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Environmental Contamination and Bioavailability Assessment of Heavy Metals in the Vicinity of the Dogok Au-Ag-Cu Mine (도곡(Au-Ag-Cu)광산 주변지역의 중금속 원소들의 환경오염특성 및 생체흡수도 평가)

  • Lee Sung-Eun;Lee Jin-soo;Chon Hyo-Taek
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.38 no.2 s.171
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    • pp.135-142
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    • 2005

  • In order to investigate the contamination level and seasonal variation of heavy metals and evaluate the bioavailability of toxic elements, environmental geochemical survey was undertaken at the Dogok Au-Ag-Cu mine area. The main pollution sources in the area were suggested as tailings, mine waste materials and mine water. Elevated levels of $140{\cal}mg/{\cal}kg{\;}As,{\;}107{\cal}mg/{\cal}kg{\;}Cd,{\;} 3017{\cal}mg/{\cal}kg{\;}Cu,{\;}12926{\cal}mg/{\cal}kg{\;}Pb,{\;}9094{\cal}mg/{\cal}kg$ Zn(before rainy season) were found in mine tailings. Concentrations of heavy metals in farmland soils exceeded normal level in nature soil (Bowen, 1979). The highest level of heavy metals was found in water samples near the mine tailing dumps regarded as a main pollution source of toxic elements in the area. These concentrations decreased to downstream due to the effect of dilution. From the results of sequential extraction analyses for tailings and soils, non-residual forms of heavy metals were found, which indicate the contamination to be progressing by continuing weathering and oxidation. Cadmium and Zn would be of the highest mobility in all samples. The bioavailability of Cd, Cu, Zn and As using SBET analysis from paddy soils was $53.3{\%},{\;}46.5{\%},{\;}41.0{\%}$ and $37.0\%$, respectively. The farmland soil sample(S3) showed the highest total concentration and bioavailability of heavy metals.

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A study on the Heavy Metal Concentrations and Their Interrelationships in Women's Blood and Urine in small towns (일부 중소도시 기혼여성의 혈액 및 뇨중 중금속 함량의 상관성에 관한 연구)

  • Hwang, In-Dam;Ki, No-Suk;Lee, Jae-Hyung;Park, In-Seo
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.20 no.1 s.21
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    • pp.49-55
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    • 1987

  • The results of this study which had been investigated for the purpose of analyzing heavy metal concentrations in women's blood and urine, their correlation degree and significane of cadmium as indicator of accumulated heavy metals are as follows. 1) In blood, concentrations of Cd, Pb, Cu and Zn are respectively $0.0110{\pm}0.14ug/ml,\;0.308{\pm}138ug/ml,\;0.899{\pm}0.153ug/ml$ and $5.432{\pm}1.020ug/ml$. 2) In urine, concentratitons of Cd, Pb, Cu and Zn are respectively $0.003{\pm}0.12ug/ml,\;0.025{\pm}0.18ug/ml,\;0.013{\pm}0.12ug/ml$ and $0.277{\pm}0.192ug/ml$. 3) Correlation coefficients between blood and urine are only significant in Zn (r=0.363, p<0.01). 4) In blood, correlation coefficients of Cd concentration and Pb, Zn are respectively 0.518 (p<0.01). 5) Correlation coefficients between Cd concentration in blood and Pb, Cu and Zn in urine are respectively r=-0.012, r=0.027, r=0.241 (p<0.05), and only Cd concentration and Zn is significant.

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Studies on Heavy Metal Ion Adsorption by Soils. -(Part 1) PH and phosphate effects on the adsorption of Cd, Cu, Ni and Zn by mineral soils with low CEC and low organic carbon content (중금속(重金屬) 이온의 토양(土壤) 흡착에 관한 연구 -(제1보) CEC 및 유기탄소 함량이 낮은 광물토양에의 Cd, Cu, Ni, 및 Zn의 흡착과 이에 미치는 pH 및 인산의 효과-)

  • Kim, Myung-Jong;Motto, Harry L.
    • Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.300-309
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    • 1977

  • The information related to the heavy metal pollution in the environment was obtained from studies on the effects of pH, phosphate and soil properties on the adsorption of metal ions (Cd, Cu, Ni, and Zn) by soils. Three soil materials; soil 1 with low CEC (8.2 me/100g) and low organic carbon content (0.34%); soil 2 with high CEC (36.4 me/100g) and low organic carbon content (1.8%) and soil 3 with high CEC (49.9 me/100g) and high organic carbon content (14.7%) were used. Soils were adjusted to several pH's and equilibrated with metal ion mixtures of 4 different concentrations, each having equal equivalents of each metal ion (0.63, 1.88, 3.12 and 4.38 micromoles per one gram soil with and without 10 micromoles of phosphate per one gram soil). Reported here are the results of the equilibrium study on soil I. The rest of the results on soil 2 and soil 3 will be repoted subsequeutly. Generally higher metal ion concentration solution resulted in higher final metal ion concentrations in the equilibrated solution and phosphate had minimal effect except it tended to enhance removal of cadmium and zinc from equilibrated solutions while it tended to decrease the removal of copper and nickel. In soil 1, percentages of added metal ions removed at pH 5.10 were; Cu 97, Ni 69, Cd 63, and Zn 55, while increasing pH to 6.40, they were increased to Cu 90.9, Zn 99, Ni 96, and Cd 92 per As initial metal ion concentration increased, final metal ion concentrations in the equilibrated solution showed a relationship with pH of the system as they fit to the equation $p[M^{++}]=a$ pH+b where $p[M^{++}]=-log$[metal ion concentration in Mol/liter]. The magnitude of pH and soil effects were reflected in slope (a) of the equation, and were different among metal ions and soils. Slopes (a) for metal ions in the aqueous system are all 2. In soil 1 they were; Zn 1.23, Cu 0.99, Ni 0.69 and Cd 0.59 at highest concentration. The adsorption of Cd, Ni, and Zn in soil 1 could be represented by the Iangmuir isotherm. However, construction of the Iangmuir isotherm required the correction for pH differences.

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Comparison of Heavy Metal Contents in Women's Hair Collected from Residental and Factory Areas in Pusan (부산시 주거지역과 공업지역 여성모발에서 검출된 중금속 농도에 대한 비교 연구)

  • 민병윤;안희정;윤명희
    • Biomedical Science Letters
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.37-42
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    • 1997

  • The concentrations in women's hair of essential and toxic elements such as Zn, Ni, Fe, Mn, Cu, Cr, Pb and Cd in residential and factory areas in Pusan were determined, and all the elements were detected from all the samples. It was apparent that employees working in factory areas in Pusan were exposed directly to the essential and toxic heavy matals. This is based on the fact that average concentrations of Ni, Fe, Mn, Cu, Cr, Pb, and Cd in hair samples from women aged 10 to 29 in factory area, who were considered to be main members among women employees, were much higher than those of residential areas. That is, the highest concentrations found in the hair samples taken from women 10 to 29 years old living in factory areas were 110 times higher in Cr (in the women in their 20's), 92 times higher in Pb (in the women in their teens) and 23 times higher in Cd (in the women in their 20's) than those living in residential areas. Furthermore, it was suggested that the heavy metals may be accumulated gradually in human bodies as humans get older, based on the fact that the concentrations of Cr, Pb, and Cd in women living in residential areas were higher in older age groups, although the average contents of these elements in residents from residential areas were similar with those of several foreign countries.

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