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Case Studies for the Ratification of Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants with Specific Exemption in South Korea (Stockholm 협약 비준 대비 잔류성유기오염물질의 특정면제를 위한 국내 실태조사)

  • Kim, H.H.;Lee, J.Y.;Yang, J.Y.;Lee, J.S.;Shin, D.C.;Jung, H.W.;Lim, Y.W.
    • Journal of Practical Agriculture & Fisheries Research
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.63-75
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    • 2010
  • United Nations Environment Program adopted a global binding agreement to regulate the production and distribution for the persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in May 22, 2001. The agreement took its effectuation with the ratification of 59 countries from the approval of 151 countries in May 17, 2004. After the approval on the binding agreement in October 4, 2001, South Korea performed systematic investigation for the ready of ratification on the convention with country-specific exemption for some chemical substances. Case study with documentary examination and fact-finding survey found some potential problem for 5 chemical substances such as chlordane, dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane (DDT), hexachlorobenzenes (HCB), heptachlor, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). However, subsequent investigation with more detailed degree showed the possibility for the ratification with no country-specific exemption.

Performance Evaluation of the Field Scale Sequential Washing Process for the Remediation of Arsenic-Contaminated Soils (Field 규모 연속 토양세척공정을 이용한 비소 오염토양 정화 효율 평가)

  • Choi Sang Il;Kim Kang Hong;Han Sang-Keun
    • Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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    • v.10 no.6
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    • pp.68-74
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    • 2005
  • This study was carried out to evaluate the feasibility of field-scale sequential soil washing process for remediation on Kyongsangnamdo D mine soils which was heavily contaminated by arsonic. Arsenic concentration of untreated soils was $321\pm32mg/kg$. By applying the basic operating condition which was proposed from several pilot-scale experiments, arsenic concentration of treated soils was reduced 2.04 mg/kg ($99\%$ removal efficiency). We optimized the basic operating condition (mainly on washing solution concentration, cut-off size, and mixing ratio) to improve efficiently and economically the field-scale sequential soil washing process. The resulting optimized conditions were that solution concentration is 0.2M HCl, 1.0M HCl, 1.0M NaOH, that the cut-off size is 0.15mm (seive $\sharp$100), and that the mixing ratio is 1 3. Also, the optimized pH value for soil washing effluent treatment was 6 (33 ppb), in which the precipitation disruption caused by supersaturation of the floe did not occur. Results of TCLP tests showed that arsenic concentration from the washed gravels was 1.043 mg/L, that from soils ND (not detected), and that from filter cakes 0.066 mg/L. Also, the water content as a percentage of dewatered sludges was low $(48\%)$ and so the dewatered sludges can be disposed by landfilling. Through these results, we can concluded that tile field-scale sequential soil washing process developed in this study is adopted for remediation of arsenic-contaminated soils.

Developmental Toxicity of Alkylphenols in Amphibians: A Review (알킬페놀류 화합물의 양서류 발생독성: 종설)

  • Park, Chan-Jin;Ahn, Hae-Sun;Ahn, Hyo-Min;Gye, Myung-Chan
    • Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.44 no.2
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    • pp.103-112
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    • 2011
  • Aquatic contamination by organic pollutants has been a suspected reason for rapid decrease of amphibian populations whose embryonic and larval stages are in an aquatic environment. Amphibian embryos can be a useful model to study the ecoctoxicologial impacts of aquatic pollutants. The obtained toxicological data are useful references for the management of aquatic pollutants in public health because amphibia share many developmental events with terrestrial vertebrates including humans. Safety guidelines for the toxicological effects of aquatic contaminants of chemicals identified as hazardous should be addressed at multiple endpoints. Alkylphenols have been widely-used in agricultural, industrial, and household activities; they contaminate and can persist in aquatic environments. Exposure to alkylphenols results in endocrine disruption in aquatic animals. In this review, we summarize the developmental toxicities of alkylphenols in amphibian embryos and larva according to the exposure route, chemical concentration, duration of exposure, and affected developmental stage together with mechanisms of toxicity and typical patterns of developmental abnormality. The merits of amphibian embryos as a toxicity test model for mid- to long-term exposure to aquatic pollutants are discussed proposed.

