and silver from the ore. Although the mill is no longer standing, Hg contaminated tailings attest to its past location. Mercury concentrations in samples of tailings from the Bessels Mill site are as high as 1570 μg/g. Mercury concentrations vary spatially over the site. Total Hg concentrations in air measured directly over the site are well above regional background levels (1 to 7.1 ng/m³). The highest average atmospheric Hg concentration measured at the site was 240 ng/m³ for October 1993. The estimated range of Hg flux to the atmosphere from the site was 37 to 500 ng/m² hr. Atmospheric Hg concentrations varied seasonally, diurnally and spatially. Atmospheric Hg concentrations varied as a function of Hg concentration, soil and air temperature, wind speed and surface morphology.     

Estimating Gaseous Mercury Emissions from Contaminated Floodplain Soils to the Atmosphere with Simple Field Measurement Techniques

The atmospheric emission of mercury (Hg) from a contaminatedwetlands system was studied in the floodplains along the riverElbe (Northern Germany). Results suggest that wetlands can beimportant transformation and phase transfer regions, linking theterrestrial, aquatic and atmospheric compartments of regionalbiogeochemical Hg cycles. Fluxes determined by flux chambermeasurements averaged 43 ± 5 ng m^-2 h^-1. Additionally,soil gas probe sampling was introduced to determine mercuryconcentrations in soil air. This technique shows some promise fordetecting and confining mercury contamination in soils. We alsopropose that measurements of total gaseous mercury (TGM) in soilair and the near-surface atmosphere, in combination with simplesoil physical parameters, may be suitable for calculatingsemiquantitative estimates of Hg evaporation from contaminatedsoils, based on laminar diffusion considerations. The results arecompared to other Hg flux measurements, and the advantages anddisadvantages of different approaches to quantify Hg emissionsfrom soils are discussed, especially with regard to possiblesystematic bias.     

Mercury from Combustion Sources: A Review of the Chemical Species Emitted and Their Transport in the Atmosphere

Different species of mercury have different physical/chemical properties and thus behave quite differently in air pollution control equipment and in the atmosphere. In general, emissions of mercury from coal combustion sources are approximately 20–50% elemental mercury (Hg°) and 50–80% divalent mercury (Hg(II)), which may be predominantly HgCl₂. Emissions of mercury from waste incinerators are approximately 10–20% Hg° and 75–85% Hg(II). The partitioning of mercury in flue gas between the elemental and divalent forms may be dependent on the concentration of particulate carbon, HCl and other pollutants in the stack emissions. The emission of mercury from combustion facilities depends on the species in the exhaust stream and the type of air pollution control equipment used at the source. Air pollution control equipment for mercury removal at combustion facilities includes activated carbon injection, sodium sulfide infection and wet lime/limestone flue gas desulfurization. While Hg(II) is water-soluble and may be removed from the atmosphere by wet and dry deposition close to combustion sources, the combination of a high vapor pressure and low water-solubility facilitate the long-range transport of Hg° in the atmosphere. Background mercury in the atmosphere is predominantly Hg°. Elemental mercury is eventually removed from the atmosphere by dry deposition onto surfaces and by wet deposition after oxidation to water-soluble, divalent mercury.     

Mercury contamination in Northern Québec environment and wildlife

It has been well documented in Northern Québec and elsewhere that levels of mercury (Hg) in fish from natural lakes often exceed the Canadian marketing standard (0.5 mg/kg). However, little information is available on the presence of Hg in wildlife other than fish or in abiotic compartments of the environment. Hydro-Québec has conducted a study to assess the nature and the extent of the present Hg contamination in Northern Québec and to acquire baseline data to monitor long term temporal changes. The results indicate that the levels of Hg observed in the environment are generally within the background levels reported for comparable pristine environments. However, total Hg concentrations in biota do reach high levels in piscivorous fishes, birds and mammals.     

