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| − | + | ==The Source== | |
| − | == | + | The main source is obviously the catalytic converters. As a catalyst platinum is not supposed to leave the converter but during the lifetime of the converter a certain amount is released and is dispersed in environment. [https://2016.igem.org/Team:Aix-Marseille/Integrated_Practices/Industry Others uses] of platinum can generate pollution with platinum as the uses in the medical field. Patients will be exposed at high concentration and will reject (faeces and urine) in sewage high amounts of platinum. All the electronic industry is a source of pollution, since the e-waste are enriched in platinum. If recycling is not properly performed this platinum can be released in environnement. |
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| + | A plenty of studies assess the increase in metals around in environment. Many places and many metals are concerned all over the world and to demonstrate that, representative example are displayed in this page. Metal pollution in environnement is diverse and platinum is not the only metal polluting the environnement, not at all. However we'll focus here on Platinum and Palladium pollution. | ||
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| + | ==PLatinum along roads== | ||
As platinum and palladium are used as catalic converters the main source of pollution is close the axis of car traffic, i.e. roads and highways. Several studies show differents concentrations as context of measures are always differents and the factors involved in concentration are much complex. | As platinum and palladium are used as catalic converters the main source of pollution is close the axis of car traffic, i.e. roads and highways. Several studies show differents concentrations as context of measures are always differents and the factors involved in concentration are much complex. | ||
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Even greater value have been found, reaching the impressive value of '''132µg/kg'''<ref>http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es061453s Zereini and al., 2007</ref>. | Even greater value have been found, reaching the impressive value of '''132µg/kg'''<ref>http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es061453s Zereini and al., 2007</ref>. | ||
| − | == | + | ==Platinum in plants== |
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| + | plants are a biological compartment able to concentrate all type of poàllutant present in the envioronnment. Thus, many studies have bneen carried out to assess the concentration in plants living near pollution source as a highway or a road. | ||
Plants thriving near the roads accumulate metals as expected as their concentrations for platinum and palladium respectiveley are in average about '''8.64µg/kg''' and '''10µg/kg''' respectiveley<ref>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969707006390 Hooda et al., 2007 </ref>. | Plants thriving near the roads accumulate metals as expected as their concentrations for platinum and palladium respectiveley are in average about '''8.64µg/kg''' and '''10µg/kg''' respectiveley<ref>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969707006390 Hooda et al., 2007 </ref>. | ||
Somes species of birch trees are also able to accumulate platinum to a value up to '''1350ng/g''' and ashes from pine trees presents platinum concentration around '''5000ng/g'''<ref>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825214000063?np=y Reith and al., 2014</ref>. | Somes species of birch trees are also able to accumulate platinum to a value up to '''1350ng/g''' and ashes from pine trees presents platinum concentration around '''5000ng/g'''<ref>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825214000063?np=y Reith and al., 2014</ref>. | ||
| − | == | + | ==Platinum in rivers== |
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| + | As rivers collect all stream and watercourses, all the washed pollutant are gathered in rivers, especially after a phenomenom of washing i.e. rain. | ||
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Concentrations found in Rhine river help to realize how concentrations in platinum could increase with the effluents due to the rain washing. Concentration usually found are about 5ng/g but after a rain events (all soils, and surfaces are washed out) this concentration reach a value of '''31.2µg/g''' thus increased a '''thousand''' times <ref>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825214000063?np=y Reith and al., 2014</ref> | Concentrations found in Rhine river help to realize how concentrations in platinum could increase with the effluents due to the rain washing. Concentration usually found are about 5ng/g but after a rain events (all soils, and surfaces are washed out) this concentration reach a value of '''31.2µg/g''' thus increased a '''thousand''' times <ref>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825214000063?np=y Reith and al., 2014</ref> | ||
| − | == | + | ==Platinum in urban area== |
| − | In urban area the source of platinum are every where as many types of vehicles are always present in thoses places. | + | In urban area, the source of platinum are every where as many types of vehicles are always present in thoses places. Exhaust gas froms catalyst converter are pervasive in such area and scientist have expected to find high, hence their studies in those areas. |
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| + | Concentrations in soils town center have even shown a value of '''90µg/kg'''!<ref>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969707007905 Wichmann and al., 2007<ref> | ||
Much higher value have been measured in air born dust, with a mean of '''1730µg/kg'''<ref>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969707007905 Wichmann and al., 2007<ref>. | Much higher value have been measured in air born dust, with a mean of '''1730µg/kg'''<ref>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969707007905 Wichmann and al., 2007<ref>. | ||
| − | == | + | ==Platinum in sewage sludge== |
| − | In sewage sludge, | + | |
| + | If rivers gather pollution, the sewage sludge contain the main pollutants once presents in the waters.. | ||
| + | In sewage sludge,one of the most promising start for our process, all the resduals metals concentrate especially after rain events. | ||
| + | Concentration have been measured around '''602µg/kg''' for platinum and 722 µg/kg''' for palladium<refhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19878972 Jackson, Prichard and Sampson., 2010</ref>. | ||
As produced steadily in great quantities, sewage sludge could be a very good source for our process. | As produced steadily in great quantities, sewage sludge could be a very good source for our process. | ||
| − | ''' | + | =='''Average guide platinum concentrations'''== |
| − | + | In earth crust :'''5µg/kg''' | |
| + | In coal: '''5µg/kg''' | ||
| + | In mined fields: '''1500µg/kg''' | ||
| + | In your blood : '''0.1- 3.8µg/kg''' | ||
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| − | = | + | =Classical solutions= |
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| − | + | Metals pollution in environnement is a concern for health autorities for a long time. However metal pollution is increasing so fast for so many metals (Pt, Pd, Rh, Co, Pb, Mo, Cu, Zn, Hg, Ni, Sb, Se...) that the actual solution to deal with such pollution is actually to burn and confin ashes from sewage sludges. Indeed the classical treatment with bacetria is unefficent to eliminate such metals pollutions. So the sludge are burned and then stocked as pollutant materials. | |
| − | + | This solution allow to prevent the contamination in enivormnnement since sludges are classicaly spreaded in field, but it doesn't reduce pollution in environnement and worse, produce contamined ashes, unvalorizable and unusable materials which need to be stocked. | |
| − | + | =Biotechnological solutions= | |
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| + | The '''phytoremidation''' use plants and their ability to concentrate or destroy pollutant to clean up soils or waters. | ||
| + | Plants thriving along the roads are continuously exposed to the metals pollution, so they can be used as a compartments in order to remove polution. | ||
| + | Some plant species are well known to accumulate metals as ''Pycnandra acuminata'', see photo. [[https://2016.igem.org/File:T--Aix-Marseille--Nickel_tree.jpg|thumb|right|400px| ''Pycnandra acuminata''is able to accumulate Nickel up to 20% of the weigh of its life blood]] | ||
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| + | MENTIONNER LAIDE APPORTEE PART M.TRIBOIT | ||
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