Rhizoremediation of Petroleum and Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soil using Rhizobacteria and Zea mays (근권세균과 옥수수를 이용한 유류 및 중금속 복합 오염토양의 Rhizoremediation)

  • Hong, Sun-Hwa;Koo, So-Yeon;Kim, Sung-Hyun;Ryu, Hee-Wook;Lee, In-Sook;Cho, Kyung-Suk
    • Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.329-334
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    • 2010
  • In this study, the rhizoremediation of petroleum and heavy metal-contaminated soil was characterized employing Zea mays and two plant-growth promoting rhizobacteria, Gordonia sp. S2RP-17 and Serratia sp. SY5 which have petroleum-degrading activity and heavy metal-resistance, respectively. After 51 days, the average dry weights of Zea mays' root without and with the inoculation of rhizobacteria were $1.9{\pm}0.2$ and $5.6{\pm}0.7\;g$, respectively. Compared with initial TPH concentration in soil ($21,576{\pm}3,426\;mg-TPH{\cdot}kg-dry\;soil^{-1}$), the residual TPH concentrations were $220{\pm}98\;mg-TPH{\cdot}kg-dry\;soil^{-1}$ in soil planted with Zea mays, and $20{\pm}41\;mg-TPH{\cdot}kg-dry\;soil^{-1}$ in soil planted with Zea mays and inoculated with rhizobacteria. These results indicated that the inoculation of S2RP-17 and SY5 could promote TPH removability in soil as well as the growth of Zea mays' root. There was little positive effect of the rhizobacteria inoculation on the removability of heavy metal such as Cu, Cd and Pb in soil planted with Zea mays.

Study on the Application of the Fenton Oxidation Method for Remediation of Small-scale Oil-contaminated Ballasts on Railroad Track (선로 내 소규모 유류오염도상자갈 정화를 위한 펜톤산화법의 적용성 연구)

  • Kwon, Tae-Soon;Lee, Jae-Young;Kim, Hee-Man;Jung, Woo-Sung;Kim, Jong-Heun
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.18 no.5
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    • pp.466-470
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    • 2015
  • In this study, Fenton oxidation was applied to railroad track ballasts contaminated with small amounts of oil. In order to perform the experiment on Fenton oxidation, petroleum contaminated ballast was collected from the railroad track and experiments on major factors of the remediation process were implemented in the laboratory. Then, the feasibility of insitu Fenton oxidation was investigated for the railroad track that was partially contaminated with oil. As a result, the residual TPH concentration of ballast was reduced to about 1,000 mg/kg-ballast in laboratory experiments using 0.1 mol Fe/L $H_2O_2$. Due to the drainage structure of the track bed, a considerable amount of $H_2O_2$ was released below the ballast without the sufficient reaction with the contaminated ballast; therefore, additional studies are necessary for the effective field application of Fenton oxidation.

Status of Soil Remediation and Technology Development in Korea (국내 오염토양 복원 현황과 기술 동향)

  • Yang, Ji-Won;Lee, You-Jin
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.45 no.4
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    • pp.311-318
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    • 2007
  • Soil contamination in Korea has been accelerated every year. Because of their persistence and cumulative tendency in the environment, soil contaminants have potential long-term environmental and health concerns and it is estimated to cost enormous expense for clean-up. Korea government has legislated the law on conservation of soil environment in mid 1990s, and managed and treated hazardous wastes in contaminated sites as a remediation policy since then. Soil remediation technologies are classified into in-situ/ex-situ or biological/physico-chemical/thermal processes according to applied places or treatment methods, respectively. In Korea, clean-up of polluted sites has been mostly carried out at military areas, railroad-related sites and small-scale oil spilt sites. For these cases, in-situ remediation technologies such as soil vapor extraction (SVE) and bioventing were mainly used. In recent days, an environmental-friendly soil remediation emerged as a new concept - for example, a new soil remediation process using nanotechnology or molecular biological study and an integrated process which can overcome the limitation of individual process. To have better applicability of remediation technologies, comprehensive understandings about the pollutants and soil characteristics and the suitable techniques are required to be investigated. Above all, development of environmental technologies based on the sustainability accompanied by public attention can improve soil environment in Korea.