Source and selectivity in the accumulation of mercury and other metals by the plants of Mt. Etna

The air Hg content at and near the summit of Mt. Etna is approximately 500- to 2000-fold lower than it is in the atmospheres around Antarctic, Hawaiian and Icelandic volcanoes. In contrast, the soils and plants on Mt. Etna show only 10- to 30-fold reductions in Hg content; in other words, there is at least a ten-fold enrichment relative to air. This disparity called into question the source of Hg in the vegetation and upper soil layers. Soils and a variety of plant species were analyzed for Hg, Fe, Cu, and Mn content at a number of stations on Mt. Etna including several also sampled for air Hg, and compared with the data for plants and soils from other volcanic and non-volcanic locations, especially Hawaii, Africa and Iceland. Etna vascular plants do not accumulate Hg, and lichens do so only to a moderate extent. Relative to their Fe content, however, all the Etna soils are enriched in Hg, but the reverse is true for Cu relative to Hg. The plants, on the other hand, when compared with their soils, are enriched in Hg relative to Cu. By comparing Fe/Hg atomic ratios for plants and soil, we calculated an Enrichment Factor (EF) for Hg. This value ranged from 19 to 102 for Etna, and 19 to 184 for all subtropical plants discussed here. The Hg EF for Icelandic samples was ca. 823, reflecting other environmental/geochemical determinants. No net surface deposition of Hg takes place on Etna from plant or atmospheric sources, and the relative Hg contents of soils and plants do not show a consistent relation to air Hg concenctration. Nevertheless, the plant/soil Cu and Hg ratios (CR) vary similarly as do the atomic ratio (AR) values for Fe and Hg. We conclude from these relationships that the atmosphere is not a major source of plant (or soil) Hg and that the likely alternatives are: release at some relatively remote point in time, but not to any significant degree since; release into the atmosphere as Hg = species other than Hg⁰; or movement from very deep subsurface compartments. These alternatives are not mutually exclusive. It is highly improbable that summit emissions constitute a significant source of Hg in the Mediterrean Basin.     

Risk Assessment of Mercury in Alta Floresta. Amazon Basin - Brazil

In the last 15 years gold mining activity has been the main source of the mercury (Hg) emissions into the atmosphere in the Amazon Basin. The first phase of gold production takes place in remote areas. In general the second one happens in the local urban area, where the gold is commercialized and sent to the great economic centers. In the last 3 years, this activity started to decline as a consequence of the high cost of the gold production but in the Municipality of Alta Floresta, the gold trade still plays an important role in the local economy. This paper addresses the assessment of the Hg exposure scenarios and their quantitative risk for inhalation of metallic Hg vapor and for ingestion of total Hg, using indirect exposure measurements, for different age groups of the urban area of Alta Floresta. This work took into account the field study which provided background information, such as characteristics of local and regional environment, Hg concentrations in different environmental media, and the character of the local urban population. The mean levels of Hg in the atmosphere of the urban area ranged from 210 ng/m³ to 880 ng/m³. Alta Floresta has no riverside population and there is a low fish consumption rate of 8 g/d among the general population. However, mercury levels in locally consumed carnivorous fish, ranged from 0.3 to 3.6 mg/kg, depending on the species and on the period of the year. The levels of mercury in soil surrounding the residential areas near the Hg emissions sources, ranged from 0.05 to 4.10 mg/kg. Hg in soil may represent an important source of mercury ingestion for local children up to 4 years of age. The mean Hazard Index estimated for the general adult population was 1.4. For the general population, regarding the number of persons exposed in the urban area, inhalation of metallic Hg vapor is the main route of exposure. The results for water ingestion for all groups are negligible. For families of fishermen the Hazard Index was estimated to be 9.3, with a contribution of 92% from fish ingestion.     

Remediation Actions by a Risk Assessment Approach: A Case Study of Mercury Contamination

The risk assessment procedure for identifying the remediation actions which may be adopted at a mercury contaminated site, when the plants are upgraded in the future, is proposed. The potentially active exposure/migration pathways in the future arrangement of the area will be due to Hg contaminated subsoil as a primary source (vapor inhalation and groundwater leaching) and to groundwater as a possible secondary source (transport to the point of compliance). The data of mercury concentration in the soil were acquired through environmental monitoring campaigns, and were processed to establish the three-dimensional distribution of contamination in subsoil, to locate sources and to define their geometrical and chemical characteristics. Speciation tests of mercury in the soil indicated that the most abundant species present were poorly leachable under the site-specific environmental conditions, confirming the coefficient distribution value obtained by the leaching tests. Analytical and numerical fate and transport modeling tools were used to locate digging zones in the contaminated subsoil, so as to reduce the possible groundwater contaminant loading and to avoid the down-gradient exceeding the concentration limit according to regulations. Remediation actions additional to civil works were required, which consists of soil digging within one contamination source, for about 22,200 m³ of soil. In order to evaluate the Hazard Index (HI) for human receptors due to Hg vapor inhalation, the air concentration of volatile mercury at the exposure point was estimated, based on direct measurements carried out at the site. Simulation gave HI values below 1 for all tested scenarios, suggesting that public health is protected without any additional actions to the already scheduled plant upgrading and digging for groundwater protection.     

