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RESUMEN La producción de efluentes contaminados con hidrocarburos en las estaciones de servicio es un inconveniente a controlar y dar un tratamiento adecuado. Este trabajo tuvo como objetivo estudiar la biorremediación de dos residuos de estaciones de servicio de la ciudad de Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina por medio de biodegradación. Se realizó la caracterización de la fase oleosa obtenida de efluentes de dos estaciones de servicio y se realizó una biorremediación con microcosmos de los mismos. El seguimiento se realizó con análisis de GC/MS para hidrocarburos y perfiles de ácidos grasos microbianos, como también se realizó un seguimiento de las bacterias degradadoras de hidrocarburos. Los dos residuos mostraron diferente perfil cromatográfico; esto impactó sobre la degradación de los mismos que fue para el Residuo 1 de 79,68 % y para el Residuo 2 de 29,23 %. Este último poseía un perfil más rico en hidrocarburos policíclicos que son tóxicos para las bacterias. El impacto sobre la comunidad bacteriana debido a la composición de los residuos también se evidenció en la evolución del índice de Shannon determinado, y de los diferentes grupos microbianos estudiados a partir de los ácidos grasos obtenidos desde el suelo, encontrándose un predominio de bacterias Gram positivas responsables de llevar adelante el proceso de biorremediacón. Los principales resultados obtenidos demostraron que la fase líquida no acuosa obtenida a partir de los efluentes de estaciones de servicio es posible de ser biorremediada por la comunidad bacteriana presente en el suelo de estudio.
ABSTRACT Gasoline station leached is an inconvenient to control and give a treatment of this waste. The aim of this work was to study the bioremediation of waste from gasoline stations in the city of Río Gallegos. The characterization of the oil phase was carried out and bioremediation was performed with microcosm thereof, the follow-up was performed with the GC-MS for hydrocarbons and fatty acid profiles, and the hydrocarbon degrading bacteria were also monitored. The content of the profile was different from the chromatographic profile; the impact on the degradation of the same that was used for residue 1 was 79.68% and for residue 2, it was 29.23%. The second one is a profile richer in light weight hydrocarbons that are toxic to bacteria. The impact on the microbiota was due to the composition of the waste. Based on the Shanon index, there is a predominance of gram positive bacteria. The non-aqueous liquid phase obtained from the effluents can be bioremediated by the bacterial soil community.
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Objective@#To analyze the epidemiological characteristics of adult inpatients with gas burns in the Department of Burns of Hwa Mei Hospital of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (hereinafter referred to as the author′s unit) , so as to provide evidence for the prevention of gas burn.@*Methods@#Medical records of all inpatients with flame burns admitted to the author′s unit from January 2011 to December 2017 were collected. The percentage of adult inpatients with gas burns in total inpatients with flame burns in the same period, and their gender, age, injury season, accident place, burn severity, common compound injury, complication, population caliber, education, industry, as well as the pre-injury disease and prognosis of elderly inpatients with gas burns were retrospectively analyzed. In addition, the age, accident place, education, and industry of the floating population in the adult inpatients with gas burns were analyzed separately and compared with the total population of adult inpatients with gas burns in 7 years. Data were processed with chi-square test or Fisher′s exact probability test (Monte Carlo algorithm).@*Results@#During the 7 years, 1 490 inpatients with flame burns were admitted to the author′s unit, among which 511 were adult inpatients with gas burns, accounting for 34.30%. The number of adult inpatients with gas burns increased gradually during the 7 years, but its percentage in the total inpatients with flame burns during the same period showed no significant difference (χ2=7.087, P>0.05). Among the 511 adult inpatients with gas burns (hereinafter referred to as the patients in this group), there were 315 males and 196 females, with a male/female ratio of 1.61 to 1.00, and the middle-aged patients were the most, up to 270 cases, accounting for 52.84%. The distribution of adult inpatients with gas burns during the 7 years was significantly different in gender and age (χ2=54.810, 27.832, P<0.01). Among the patients in this group, most were injured in summer, totally 251 cases, accounting for 49.12%, and the accident place was mainly at home, totally 388 cases, accounting for 75.93%. The distribution of adult inpatients with gas burns during the 7 years was significantly different in injury season (χ2=42.254, P<0.01), but not in accident place (χ2=6.782, P>0.05). The patients in this group were mainly with moderate burns (237 cases, accounting for 46.38%), and the distribution trend of burn severity of adult inpatients with gas burns was basically the same during the 7 years (χ2=19.680, P>0.05); 176 patients (34.44%) were accompanied by inhalation injury, and 30 patients (5.87%) were accompanied by blast injury of lung; post injury complications occurred in 20 patients (3.91%). In the elderly inpatients with gas burns, 44.44% (32/72) were accompanied by pre-injury basic diseases, and the proportion of death or unhealed reached 18.06% (13/72). Most of the patients in this group were permanent residents (358 cases, accounting for 70.06%) and received secondary education (304 cases, accounting for 59.49%), and the majority of them were engaged in manufacturing/construction (138 cases, accounting for 27.01%), self-employed business (90 cases, accounting for 17.61%), and catering (90 cases, accounting for 17.61%) industries. The distribution of adult inpatients with gas burns during the 7 years was significantly different in population caliber, education, and occupation (χ2=17.496, 29.898, 88.896, P<0.05 or P<0.01). Among the patients of this group, the floating population were mainly young (90 cases, accounting for 58.82%) and middle-aged (62 cases, accounting for 40.52%), with main accident place at home (97 cases, accounting for 63.40%), generally received secondary education (101 cases, accounting for 66.01%), and were mainly engaged in manufacturing/construction (71 cases, accounting for 46.41%), self-employed business (26 cases, accounting for 16.99%), and catering (20 cases, accounting for 13.07%) industries. Compared with the total adult inpatients with gas burns in 7 years, the floating population were younger, more injured in the workplace, and more concentrated in industry (χ2=42.924, 9.390, 27.819, P<0.01).