Persistent toxic substances in urban highway runoff in Shanghai

Urban highway runoff samples from seventeen rainfall events were collected in Shanghai in 2011. The concentrations of ten heavy metals and sixteen polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PAHs are analyzed. The results show that the heavy metal concentrations range within 0.50 to 51.80 As 0 to 20.80 Se 13.67 to 445.80 Zn 0 to 44.20 Pb 0 to 15.80 Ni 39.58 to 264.20 Fe 0 to 253.00 Mn 0 to 8.20 Cr 0 to 124.20 Cu and 159.83 to 536.40 μg/L Al . Se Pb Mn and Al concentrations in most samples exceed their corresponding criterion continuous concentrations CCCs while Zn and Cu concentrations exceed their criterion maximum concentrations CMCs .The concentrations ofΣPAHs range within 37.25 to 114.57 ng/L and concentrations of PAHs are all below their corresponding CCCs.Cu Zn and ΣPAHs show the first flush phenomenon. Analysis results of the modified Nemerow index method NIM indicate that runoff from eight rainfall events may have very strong biological toxicity effects four have strong effects three have moderate effects and only two have insignificant effects.Therefore it is concluded that urban highway runoff is a significant pollution source to aquatic ecosystems and needs immediate purification.

大兴安岭森林土壤重金属含量空间变异与污染评价

重金属是危害森林生态健康的主要污染物之一,迄今有关大兴安岭森林土壤重金属含量、空间变异和污染程度鲜见报道。本文通过野外调查采样,应用GIS空间分析技术,结合经典重金属污染评价方法,分析了大兴安岭森林土壤Cd、Cr、Pb、Cu、Zn、Ni、Hg及As含量的空间变异与污染程度。结果表明：（1）研究区8种重金属含量具有中等空间异质性,变异系数在16.67%~35.39%。Cd、Cr、Pb、Zn、Hg、As的块金值/基台值[C0/（C0＋C）]〈25%,其空间变异主要由母质、地形等结构性变异引起,Cu和Ni的C0/（C0＋C）在25%~75%,即非结构性因素人类活动对二者的影响较大。土壤重金属含量呈斑块状、条带状和岛状分布。（2）大兴安岭森林土壤8种重金属含量主要表现为累积的特征。8种重金属含量的平均值与最大值均未超过《国家土壤环境质量标准》（GB 15618—1995）二级标准限值,其中Cu、Zn、As的最大值超过一级标准,而其他5种元素的最大值均未超过一级标准。（3）地积累指数表明,土壤Cr、Pb、Ni无污染风险,其他5种元素污染风险较低。内梅罗综合污染指数表明,土壤整体质量已经处于轻污染状态。单因子潜在生态风险指数分析表明,Cu、Ni、Pb、Cr、Zn、As不具有潜在生态风险,Hg、Cd的部分样点的单因子生态风险指数Eri值存在生态风险,其中Hg的个别特征点已经达到Ⅲ级（中等风险）水平;潜在生态风险指数表明,研究区80%的样点无潜在生态风险,20%样点处于一般生态风险水平。