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EFFECT OF 17 $\beta$-ESTRADIOL ON MATING BEHAVIOR AND REPRODUCTIVITY OF MALE MEDAKA (ORYZIAS LATIPES)

  • Jisung Ryu;Lee, Chul-Woo;Park, Eung-Roh;Nam, Seong-Sook;Nam, Kyu-Chan;Rhu, Hong-Il;Jeon, Seong-Hwan;Na, Jin-Gyun;Park, Kwangsik
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Toxicology Conference
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    • 2001.05a
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    • pp.135-135
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    • 2001
  • Mating behavior and reproductivity of male fish were studied as an in vivo screening method of endocrine disruptors. Male medaka (Oryzias latipes) were exposed to 17$\beta$-estradiol at nominal concentrations of 2 and 20 $\mu\textrm{g}$/L for 14 days.(omitted)

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Environmental Assessment Index Development (환경평가지표의 개발)

  • Choi, D.I.;Chang, C.K.;Kim, M.J.;Lee, J.W.
    • Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.31-40
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    • 1992
  • As the environmental concerns in Korea have shifted gradually from the environmental pollutions to the quality of life (QOL) enhancement, it has become increasingly important to implement comprehensive assessment of environmental quality as possible. This is the major reason to develop Environmental Assessment Index. This study focuses on indices development of factors in Environmental Impact Statement Preparation Regulation. Environment in this regulation is composed of natural environment, life environment and socio-economic environment, and it is composed of 22 factors. EAI(Environmental Assessment Index)studied in this research is integrated by 16 factors. It will contribute to public participation in Environmental Impact Assessment process and environmental policy.

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Application of SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) in National Environmental Specimen Bank (국가환경시료은행의 표준운영절차 적용)

  • Kim, Myungjin;Lee, Jangho;Choi, Taeyoung;Han, Areum;Song, Kyohong;Lee, Eugene;Lee, Jongchun
    • Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.327-338
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    • 2012
  • Environmental specimen banks provide the baselines for the scientists and decision makers to do research using the past and present specimens to expect the possible contaminant implications of the future. Many chemicals that are considered harmless now but not found may be found and pose threats in the future. Collected specimens of animals and plants should be conserved without contamination for future analysis. To ensure the availability of samples for the retrospective analysis, the establishment and maintenance of specimen banks in the developing and developed nations has become absolutely necessary. National Environmental Specimen Bank (NESB) established at National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in 2009. For the application of NESB, several activities such as standard operating procedures (SOPs) development have been prepared. This study applied the guidelines for sampling and sample treatment of five environmental specimens which had been prepared from 2007 to 2009. The target species were shoots of red pine and Korean pine, leaves of Mongolian oak, eggs of domestic pigeon and muscles and livers of common carp. The NESB will enhance the quality of environmental assessment and environmental monitoring based on real time and retrospective analysis.

A Case Study on the Evaluation of Environmental Health Status Focused on Multiple Impact and Environmental Justice (다중 영향 및 환경정의를 고려한 지역 환경보건수준 평가 사례연구)

  • Park, Choong-hee;Han, Hye-ji;Lee, Young-mee;Yoo, Si-eun;Jung, Da-young;Chu, Yeon-hee
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.46 no.1
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    • pp.22-34
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    • 2020
  • Objectives: Based on the concept of environmental justice, we developed an evaluation model for setting and adopting the direction of environmental health policy using environmental health indicators and statistics from the local governments of Seoul, including environmentally susceptible populations. Methods: We selected a total of 20 variables based on data officially released from national and local governments. After the classification of these variables into the five components of environmental pressure, environmental status, environmental disease, sensitive population, and socioeconomic status, a basic model was constructed to calculate the relative scores of the local governments. Results: The cumulative impact scores for assessment of environmental health status were similar to those of the environmental pressure and status components. The highest five cumulative impact scores fell between 114 and 147. Local government A reported the highest scores and had high environmental pressure, environmental status and socioeconomic status. In addition, the evaluation of the other four local governments indicated that they exhibited above average scores for environmental pressure and environmental status, two did so for environmental disease, and four for sensitive population. Conclusion: We constructed a model to evaluate the environmental health status of the local governments of Seoul based on cumulative impact scores under the concept of environmental justice. As an approach for studying environmentally vulnerable areas through relative ranking, this model was feasible for policy-setting. In addition, this approach would be an analytically useful tool for decision-makers.