@*Conclusions@#Gas burn was the leading injury cause of inpatients with flame burns in the author′s unit, which mainly occurred in summer and at home; the patients were mainly male, young and middle-aged, and permanent residents, most of which were with moderate burn, often accompanied by inhalation injury. Most of the patients were of secondary education, engaged in manufacturing/construction, self-employed business, and catering industries, among which the floating population were younger, more injured in the workplace, and more concentrated in industry. In order to prevent gas burn, we should pay more attention to the propaganda and education of gas safety among young and middle-aged men, floating population, retired old people and housewives, especially in summer, we should do a good job in gas safety inspection at home. In addition, we should urge enterprises to further strengthen the supervision of production safety.
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RESUMEN La movilidad motorizada está íntimamente ligada a los combustibles líquidos como la gasolina y el diésel; y en consecuencia, con el medio ambiente. Además de la problemática con el calentamiento global, la utilización de estos combustibles genera compuestos de carácter contaminante que afecta la salud de la población. Entre todos los contaminantes criterio, el material particulado (PM) de tamaño menor o igual a 2,5 micras (PM25) es considerado como uno de los compuestos de mayor peligrosidad debido a que puede penetrar hasta la región de intercambio de gases del pulmón. Los registros para el Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá (AMVA) muestran eventualmente que los niveles promedio de calidad del aire resultan ser nocivos para la salud del habitante metropolitano. Lo anterior se debe principalmente a las altas concentraciones de PM25 generadas por vehículos pesados que usan combustible diésel. Si bien las propiedades de este combustible tienen un efecto directo en el PM respirable, existen otras estrategias que influyen en las características y la cantidad de las emisiones generadas. Por ejemplo, la mejora del nivel tecnológico de los motores a partir de planes de chatarrización y renovación, y de la pauta de conducción, así como la incorporación de vehículos eléctricos. Con todo lo anterior, este trabajo muestra una serie de consideraciones a fin de plantear posibles estrategias de solución a la problemática ambiental de la ciudad y el país.(AU)
ABSTRACT Motorized mobility is closely linked to liquid fuels such as gasoline and diésel and therefore, to the environment. Besides the problems associated with global warming, the use of these fuels also generates polluting compounds affecting the population health. Among all primary pollutants, particulate matter (PM) less than or equal to 2.5 microns (PM25) in size, is regarded as one of the most dangerous compounds because it can penetrate the region lung gas exchange. The records for the Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá (AMVA) often show that the average levels of air quality were found to be harmful to the health of metropolitan habitants. This is mainly attributed to the high concentrations of PM25 generated by heavy-duty vehicles that use diésel fuel. Although the properties of diesel fuel have a direct effect on breathable PM, there are other strategies influencing both nature and amount of emissions. For example, the improvement of the technological level of the engines and the driving pattern, as well as the incorporation of electric vehicles. This paper shows some considerations in order to propose possible strategies to solve the environmental problem of the city and the country.(AU)
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Controle da Qualidade do Ar , Poluentes Atmosféricos/efeitos adversos , Combustíveis Fósseis/efeitos adversos , Saúde da População , Colômbia , Veículos AutomotoresRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by airflow limitation and results from environmental factors and genetic factors. Although cigarette smoking is a major risk factor, other environmental exposures can influence COPD. The purpose of this study is to investigate the clinical characteristics of COPD according to the history of environmental exposure. METHODS: The study population comprised of 347 subjects with COPD who were recruited from the pulmonary clinics of 14 hospitals within the Korean Obstructive Lung Disease Study Group. We classified environmental exposures according to history of living near factory, and direct exposure history to firewood or briquette. According to living environmental exposures, we compared the frequency of respiratory symptoms, pulmonary function, quality of life, exercise capacity, and computed tomography phenotypes. RESULTS: Thirty-one subjects (8.9%) had history of living near factory, 271 (78.3%) had exposure history to briquette, and 184 (53.3%) had exposure history to firewood. Patients with history of living near a factory had a significantly longer duration of sputum, while patients with exposure to firewood tended to have lower forced expiratory volume in one second, and patients with exposure to briquette tended to have lower six minute walk distance. CONCLUSION: COPD subjects with the history of living near factory had more frequent respiratory symptoms such as sputum. Our data suggest that environmental exposure may influence clinical phenotype of COPD.