Development of Multi-residue Analysis and Monitoring of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) - Used Organochlorine Pesticides in Korea (국내에 사용되어 금지된 유기염소계 농약류의 다중분석법과 모니터링)

  • Lim, Sung-Jin;Oh, Young-Tak;Yang, Ji-Yeon;Ro, Jin-Ho;Choi, Geun-Hyoung;Ryu, Song-Hee;Moon, Byeong-Chul;Park, Byung-Jun
    • The Korean Journal of Pesticide Science
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.319-325
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    • 2016
  • This study was conducted to investigate residual organochlorine pesticides in green house soil and oriental melon, green pepper, and lettuce. The majority of them were designated as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) by the international community at the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutant. Extraction and clean-up method were developed using the QuEChERS method for residual organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in soil and oriental melon, green pepper and lettuce. Recovery of OCPs in greenhouse soil and oriental melon, green pepper, and lettuce ranged from 73.3-110.6%. Limit of detection (LOD) of OCPs in soil and 3 crops were 0.01-0.08 and $0.11-0.17{\mu}g/kg$. The residues of OCPs in oriental melon, green pepper and lettuce greenhouse soil were analyzed by the developed method, and dieldrin, ${\beta}-endosulfan$ and endosulfan sulfate were detected at 1.4-72.5, 0.1-78.7 and $0.0-214.1{\mu}g/kg$, respectively. The detection frequency of 3 compounds in soils were 52 (29.7%), 34 (19.4%) and 57 (32.6%) among 175 samples, respectively. However, these compounds were not detected in all crop samples. The residue level in 3 crops were lower than 1/58.8 of maximum residue level of them. These results showed that the OCPs residue in oriental melon, green pepper, and lettuce greenhouse soil were not as high as crop safety threatening.

Monitoring of the residues of some pesticides in mulberry leaves and their safety evaluation (뽕잎중 잔류농약의 monitoring 및 안전성 평가)

  • Lee, Jae-Koo;Kwon, Jeong-Wook;Ahn, Ki-Chang;Moon, Jae-Yu
    • The Korean Journal of Pesticide Science
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.45-52
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    • 1998
  • In order to evaluate the safety of mulberry leaves for sericultural purpose to the contamination by pesticide residues, the analyses of dichlorvos, acephate, phenthoate, pyrazophos, deltamethrin, and cypermethrin were done for 24 samples collected in spring and fall over two consecutive years (1996 and 1997), each, from 8 provinces across the country, by selecting three representative farmhouses in each province. In spring samples of 1996, the residual amounts of dichlorvos, acephate, and phenthoate were $0.018{\sim}0.032$, $0.013{\sim}0.072$, and 0.051 ppm, respectively, whereas, pyrazophos was not detected, and the detection frequencies were 29, 58, and 4%, respectively. In fall samples, on the other hand, those of the above pesticides were $0.012{\sim}0.048$, $0.020{\sim}0.156$, and $0.018{\sim}0.050$ ppm, respectively, and pyrazophos was not detected either and the detection frequencies were 42, 17, and 13%, respectively. While in spring samples of 1997, the residual amounts of dichlorvos, acephate, and cypermethrin were $0.014{\sim}0.064$, $0.033{\sim}0.061$, and $0.019{\sim}0.068$ ppm, respectively, and deltamethrin was not detected. The detection frequencies were 75, 13, and 8%, respectively. In fall samples, on the other hand, those of the above pesticides were $0.013{\sim}0.062$, 0.015, and $0.009{\sim}0.013$ ppm, respectively, and deltamethrin was not detected either. The detection frequencies were 88, 4, and 17%, respectively. Almost all of the samples turned out to be non-toxic to silkworms, except that one sample (No. 10, spring 1997) contaminated by a high concentration of cypermethrin (0.068 ppm) was judged to do harm to silkworms. In the GC analyses, the selection of columns, the change in column temperature, and the use of MSD made the separation and identification of the vague compounds possible.