Mercury content of soils in Western Britain with special reference to contamination from base metal mining

Mercury was determined in 51 soil samples from historic base metal mining areas of England and Wales, together with cadmium, copper, lead, zinc, pH and organic content. Background mercury was calculated as 0.093 ppm whence 51% of the samples were judged to be contaminated. A very strong statistical correlation between mercury and lead and weaker but significant correlations between mercury and copper and zinc were found. Highest levels of mercury (maximum, 1.78 ppm Hg) and other metals occurred in soils derived from the floodplain of a river which was at one time badly polluted by mine waste. In a profile pit near a lead mine in the west of England both mercury and lead were enriched in surface horizons. It is concluded that land contaminated by heavy metals, especially lead, in the historic metal mining areas of England and Wales is also likely to be contaminated by mercury.     

Mercury contaminated sites — Behaviour of mercury and its species in lysimeter experiments

In a polluted site in Germany not only metallic, ionic and MeHg could be detected, but also organomercurials such as methyl- ethyl- and phenyl-mercury. In addition sometimes other organomercurials could be separated but up to now not identified. Extraction of the organomercurials from soil and percolating water was performed by dithizone, differentiation and detection by High-Performance-Liquid-Chromatography and atomic fluorescence detection, respectively. Differentiation between gaseous organic and gaseous elemental mercury was done by adsorption on Carbotrap^® and gold filters, thermal desorption and detection by atomic fluorescence The behaviour of 8 organomercurials in soil is described. For this a lysimeter of a new design was filled with polluted soil. The top layer of the soil was spiked with 8 organomercurials. The percolating water and the air above the soil, were analyzed. Different layers of the soil were also investigated after the experiment. By synthetic rain the movement of Hg species is low: the compounds stay in the first centimeters. Ethoxyethylmercury⁺, tolylmercury⁺, and nitromersol were not detected in the percocolate. Concentrations of phenylmercury⁺ and hydroxymercurybenzoicacid decreased. Methoxymethylmercury⁺ increased. In the head of the lysimeter, volatile Hg(0) concentration increased during 150 hours by a factor of 5, while volatile organic mercury decreased during this time by a factor of 10. The organomercurial-content in soil decreased.A transformation of organic to inorganic Hg is therefore presumed.     

Evaluating Relative Contribution of Atmospheric Mercury Species to Mercury Dry Deposition in Japan

In this study, we evaluated the relative contribution of atmospheric particulate mercury (Hg(p)) and divalent reactive gaseous mercury (RGM) to mercury dry deposition in Japan. The dry deposition fluxes (on a water surface sampler) and atmospheric PM concentrations of Hg, Cd, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and V, which were measured concurrently from April 2004 to March 2006 at 10 sites across the nation, were used in this evaluation. We considered that Hg(p) and RGM, but not Hg⁰, are deposited on the water surface, and that our method of sampling Hg(p) without the use of KCl-coated annular denuders enables the exclusion of a significant amount of RGM artifact. The monthly average dry deposition velocities (= deposition flux/atmospheric PM concentration) of Cd and Pb were found to be similar to each other (Cd/Pb deposition velocities?=?1.06?±?0.58). It was assumed that the deposition velocity of Hg(p) is identical to the mean deposition velocity of Cd and Pb, because the particle size distribution of Hg(p) is likely similar to those of both elements. Using this deposition velocity, the monthly dry deposition flux of Hg(p) was calculated. The average contribution (±1σ) of Hg(p) to the annual deposition flux at ten sites was 26?±?15%. The mercury dry deposition flux increased generally from spring to early summer, which was attributed mostly to the deposition of RGM. This seasonal change correlated to that in photochemical oxidant (primarily O₃) concentration in air at most sites. These suggest that mercury dry deposition in Japan is predominantly deposition of RGM, which was formed via oxidation of Hg⁰ by O₃ in the atmosphere.     

