• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.548-555
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• 2018

Objectives: We conducted ecological risk assessment for cadmium, a heavy metal and carcinogen, to identify safety standards by environmental media and to determine its impact on ecosystems by estimating and evaluating exposure levels. Methods: Species sensitivity distributions (SSDs) were generated using ECOTOX DB. A hazardous concentration of 5% (HC5) protective of most species (95%) in the environment was estimated. Using this estimate, predicted no effect concentrations (PNECs) were calculated for aquatic organisms. Based on the calculated PNECs for aquatic organisms, PNEC values for soil and sediment were calculated using the partition coefficient. Predicted exposure concentrations (PECs) were also calculated from environmental monitoring data with hazard quotients (HQs) calculated using PNECs for environmental media. Results: Chronic toxicity data were categorized into four groups and 11 species. In species sensitivity distribution (SSD) analysis, HC5 was $0.340{\mu}g/L$. Based on this value, the PNEC value for aquatic organisms was calculated as $0.113{\mu}g/L$. PNEC values for soil and sediments using a partition coefficient were calculated as 15.02 mg/kg and 90.61 mg/kg, respectively. In an analysis of environmental monitoring data, PEC values were calculated as $0.017{\mu}g/L$ for water, 1.01 mg/kg for soil, and 0.521 mg/kg for sediment. Conclusions: HQs were 0.150, 0.067 and 0.006 for water, soil and sediment, respectively. HQs of secondary toxicity were 0.365 for birds and 0.024 for mammals. In principle, it is judged that an HQ above 1 indicates a high level of risk concern while an HQ less than 1 indicates an extremely low level of risk concern. Therefore, with HQs of cadmium in the environment being <1, its risk levels can be considered low for each media.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제49권6호
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• pp.312-323
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• 2023

Background: Environmental concentrations of substances can be estimated by K-CHESAR based on main, industrial, and use categories (MC/IC/UC) and ECETOC TRA based on environmental or specific environmental categories (ERC or spERC). Objectives: Three different systems for estimating environmental concentrations were compared to figure out their order with possible reasons along with relationship of regional predicted environmental concentrations (PEC_regional) and final PEC_local for various uses of a substance. Methods: Typical uses of the case substance and their corresponding ERCs were selected from the webpage of the European Chemical Agency. Proper MC/IC/UC and spERC were assigned to each ERC. Emission fractions were compared for each assessment code from the available database. PECs were calculated by three estimating systems: K-CHESAR using MC/IC/UC, ECETOC TRA using ERC, and ECETOC TRA using spERC with their default values for input parameters. Percentage of PEC_regional to PEC_local were manually calculated for each use. Results: Emission factors decreased in the order of ERC > MC/IC/UC > spERC. Values of the final PEC_local derived as sum of PEC_regional and Clocal decreased in the order of calculations using ECETOC TRA-ERC>KCHESAR with MC/IC/UC>ECETOC TRA-spERC for all environmental media. Percentages of PEC_{regional,water} to PEC_local,water ranged from 0 to 10.3% in industrial uses calculated with MC/IC/UC and ERC but 96.3 to 100% in wide dispersive uses of ERC and spERC where values of C_local,water are estimated to be very low. Conclusions: ECETOC TRA generated the most refined PNEC values with spERC and the least with ERC, while K-CHESAR with MC/IC/UC generated values between the two results. The ratio of PEC_regional to PEC_local can be a good measure for performing suitable estimation of PNECs according to use.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.280-287
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• 2003