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Bioremediation of Oil-Contaminated Soil Using an Oil-Degrading Rhizobacterium Rhodococcus sp.412 and Zea mays. (유류 분해 근권세균 Rhodococcus sp. 412와 옥수수를 활용한 유류 오염 토양의 정화)

  • Hong, Sun-Hwa;Park, Hae-Lim;Ko, U-Ri;Yoo, Jae-Jun;Cho, Kyung-Suk
    • Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.150-157
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    • 2007
  • The advanced bioremediation of diesel-contaminated soil through the exploration of bacterial interaction with plants was studied. A diesel-degrading rhizobacterium, Rhodococcus sp.412, and a plant species, Zea mays, having tolerant against diesel was selected. Zea mays was seeded in uncontaminated soil or diesel-contaminated soil with or without Rhodococcus sp. 412. After cultivating for 30 days, the growth of Zea mays in the contaminated soil inoculated with Rhodococcus sp. 412 was better than that in the contaminated soil without the bacterium. The residual diesel concentrations were lowered by seeding Zea mays or inoculating Rhodococctis sp. 412. These results Indicate that the simultaneous use of Zea mays and Rhodococcus sp. 412 can give beneficial effect to the remediation of oil-contaminated soil. Bacterial community was characterized using a 16S rDNA PCR and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) fingerprinting method. The similarities of DGGE fingerprints were $20.8{\sim}39.9%$ between the uncontaminated soil and diesel contaminated soil. The similarities of DGGE fingerprints were $21.9%{\sim}53.6%$ between the uncontaminated soil samples, and $31.6%{\sim}50.0%$ between the diesel-contaminated soil samples. This results indicated that the structure of bacterial community was significantly influence by diesel contamination.

Shear bond strength of orthodontic bracket with hydrophilic primer (친수성 프라이머를 이용한 교정용 브라켓 접착시의 전단결합강도에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Chul-Wan;Cha, Kyung-Suk;Lee, Jin-Woo
    • The korean journal of orthodontics
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    • v.32 no.4 s.93
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    • pp.293-300
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    • 2002
  • The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of hydrophilic primer, which claim to retain adequate bond strength on moistened enamel resulting from moisture or saliva contamination, by comparing the shear bond strength and adhesive failure patterns of brackets bonded using hydrophilic primer and conventional hydrophobic primer. Brackets were bonded to human premolars embedded in metal cylinders utilizing light cured adhesive, primed with either a hydrophilic primer(Transbond fm primer) or a conventional hydrophobic primer(Transbond XT primer). Each sample was exposed to varying degrees of artificial saliva contamination during the priming process. The shear bond strength was measured using a universal testing machine, and the adhesive failure patterns after debonding were visually examined by strereomicroscope and assessed using the adhesive remnant index(ARI). The results were as follows 1. In dry conditions, no significant differences in shear bond strength between Transbond W and Transbond XT primers were found. 2. Transbond MIP primer exhibited a significantly higher shear bond strength than Transbond XT primer in saliva-contaminated conditions, regardless of the degree of contamination. 3. When contaminated with one coat of saliva, Transbond MIP primer did not exhibit significant differences in shear bond strength compared to the dry condition. When contaminated with two coats of saliva, Transbond MIP primer exhibited a singnificantly lower shear bond strength compared to the dry condition. 4. The adhesive remnant index of the adhesive failure pattern had a tendency to decrease, as the degree of saliva contamination increased. Bracket-adhesive interface failure was observed in more than half of the saliva contaminated samples utilizing Transbond MIP primer, whereas the bond failure sites of the Transbond XT primer samples occurred almost exclusively at the adhesive-enamel interface in saliva-contaminated conditions. The results of this study suggest that in cases where moisture control is difficult, Transbond MIP primer is an effective alternative to conventional hydrophobic primers.