锰改性猪粪炭对水稻吸收累积土壤中汞镉的影响

为了探明KMnO4改性猪粪炭对水稻吸收累积复合污染土壤中汞镉的阻控效果，通过盆栽试验研究添加不同量的锰改性猪粪炭（MZC）对水稻中汞镉累积分布特征、根际土壤有效态汞镉含量和土壤理化性质的影响，并探讨了MZC阻控水稻籽粒吸收累积汞镉的可能机制。结果表明：与空白对照相比，添加0.5%MZC使水稻籽粒的总汞、甲基汞和总镉含量分别降低了50.4%、58.4%和79.3%，同时降低了31.1%和39.9%根际土壤有效态汞和镉的含量，但增加了70.3%根际土壤总Mn含量；且添加0.5%的原始猪粪炭对水稻籽粒中总汞、甲基汞和镉含量的降幅显著小于锰改性猪粪炭的，表明经过KMnO4改性可以显著增强猪粪炭对土壤汞镉的钝化能力。水稻籽粒、茎叶中的汞镉含量和根际土壤有效态汞镉含量都随着MZC添加量的增加呈明显的降低趋势。统计分析显示水稻籽粒和茎叶中的汞镉含量与根际土壤中有效态汞、镉呈显著正相关性，而土壤中有效态汞镉含量与土壤的pH、CEC呈负相关。添加MZC使土壤pH、CEC升高，降低了根际土壤中汞、镉的生物有效性，从而减少了水稻地上部分对汞镉的吸收累积。因此，锰改性猪粪炭是一种具有应用潜力的能保障汞镉复合污染农田水稻安全生产的土壤修复剂。     

Mercury content and its bioconcentration factors in wild mushrooms at Łukta and Morag,northeastern Poland

Total concentrations of mercury were determined using cold-vapor atomic absorption spectroscopy (CV-AAS) in the fruiting bodies of 16 species of wild mushrooms and underlying soil (0-10 cm) substrates collected in the areas of the Communes of Morag and ?ukta in the county of Ostróda in northeastern Poland in 1997-1998. A total of 174 composite samples of caps, 174 stalks, 80 whole fruiting bodies (collectively 1254 specimens), and 252 soils were examined. Among several species of mushrooms analyzed, the greatest concentrations were between 1300 and 71000 ng.g(-1) of dry matter. These levels were found in the caps of Sweating mushroom (Clitocybe rivulosa), King Bolete (Boletus edulis), and Common Puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum) and also were characterized by the highest bioconcentration factors (BCF) for Hg, which ranged between 160 +/- 82 and 110 +/- 34. The cap to stalk quotient for mercury concentrations was approximately 2 for most of the species except Poison Pax (Paxilus involutus), which had a greater concentration in caps than in stalks and a quotient of 4.4 +/- 7.2. Hg concentrations in the underlying soil substrates (0-10 cm layer) ranged between 21 +/- 21 and 390 +/- 130 ng.g(-1) of dry matter. The results showed that the consumption of mushrooms, considered to be the sole dietary source of mercury at the highest or mean element concentrations found, is not hazardous at daily ingestion rates of less than 70 and 210 g of fresh product, which would result in a hazard index value of less than unity.     

Equisetum and the cycling of mercury at Mount St. Helens: Plant-soil relations, 1980–1984

The Hg content ofEquisetum shoots at six stations near Mount St. Helens rose to a peak value in July 1982, 26 mo after the great eruption of May 1981. The July 1982 peak in plant Hg content was followed by a continual decline in plant tissue Hg at all six stations as measured in September 1982 and August 1984. During this 2 yr period, soil Hg levels declined at only three of the six stations, while remaining essentially unchanged at two stations and increasing nearly 20-fold at one station. Therefore, soil Hg behaved independently with respect to plant Hg at least at three of the six sites. This follow-up study at Mount St. Helens supports the notion of a major source of atmospheric mercury which is taken up directly by plants.     

Hazardous Air Pollutant Source Emissions for a Chemical Fiber Manufacturing Facility in Taiwan

This work focuses on the behaviour of mercury in lateritic soil profiles found in the Serra do Navio and Tartarugalzinhoareas of the State of Amapá in Northern Brazil. The Hg contents are high in the upper horizons of the soil profiles(100–300 μg kg^-1), and decrease to less than 100 μg kg^-1 at depths of 200 or 300 cm. The higher levels of Hg are associated with higher Fe concentrations, particularly in the ferruginous accumulations as mottles andnodules. For each horizon of the soil profile, balance calculations were used to distinguish the amount of mercury naturally accumulated from rocks through lateritic pedogenesis (lithogenic mercury) from the anthropogenic mercury introduced in the profile through atmospheric contamination. The results show that the anthropogenic contribution is significant in the upper horizons (up to 95%% of the total Hg), and decreases downward in the soil profile. Mercury burdens were calculated for soil profiles in both upslope (272 880 and 217 440 μg m^-2 for the first 70 cm) and downslope positions (118 800 and 182 160 %μg m^-2 for the first 70 cm). The loss of Hg in downslope profiles seems to be related to the natural evolution of iron duricrust into latossols, which has been brought about by climatic changes toward increasing humidityin the Amazon since the Tertiary.     

