• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.55-63
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• 2007

PCDD/Fs monitoring was carried out to estimate the contamination level in soil samples taken in the vicinity of the various incinerators throughout South Korea from July 2003 to December 2004. The levels ranged from N.D. to 130.39 pg I-TEQ/g (d.w.) with an average concentration of 11.38 pg I-TEQ/g (d.w.). The level of PCDD/Fs in this study is similar to that of other countries. Overall, the highest mean concentration in the soil was found at 250 m from the stack. In addition, the flue gases were analyzed in order to obtain the congener profiles of the PCDD/Fs emitted from the incinerators. The concentration of I-TEQ in the flue gas ranged from 0.33 to 21.5 ng TEQ/$Sm^3$. These levels were much lower than the concentration stipulated in the Korean emission criterion(40 ng TEQ/$Sm^3$ until 2005). The comparison of the congener patterns using cluster analysis showed that the incinerators and PCP are sources of PCDD/Fs in the soil samples according to the sampling point, but the possibility of unidentified combustion sources and vehicles exists in the case of complex industrial regions.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.356-364
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• 2010

본 연구는 비교적 청정한 지역인 춘천시에 거주하는 일반인 모유 중 PBDEs의 노출 경로를 확인하기 위해 처음으로 시도된 연구이다. 본 연구지역의 모유 중 ${\sum}PBDEs$의 수준은 북아메리카지역에 비하여 낮은 수준이었으나 일부 아시아, 유럽국가와 유사하였다. 모유 내 PBDEs의 축적은 산모의 특성과 상관관계가 나타나지 않았으나, 상엽용 PBDEs 제품을 포함하여 여러 복합적 인자에 의하여 노출되고 있었으며, 식품 섭취와 같은 식이노출은 한국인에 있어 중요한 노출 경로의 하나로 판단되었다. 따라서 본 연구 결과는 한국인의 PBDEs 노출 경로 파악에 중요한 정보를 제공하여, 장차 PBDEs 및 관련 브롬계 난연제의 노출에 따른 인체 위해성 평가를 수행함에 있어 중요한 참고자료가 될 것이다. 또한, 한국 내의 PBDEs에 대한 인체노출 경로를 명확하게 하기 위한 연구는 계속적으로 이루어져야 할 것이다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.662-666
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• 2011

In this study, distribution characteristics of dioxins in soils in Busan, Korea were investigated regarding different land use types. Soil sampling sites that distributed through the Busan city showed dioxin concentration ranging from 0.489 to $322.736pg-TEQ\;g^{-1}$ dry weight with a mean value of $26.257pg-TEQ\;g^{-1}$ dry weight. The mean dioxin concentrations of investigated soils ranged from 1.554 to $50.357pg-TEQ\;g^{-1}$ dry weight in consideration of each land use type. That in metal refinery sites with $50.357pg-TEQ\;g^{-1}$ dry weight was higher than any other sites, followed by waste incinerator sites with $44.285pg-TEQ\;g^{-1}$ dry weight. The majority of soil samples had the same dioxin congener profiling despite the different range of dioxin concentration. Octa-CDD was the major contributor among seventeen dioxin congeners with the range from 29.5 to 70.1% in real values. In contrast to real values, dioxin congener profiles in TEQ values were dominated by 2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF which contributed about 35.3~43.8% to the total dioxin concentrations. It was judged by these results that penta-CDF was the major contributor of soil samples in Busan city. The mean ratio of PCDFs/PCDDs in real values was about 0.71, but that in TEQ values was, in contrast to it, approximately 3.03.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.51-57
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• 2001

Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and dibenzofurans (PCDFs) were measured in sediment samples from 19 stations in the coastal areas of Korea from February to July 2000. PCDDs and PCDFs were detected in all sediment samples. The concentrations of these con­taminants ranged from 18.2 to 804.0 pg/g dry weight and I-TEQ concentrations varied from 0.1 to 5.5 pg/g dry weight. Examination of homologue groups showed that octachlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (OCDD) was predominant congener in Korean coast. This pattern was similar to homologue profiles of marine sediments in which the main source of PCDDs/DFs was derived from the atmospheric deposition of particulate matters generated from various industrial activities. Grain size and total organic carbon (TOC) distribution are one of the important factors governing PCDDs/DFs concentration in this study.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2006

This study was to investigate concentration characteristics of atmospheric PCBs in soil sample and pine needle at rural area. Profiles of PCB congener detected in pine needle and soil sample have a difference that low molecular PCBs mainly existed in pine needle, whereas high molecular PCBs were mainly existed in soil sample because of their different vapor pressure and octanol-air partitioning coefficient($K_{OA}$) of each congeners. Correlation coefficients(r) of PCB congeners simultaneously detected in soil and pine needle were significant (r>0.71, p<0.01), which showed that PCB congeners patterns of atmosphere could be estimated in using pine needle and soil sample indirectly. The contributions(%) of higher molecular PCBs(>penta-CB) to total PCBs in soil sample were higher than those of pine needle and the contribution of lower molecular PCBs(

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.46-52
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• 2006

Results for the concentrations of total polychlorinated biphenyls (total PCBs) and the PCB profile with different types of leaves from four coniferous trees (pine needles) at the same sampling site are presented. Concentrations of total PCBs detected in pine needles were very similar among them regardless of their different types of leaves, which means a possibility for bio-monitoring regional contamination of PCBs. Correlation coefficients(r) of PCB congeners between pine needles were very significant (r>0.97, p<0.001), which showed that PCB congener's patterns of each pine needle were similar. Profiles of PCBs detected in pine needles showed correlation with gaseous phase PCBs in air, otherwise not with particle phase PCBs in air. Therefore, it was estimated that dry gaseous deposition was a principal pathway of PCBs accumulation in pine needles. In addition, although we analyse a different types of leaves in pine needles at the same region, they can be used to identify regional contamination patterns of PCBs for larger regions.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.734-743
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• 2007