주요 토양 처리용 농약 (10종 원제)의 지렁이에 대한 급성독성시험을 실시하여 노출을 고려한 위해성을 평가한 결과 paraquat dichloride와 pendimethalin은 지렁이에 대한 위해성이 무시할 수 있는 수준으로, benfuracarb, cadusafos, chlorpyrifos-methyl, endosulfan, isazofos, parathion 등 6종은 위해성이 낮은 것으로 그리고 imidacloprid와 phorate는 위해성이 높은 것으로 평가하고 번식독성시험이 필요한 것으로 판단되었다. 토양중 추정농도가 높은 22종 제품농약의 경우 인공토양을 이용한 독성시험 결과 dazomet 98% GR과 metam-sodium 25 % SL은 기준량 및 배량처리구에서 모두 치사하여 지렁이에 대한 영향이 높은 것으로, calcite 95% WP, calcium polysulfide 36% CF, chlorothalonil 75% WP, daminozide 85% WP, dichlonil 6.7% GR, etridiazole 25% EC, fosetyl-Al 80% WP, glyphosate 41% SL, hymexazo1 30% SL, iprodione 50% WP, machine oil 95% EC, mancozeb 75% WP, metam-sodium 25% SL, propineb 70% WP, terbuthylazine 80% WP, triazophos 40% EC는 지렁이에 대한 영향이 없는 것으로 나타났으나, thiophanate-methyl 70% WP, copper hydroxide 77% WP, dimethoate 46% EC, tolclofos-methyl 50% WP 및 propamocarb hydrochloride 67% SL 등 5 농약은 영향여부가 불분명하여 아만성독성시험을 수행한 결과 thiophanate-methy1 70% WP는 기준량 이상 처리시 지렁이에 치사 등 영향을 나타냈으나, copper hydroxide 77% WP, dimethoate 46% EC, tolclofos-methyl 50% WP 및 propamocarb hydrochloride 67% SL는 지렁이에 대한 영향이 낮은 것으로 조사되었다.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.88-101
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• 2013

외래종의 유입을 막기 위해 '선박평형수와 침전물의 제어와 관리를 위한 국제협약'이 2004년에 체결되었고 이에 따라 다양한 선박평형수 관리장치가 개발되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 전기분해를 이용하여 선박평형수 내 해양생물 제거를 위한 장치로 개발된 AquaStar$^{TM}$ BWMS가 해양생태계에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위하여 1차 생산자로서 규조류 Skeletonema costatum, 1차 소비자로서 윤충류 Brachionus plicatilis 및 포식자로서 어류(넙치) Paralichtys olivaceus를 이용하여 AquaStar$^{TM}$ BWMS의 배출수독성시험과 생성된 화학물질에 대한 환경위해성 평가를 수행하였다. 배출수독성시험결과 가장 민감한 생물은 S. costatum이었고 염분 20 psu 배출수에 노출되었을 때 NOEC 25.00%, LOEC 50.00% 및 72hr-$EC_{50}$이 69.97%였다. B. plicatilis와 P. olivaceus는 염분 20 psu 배출수에 노출되었을 때 NOEC 및 LOEC가 각각 50.00 및 100.00%였다. AquaStarTM BWMS에서 생성된 물질은 총 18개로, bromate, 7개의 volatile halogenated organic compounds, 7개의 halogenated acetic acids, 3개의 halogenated acetonitriles 및 chloropicrin이었다. 생성된 물질들의 지속성과 생물축적성을 보이는 화학물질은 없었으나, 물질의 생태독성을 평가하기에는 불확실성이 높았다. 그러나 MAMPEC 모델을 이용하여 생성된 18개 물질의 PEC는 $4.58{\times}10^{-4}{\sim}4.87{\mu}g\;L^{-1}$였고, PNEC는 $0.016{\sim}320.00{\mu}g\;L^{-1}$였으며, 18개 화확물질의 PEC/PNEC 비율은 1을 초과하지 않았다. 따라서 환경위해성평가결과는 AquaStar$^{TM}$ BWMS에 의하여 처리된 해수가 해양생태계에 수용 불가한 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 전기분해를 이용하는 BWMS의 배출수에 대한 S. costatum의 $EC_{50}$은 초기 TRO농도, HAAs의 농도 및 종류수와 양의 상관관계가 있었다.