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Humanos , Poluentes Atmosféricos , Exposição Ambiental , Volume Expiratório Forçado , Combustíveis Fósseis , Coreia (Geográfico) , Pneumopatias Obstrutivas , Exposição Ocupacional , Fenótipo , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica , Qualidade de Vida , Fatores de Risco , Fumar , EscarroRESUMO
Los Colegios Profesionales de Ingenieros y de Médicos de Chile convinieron en presentar este documento con información y propuestas relativas a la prevención y control de las graves consecuencias para la salud, el ambiente, la economía y la seguridad del país del uso continuado de fuentes energéticas contaminantes en la industria, el transporte y la generación de electricidad. Desde el punto de vista de la salud, el Colegio Médico detalla cuales son los contaminantes atmosféricos procedentes de los combustibles fósiles y la leña; y revisa sus efectos agudos y crónicos en la mortalidad ymorbilidad respiratoria, cardiovascular y por cáncer, y señala el volumen del gasto consiguiente. Se refiere alcalentamiento de la tierra y a su impacto directo sobre las personas y sobre la salud a través de la alteraciónobservada en los vectores, en la agricultura y en los desastres naturales. Advierte acerca del riesgo que implicaría la introducción de la energía nuclear. Desde los puntos de vista tecnológico y económico, el Colegio de Ingenieros se refiere a los costos crecientes de los combustibles, al control del mercado por privados, a la falta de previsión de estos y a los costos sumergidos de atenciones médicas, del daño a las infraestructuras, de la reducción de la competitividad, de la dependencia de suministros externos y de la vulnerabilidad de los productores nacionales. Ambos Colegios exponen los requisitos que deberían cumplir las opciones energéticas el primero, que no sean contaminantes y la existencia de alternativas tecnológicas viables, ya presentes en el mundo: eólica, mareomotriz, de las corrientes marinas, solar, e hidrógeno. Se describe la situación actual de ellas. Se refieren también a otras fuentes no contaminantes con menor impacto y a medidas complementarias como el ahorro de energía y la forestación. Los Colegios dirigen al gobierno, con sentido de urgencia, una propuesta basada en las energías renovables no convencionales (ERNC) y en el d...
The Chilean Engineers Association and the Chilean Medical Association agreed to present this paper, containing information and proposals regarding prevention and control of the serious consequences for health, the environment, the economy and national security of the continued utilization of polluting energy sources in industry, transport and electricity generation. From the health standpoint, the Medical Association describes the atmospheric pollutants derived from fossil fuels and firewood; and it goes over their acute and chronic effects on respiratory, circulatory and cancer mortality and morbidity; the high resulting expenditure is indicated. The greenhouse effect is also referred to, with the direct impact of heat on persons and the indirect health damage through changes concerning vectors, agriculture and natural disasters. Attention is also drawn to the risks implied by the eventual introduction of nuclear energy. From the technological and economic viewpoint, the Engineers Association deals with the increasing price of fossil fuels, the control of the market by private agents, the lack of foresight of these agents in the case of natural gas imports and the submerged costs such as those of medical care requirements, infrastructure damage, reduction of competitive capabilities, dependence on foreign sources and the vulnerability of national enterprises. Both Associations indicate which are the required characteristics of energy sources above all, that they should be non-polluting and describe the viable technological alternatives: wind power, tides, marine currents, sunlight power, and hydrogen. Their present status is analyzed. A reference is made to other clean sources of lesser potential and to complementary measures such as energy saving and forestation. The Associations, with a sense of urgency, address their proposal to the government. This is based on the development of the non-conventional renewable sources of energy (ERNC)...