Effects of Boscalid on the Antioxidant Enzyme System of Adult Zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Abstract [Objective] This study was conducted to evaluate the ecotoxicity of boscalid to adult zebrafish （Danio rerio）. [Method] The activities of antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase （SOD）, catalase （CAT）, peroxidase （POD）, glutathione peroxidase （GPx）, as well as a non-enzymatic antioxidant malondialdehyde （MDA）, in the liver were measured 3, 7, 14 and 21 d post exposure （dpe） to 0.02 （1/100 of acute toxicity）, 0.036 （monitored concentration）, 0.08 （1/20 of acute toxicity）, 0.16 （1/10 of acute toxicity） and 0.32 mg/L （1/5 of acute toxicity） boscalid using a semi-static method. [Result] SOD, CAT, POD, GPx and MDA activity in the liver of zebrafish varied with boscalid concentration and exposure time. Boscalid significantly enhanced MDA content at 21 dpe. A significant upregulation of the activity of SOD, CAT, POD and GPx at 7 dpe was observed, suggesting that boscalid resulted in oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation. [Conclusion] These results show that these biomarkers are all appropriate for monitoring oxidative stress and the lipid peroxidation status of fish after exposure to boscalid. Key words Boscalid; Zebrafish; Antioxidant enzyme

Iodine Content of Processed Foods and Condiments Sampled in China, 2017-2019

Introduction: Facing the challenge of increasing consumption of processed foods in China, along with the demand for salt reduction, and dynamic adjustment of universal salt iodization (USI) policy, it is necessary to timely evaluate the distribution of iodine content in processed foods and condiments, so as to provide more accurate data for population dietary iodine intake assessment. Methods: From markets in 6 cities and e-commerce platforms, cereal, tuber, legume, meat, fish, egg, and dairy products, and condiments, consumed by volunteers who attended in iodine intake investigation, and top selling products in particular with well-noted brands were preferentially sampled during 2017 to 2019. After being mixed and homogenized, each sample was detected by ICP-MS method. The range and medium of iodine content in each type of product were given. Results: After merging samples with close value in the same style of the same brand, and screening out samples with no added salt or low sodium content (≤120 mg/100g), total 725 data were sub-grouped and analyzed. In comparison with the 95th percentile of the iodine distribution in relative nature source, assessed by our previous study, nearly 77% of products made from grains, potatoes, beans, nuts, livestock and poultry meat were presumed to be processed with iodized salt. In somewhat, related with sodium value marked on food labeling, the median iodine ranged from 1.1 mg/100g to 149 mg/100g. The variation of iodine in egg, milk and fish made products, and seaweed or with seaweed products was greatly affected by the background of ingredients, the median content most floated between 12.8 mg/100g and 86.8 mg/100g, even up to 1800 mg/100g in seasoned seaweed. Based on the frequency of iodine digital and the ratio of iodine to sodium, it was speculated that nearly 90% of soy sauce and 73.5% of other seasonings like vinegar, sauce, paste, etc., were not added iodized salt, with overall median iodine 4.0 mg/100g and 12 mg/100g respectively. Conclusion: Using iodized salt in processed foods is an approach of USI police. Affected by the nature backgrounds of ingredients composed, the amount of salt used, and the regulated fortification level, iodine content in each kind of product varied largely. It’s important to establish a monitoring system in processed foods, as well as fortification salt, to control the benefit and risk of iodine health.

A Cross-Sectional Survey of Iodized Salt Usage in Dining Establishments—13 PLADs,China,2021–2022

Summary What is already known about this topic?The National Iodine Deficiency Disease Surveillance system is exclusively focused on monitoring cooking salt used within households.Currently,there is a lack of nationally representative data on the use of iodized salt in dining establishments.What is added by this report?This study evaluated 7,889 salt samples obtained from dining establishments located in 13 provincial-level administrative divisions across China.The findings indicated that coverage rate of iodized salt(CRIS)and the consumption rate of adequately iodized salt(CRAIS)were found to be 95.2%and 90.2%,respectively.Further,880 samples were classified as iodized salt and 804 as adequately iodized salt.In coastal areas,the CRIS and CRAIS showed a significant decrease to 77.1%and 70.5%,respectively,when compared to the inland regions(P<0.01).

Assessing the active-passive approach at variant incidence angles for microwave brightness temperature downscaling

The Terrestrial Water Resources Satellite(TWRS)campaign is a planned Chinese candidate satellite mission,and a one-dimensional synthetic aperture technology will be used,resulting in variant incidence angles for collecting synchronous active-passive observations at L-band,which would make brightness temperature(T_(b))downscaling especially challenging when aiming to improve the spatial resolution of soil moisture measurements.In this study,two active-passive T_(b) downscaling algorithms,the time-series regression(TSR)and spectral analysis(SA)algorithms,are assessed comprehensively based on airborne experimental datasets.The results with data collected during the Soil Moisture Experiment 2002(SMEX02)showed that both approaches could provide a reliable downscaled T_(b) at the same incidence angle.Based on the ground and airborne active-passive observations under variant incidence angles from the Soil Moisture Experiment in the Luan River(SMELR)it can be shown that the linear relationship between T_(b) andσis still robust under the case of variant incidence angles,and T_(b)(both h-and v-pol)is better correlated toσvv for most cases thanσhh.Both downscaling approaches can be applied to active-passive observations under varying incidence angles.Moreover,SA method performed better than the TSR method according to the lower RMSE values and higher correlation.