来自工业的稀土元素细颗粒物的大气排放
Jianghui Yun1,2, Qiuting Yang1,2, Chenyan Zhao1,2,3
1State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Nature communications
|October 30, 2024
概括
工业活动通过细颗粒物 (PM) 将大量的稀土元素 (REEs) 释放到大气中. 本研究量化了主要行业的REE排放量,突出了它们在空气污染和潜在健康风险中的作用.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 大气化学 大气化学
- 工业生态学 工业生态学
背景情况:
- 稀土元素 (REEs) 是全球工业释放的新兴环境污染物.
- 工业细颗粒物 (PM) 越来越多地被认为是大气 REEs 的重要来源.
- 关于工业 PM 对大气 REE 污染的具体贡献存在一个知识差距.
研究的目的:
- 来自各种大型工业的细颗粒物中的REEs的识别和特征.
- 为了量化中国工业来源的年度REE排放量.
- 评估与从工业PM吸入REE相关的潜在健康风险.
主要方法:
- 来自13个行业的114个大型工业设施的细颗粒样本中的REE含量分析.
- 来自不同工业来源的REEs的排放因子的计算.
- 估计儿童和成人每年REE排放量和每日摄入量水平.
主要成果:
- 水泥,煤炭发电和焦化工业是废弃能源的主要排放者,对中国的年度排放有很大贡献.
- 在PM中建立了REEs的源特定元素配置文件,用于源分配.
- 通过吸入工业细颗粒物的平均每日REE摄入量被确定为儿童和成人.
结论:
- 工业细微 PM 是大气 REE 污染的关键途径.
- 量化排放和摄入数据对于环境管理和健康风险评估至关重要.
- 这些发现支持可持续的工业实践,并强调控制工业REE释放对人类福祉的重要性.
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