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A 4-day field observation was conducted at Liede sewage treatment plant in Guangzhou, using PFPH/GC/MS method to analyse the composition and the concentration of volatile carbonyl compounds, and investigate the source emission characteristics of the pollutants. The results were as follows: 18 carbonyl species were detected, which including 15 malodorous volatile carbonyls with a concentration range from 0.39 microg x m(-3) to 19.92 microg x m(-3) at six processing units. Mean value of the total malodorous volatile carbonyls was (68.66 +/- 10.05) microg x m(-3). Normalization data process was used to research the source emission profile for malodorous volatile carbonyls, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde, 2-butanone, butyraldehyde and hexaldehyde were found to be molecular markers of the source emission with their percentage of total carbonyls up to 78.91%. Hexaldehyde was the most abundant carbonyl species with an average concentration of 11.71 microg x m(-3). Using a calculation model of area source emission, it estimated that the total annual emissions of the municipal sewage treatment plant was 2 302.33 kg(-1), and the contribution ratio of each processing unit was in an order of biochemical reaction basin, concentration basin, grade A aeration, ascending pump room, grit basin, dewatering house. The malodorous emission of sewage treatment plant is affected by many complex factors, so there's some uncertainty on the estimate.
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PMID:[Source emission characteristics of malodorous volatile organic carbonyls from a municipal sewage treatment plant]. 2246 20

Cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) are an emerging engineered nanomaterial that are utilized in a variety of applications, including as a replacement for urea-formaldehyde, and other adhesives, as the binding agent in manufactured fiber and particle boards. To ensure the health and well-being of those producing, installing, or otherwise using cellulose nanofiber boards (CNFBs) it is imperative that the particulate matter (PM) produced during CNFB manipulation be evaluated for toxicity. We developed and internally verified a generation system to examine the PM produced by sanding CNFB using aluminum oxide sandpaper. With 80-grit sandpaper our system produced a low dispersity aerosol, as determined by a scanning mobility particle sizer and an optical particle counter, with a geometric mean of 28 nm (GSD = 1.60). ICP-MS evaluation showed little difference in metal concentrations between CNFB PM and nonsanded CNFB stock. We then used the system to simultaneously generate and expose both male and female C57BL/6J mice acutely for 4 hours at a concentration of 7.9 mg/m3. Sham-exposed controls were treated similarly but without sanding the CNFB. Analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid biomarkers showed no signs of inflammatory response at either 4- or 24-hours post exposure. Further, BAL cell viability, number of total cells, and pulmonary cellular recruitment were not significantly changed between the sham-exposed controls and CNFB-exposed mice. Histology further confirmed no pulmonary toxicity as a result of CNFB PM inhalation. We conclude that inhalation of a high concentration of the PM from manipulation of a CNFB did not produce acute toxic responses within 24 hours of exposure.
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PMID:Acute in vivo pulmonary toxicity assessment of occupationally relevant particulate matter from a cellulose nanofiber board. 3296 99