Polyurethane foam-disk passive air samplers (PAS) were deployed in a southern area of Korea for three months. The target compounds were 12 coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The congener profiles measured in this study were the same as those in ambient air and emission gas from the incinerator. A gradient of the total PCBs in different regions (industrial>residential>rural) was observed, suggesting the industrial complex may be an important source of coplanar PCBs. In general, only gas-phase compounds are mainly sequestrated by PAS. In order to estimate the concentration of particle-phase PCBs, a gas/particle partition model was used. A combined result (gas+particle-phase PCBs) was compared with previous results, indicating that the level of coplanar PCBs in our study area is comparable to those in other urban sites in the world. The validation of this method for estimating the total concentration is required through additional backup studies.

• 분석과학
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.263-271
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• 2006

변압기 절연유 중 PCBs, Co-PCBs 및 PCDD/Fs를 GC/ECD와 HRGC/HRMS를 이용하여 정량한 결과 각각 N.D.~77.3 ppm, 0.0863~2.49 ppm과 N.D.~0.00241 ppm으로 검출되었다. WHO-TEQ 농도는 Co-PCBs가 23.3~600 pgTEQ/g, PCDD/Fs가 N.D.~128 pgTEQ/g (${\Sigma}Co$-PCBs+PCDD/Fs은 24.4~728 pgTEQ/g)으로 검출되어, 총 TEQ 농도 중 PCDD/Fs가 차지하는 비율은 12% 이하였으나, 변압기 절연유 중에 미량의 다이옥신이 존재하는 것으로 나타났다. 총 10개의 시료 중 4개의 시료에서 현행 기준인 2 ppm을 초과하였으며, 시료에 따라서 Aroclor 1242, 1248, 1254 및 1260이 단품 혹은 혼합품의 형태로 포함되어 있었다. 또한 Co-PCBs와 PCDD/Fs의 농도사이에 상관성이 나타났으나 (P<0.003), 변압기의 제작년도와 농도사이에 상관성은 나타나지 않았다. Co-PCBs 이성체 분포에 있어서 non-ortho 치환 이성체에 비해 mono-ortho 이성체가 높은 비율을 차지하였으며, PCB-118 이성체가 모든 시료에서 42% 이상으로 가장 높은 비율을 차지하였다. PCDD/Fs 이성체 분포에 있어서는 OCDD가 53% 이상으로 다른 이성체에 비해 높은 비율을 차지했다. 또한 일부 시료 중 Co-PCBs의 이성체패턴은 환경 대기시료 뿐만 아니라 PCBs 제품인 Aroclor와 유사한 패턴을 나타내어, 변압기 절연유가 대기 중 PCBs의 오염원 중 하나라는 것이 시사되었다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.118-127
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• 2010

Bivalve samples from 30 locations Korean coastal waters were analyzed to characterize the contamination with and distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs). The congeners of PBDE in 30 bivalve samples were analyzed by high resolution gas chromatography with a high resolution mass detector. The levels of PBDEs in bivalve samples ranged from 0.092 to 13.5 ng/g wet weight. These values for PBDEs concentrations in bivalves from Korea were higher than or comparable to available values for bivalves from other countries. In the congener profiles, BDE-47 (mean contribution=42.2%) was predominant, followed by BDE-99 (23.1%), BDE-100 (11.9%) and BDE-154 (3.5%). Among the OCs analyzed, $\Sigma$PCBs and $\Sigma$DDTs levels were highest, followed by $\Sigma$HCHs, $\Sigma$CHLs and HCB. The wet weight based $\Sigma$PCBs and $\Sigma$DDTs ranged from 0.28 ng/g to 19.4 ng/g, and from 0.19 ng/g to 4.86 ng/g, respectively. The $\Sigma$PCBs and $\Sigma$DDT slevels in bivalves along the entire Korean coast were lower than those of the USA, and below the Food and Drug Administration (USA. FDA) limits for fish and shell fish. However, the human health criteria and wild life criteria of the USA. Environmental Protection Agency (USA. EPA) were exceeded for DDE and $\Sigma$HCHs at most of the sampling points.

• 분석과학
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.113-119
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 전기전자제품에 브롬화난연제로 널리 사용되고 있는 폴리브롬화디페닐에테르가 우리의 생활에서 어떻게 배출되는지 파악하고자 가정에서 발생되는 먼지 시료를 2011년 1월부터 12월까지 채취 분석하여 이성체 함량특성을 조사하였다. 아파트와 실험실에서 채취한 실내 먼지 중 총 22종의 PBDEs (47, 49, 66, 71, 77, 85, 99, 100, 119, 126, 138, 153, 154, 156, 183, 184, 191, 196, 197, 206, 207, 209)를 분석하여 정량한 결과, 아파트 실내 먼지에서 검출된 PBDEs 농도는 35.22~575.88 ng/g으로 나타났으며, 실험실에서 겨울에 채취된 먼지 중에서는 PBDEs가 524.44 ng/g 검출되었다. 분석시료 중 1ng/g 이상 검출된 이성체는 BDE-47, 153, 183, 196, 197, 206, 207, 209 등 8종으로 조사되었으며, 모든 시료에서는 BDE-206, 207, 209 3종의 이성체가 검출되었다.