• Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.309-323
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• 2015

This study was initiated to propose the method for human risk assessment suitable to metal mine area. Using a variety of exposure parameters extracted from the investigation of abandoned metal mines, the proposed method was applied to assess the risk of As and heavy metal contamination for inhabitants (male and female adults and child) within an abandoned mine area. Based on the results of risk assessment, in addition, target remediation concentrations of each media (soil, groundwater, and surface water) were estimated. The results indicate that total carcinogenic risk (TCR) and hazard index (HI) representing carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risks, respectively, were calculated to exceed the tolerable levels (1.00E-6 and 1) with regard to two exposure pathways (groundwater and crop intakes) and As. Thus, the human risk of study area was evaluated to be significant. Based on the target risk (TR) for carcinogens, the remediation concentrations of soil were computed to be 6.83~6.85 mg/kg and 18.41~18.46 mg/kg for As and Pb, respectively. In terms of target hazard index (THI) for non-carcinogens, the remediation concentrations of soil were calculated to be 17.38 mg/kg for Cu and 9.13 mg/kg for As.

• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.414-431
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• 2016

There are numerous closed and abandoned mines in Korea, from which diverse heavy metals (e.g., As, Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn) are released into the surrounding soil, groundwater, surface water, and crops, potentially resulting in detrimental effects on the health of nearby residents. Therefore, we performed human risk assessments of two abandoned metal mines, Yanggok (YG) and Samsanjeil (SJ). The exposure parameters used in this assessment were specific to residents near mines and the included exposure pathways were relevant to areas around metal mines. The computed total excess carcinogenic risks for both areas exceeded the acceptable carcinogenic risk ($1{\times}10^{-6}$), indicating that these areas are likely unsafe due to a carcinogenic hazard. In contrast, the non-carcinogenic risks of the two areas differed among the studied receptors. The hazard indices were higher than the unit risk (=1.0) for male and female adults in YG and male adults in SJ, suggesting that there are non-carcinogenic risks for these groups in the study areas. However, the hazard indices for children in YG and female adults and children in SJ were lower than the unit risk. Consumption of groundwater and crops grown in the area were identified as major exposure pathways for carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic hazards in both areas. Finally, the dominant metals contributing to carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risks were As and As, Cu, and Pb, respectively. In addition, the carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risks of YG were evaluated to be 10 and 4 times higher than those of SJ, respectively, resulted from the relatively higher exposure concentration of As in groundwater within SJ area. Because of lacking of several exposure parameters, some of average daily dose (ADD) could not be computed in this study. Furthermore, it is likely that the ADDs of crop-intake pathway included some errors because they were calculated using soil exposure concentrations and bioconcentration factor (BCF) rather than using crop exposure concentrations.

• Environmental Mutagens and Carcinogens
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.108-111
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• 1999

Correlation between the tumorigenic dose (TD) and the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) was examined to search for the most relevant TD values related to the MTD. Using benzo(a)pyrene (B(a)P) 2-yr bioassay data, correlation coefficients between values of $TD_{1-}$50/ and the MTD were estimated from linearized or non-linearlized dose-response curves. The highest correlation coefficients (0.9966-1.0000) were obtained from T $D_{1-}$10/ in linearized dose-response curves while the highest (0.9966-1.0000) were estimated from $TD _{5-}$10/ in non-linearized dose-response eurves. These data suggest that TDs-lo were more closely related to the MTD than the ,$TD_{5-}$10/ in B(a)P 2-yr bioassay and that in lieu of the $TD_{50}$ they could be efficiently applicable to risk assessment and management.ent.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.30-37
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• 2004

국내에서 유통되고 있는 수입어류 8종에 대한 발암성 물질인 N-nitrosamine콰 전구물질들의 함량을 분석하여 위생학적 기초자료를 제공하고자 하였다. 수입어류의 질산염 및 아질산염 함량은 각각 0.4∼12.8 mg/kg 및 N.D∼l6.0 mg/kg 이었다. Dimethylamine 함량은 1.0∼70.6 mg/100g 이었으며, Trimethylarnine 함량은 15.4∼70.6 mg/100g이었다. 수입어류 8종에 대한 발암성 물질인 N-nitrosamine은 N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) 만 검출되었으며, 이들의 NDMA 함량은 2.1∼102.2mg/kg으로 러시아산 가자미에서 가장 높게 검출되었다. 또한 아르헨티나산 냉동새우는 35.3 $\mu\textrm{g}$/kg, 러시아산 냉동대구에서도 30.6 $\mu\textrm{g}$/kg으로 높은 함량을 보였다.

• Environmental Mutagens and Carcinogens
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.63-64
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• 2003

• Proceedings of the Korea Environmental Mutagen Society Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.144-144
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• 2003

• Proceedings of the Korea Environmental Mutagen Society Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.147-147
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• 2003

• Proceedings of the Korea Environmental Mutagen Society Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.151-151
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• 2003

• Proceedings of the Korea Environmental Mutagen Society Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.157-157
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• 2003

• Proceedings of the Korea Environmental Mutagen Society Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.160-160
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• 2003