Mercuty in Precipitation and Its Relation to Bioaccumulation in Fish: A Literature Review

Increases in industrial mercury (Hg) emissions in recent years have led many researchers to believe that Hg from the atmosphere constitutes a main source of Hg to aquatic biota in the absence of point source discharges. Established background levels for fish (0.2–1.0 mg kg^-1) now exceed the pre industrial level of 0.15 mg kg^-1, suggesting an anthropogenic origin. This review of recent literature illustrates how levels of mercury (Hg) species in the atmosphere are effectively transported into the aquatic arena, where chemical parameters combine to determine bioaccumulation rates in fish. Limited studies on methyl mercury (MeHg) in precipitation shown that concentrations average from 5% of total-Hg (T-Hg), to 1% in industrial regions. Observations of increased Hg is snow and precipitation from the Arctic Circle, related to poleward atmospheric circulation patterns, also demonstrate a spring maximum accompanying ozone depletion. Increases in oxidants and soil derived Hg in the atmosphere during the summer best explain summer Hg maximums observed in precipitation, while increased temperatures raise fish metabolism increasing Hg uptake through respiration and ingestion rate. The major route of entry for MeHg to fish appears to be biomagnification, after input from precipitation, runoff and inlake methylation. Regions buffered against acid precipitation maintain low fish-Hg levels by reduced MeHg production and maintaining gill function. When considering the bioaccumulation of Hg in fish this study shows that there are many variables to consider, not all of which originate from inside the aquatic arena. Both catchment and atmospheric processes combine with aquatic variables to dictate the overall levels of MeHg observed in fish tissue. There now appears to be sufficient knowledge to develop an axiom for the identification of aquatic systems likely to be susceptible to bioaccumulation from atmospheric derived Hg.     

Use of a refluxing mist chamber for measurement of gas-phase mercury(II) species in the atmosphere

As part of current efforts to understand the cycling of mercury (Hg) in the atmosphere, information is needed on its atmospheric speciation. Almost no data exists on water-soluble Hg(II) species in ambient air. A new technique for measuring gas phase water soluble Hg(II) species has been developed, utilizing a high-flow refluxing mist chamber. Extensive testing has been carried out, including attempts to rule out production of artifact Hg(II). Measurements at two locations (East-Central Tennessee and the Ohio-Indiana border) found approximately 0.05–0.15 ng/m³ of reactive Hg(II), representing ca. 3 to 5% of the total gaseous Hg. Limited tests of artifact Hg(II) production in the mist chamber by ozone oxidation and co-sampled aerosol Hg(II) suggest that the majority of the collected Hg(II) exists in ambient air in the gas phase.     

Atmospheric Deposition and Re-Emission of Mercury Estimated in a Prescribed Forest-Fire Experiment in Florida, USA

Prescribed fires are likely to re-emit atmospherically deposited mercury (Hg), and comparison of soil Hg storage in areas affected by prescribed fire to that in similar unburned areas may provide cross-validating estimates of atmospheric Hg deposition. Prescribed fires are common in the southeastern United States (US), a region of relatively high Hg deposition compared to the rest of the US, and are thus a potentially significant source of re-emitted atmospheric Hg. Accordingly, Hg was determined in soil layers of a prescribed fire experiment in a Florida longleaf pine forest. The Hg deficit in the annually burned forest floor relative to the forest floor unburned for 46 years (0.180 g ha^?1?yr^?1) agreed to within 5% of an independent estimate of Hg deposition for this site based on a regional monitoring network and computer model (0.171 g ha^?1 yr^?1). Consideration of other potential inputs and outputs of Hg suggested that atmospheric deposition was the primary input of Hg to the site. If extrapolated, these results suggest that prescribed fires in the southeastern US mainly re-emit atmospherically deposited Hg and that this re-emission is less than 1% of total US anthropogenic emissions. However, emissions at other sites may vary due to the possible presence of Hg in underlying geological strata and differences in fire regime and levels of atmospheric Hg deposition.