期刊
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 720, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137528
关键词
Balkan endemic nephropathy; Aristolochic acids; Fenton's reagent; Chemical oxidation; Soil remediation
资金
- TUYF Charitable Trust [TUYF18SC01]
- Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme of Hong Kong
Aristolochic acids (AAs) are persistent soil pollutants in the agricultural fields of the Balkan Peninsula that are endemic for Aristolochia clematitis L. This class of carcinogenic and nephrotoxic phytotoxins is taken up by crops through root absorption and contaminates staple foods across the peninsula. Human exposure to AAs via dietary intake has recently been recognized as a cause of Balkan endemic nephropathy. For the sake of public health, human exposure to AAs from all sources should be minimized in a timely manner. However, currently, there is no available remediation method to remove AAs from soil. In this study, we developed the first soil remediation method for AAs using Fenton's reagent (FR), a combination of ferrous ion and hydrogen peroxide, and optimized factors, including pH, temperature, time, and dose of FR, to achieve the best degradation performance. The maximum AA degradation efficiency was found to be >97% in soil with 500 mu g kg(-1) of AAs. We anticipate that this developed method, mediated via Fenton reaction, will be useful to effectively eliminate AAs from the Balkan farmlands. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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