• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.323-331
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• 2011

Objective: This study aimed to examine the level of risk perception related to pesticide contamination of food products and associated sociodemographic factors, as well as investigate the association with environmental pollution preventive behaviors. Methods: Based on data from Social Survey conducted in 2008 among a nationally representative sample of the population 15 years or older, we estimated proportions and 95% confidence intervals of the risk perception of pesticide contamination of food products. Logistic regression analyses were used to analyze the effects of sociodemographic status on risk perception. Results: Among respondents, those who feel anxious about the risks of pesticide contamination of domestic food products accounted for 40.4%, whereas the proportion rose to 87.0% with imported food products. These numbers showed that levels of anxiety about the pesticide contamination of imported food products were ranked at the top, and those for domestic products were at the bottom of the list of all environmental pollutants examined in the survey. Significantly related factors to anxiety about pesticide contamination of food products included women, the 40-50 age group, university graduates, married, non-manual employment, having school-aged children, and owning one's own home. The population attempting to prevent environmental pollution showed higher levels of anxiety about pesticide contamination of food products than did those who were not taking such steps. Conclusion: Compared to other forms of environmental pollution, Koreans show the highest levels of anxiety about pesticide contamination of imported food products. Therefore, it is necessary to establish appropriate regulations and transparent risk communication with the public about the safety of imported food.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.51-58
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• 1980

계절별(繫節別)로 안동지방(安東地方)에서 생산(生産)되는 김치재료(材料) 채소의 농약오염도(農藥汚染度)를 보기 위하여 배추, 무우. 마늘, 고추, 오이등(等)을 수집하여 유기염소계(有機鹽素系)와 유기린계(有機燐系) 농약(農藥)을 분석(分析)해 본 결과(結果)는 다음과 같았다. 1) 초여름김치 재료(材料)채소에는 유기염소계(有機鹽素系) 농약오염(農藥汚染)이 많은 편이었고 때로는 잔류허용량(殘留許容陽)을 넘는 경우가 있었으며 토양살충제(土壤殺蟲劑)인 Heptachlor의 오염빈도(汚染頻度)는 가장 높았다. 2) 유기린계농약(有機燐系農藥)은 유기염소계농약(有機鹽素系農藥)에 비(比)하여 검출(檢出)되는 빈도(頻度)도 낮고 잔류허용량(殘留許容陽)에도 미치는 일이 없었다. 3) 늦여름 채소에 오염(汚染)된 유기염소농약(有機鹽素農藥)은 초여름 보다 높은 농도(濃度)로 검출(檢出)되는 경우가 많았고 반면에 유기린계농약(有機燐系農藥)의 검출(檢出)은 훨씬 그 빈도(頻度)가 낮았다. 4) 늦가을 김장용 채소의 오염농약농도(汚染農藥濃度)는 매우 낮았으며 검출빈도(檢出頻度)도 낮았다. 5) 늦가을 김장채소에는 잔류성(殘留性)이 약한 유기린계농약(有機燐系農藥)의 오염(汚染)은 거의 볼 수 없었다. 6) 이상(以上)의 결과(結果)로 농약사용량(農藥使用量)이 많은 여름철 채소를 많이 섭취하는 것은 그 잔류성(殘留性)으로 보아 위생적(衛生的)으로 불안(不安)한 일이라 하겠다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.90-93
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• 1993

Increasing Public Concern : Pesticide residue is probably one of the fastest growing problems in regard to environmental contamination. Pesticide use in agriculture in this century has produced certain benefits, including a decrease in crop waste and an increase in crop yields and food quality. However, pesticide use also creates problems of having effects on the environment and remaining in food chain. The presence of pesticide residue in food, water, and soil has aroused public concern over potential health hazards. Despite information provided by national and private level agencies suggesting that food is safe, consumer groups worldwide are demanding assurance as to the safely of agricultural products.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.144-153
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• 2007

Groundwater ubiquity score(GUS)를 이용하여 제주도 농가에서 많이 사용되고 있는 농약에 대한 지하수 오염가능성을 평가하고 등급화 하였다. 살충제 12종, 제초제 6종, 살균제 3종을 선정하여 제주도 20개 토양통에 대한 흡착특성과 농약의 이화학적 특성을 이용하여 GUS를 구하였다. 제주도 토양에서 조사된 각종 농약의 전반적인 지하수 오염가능성은 제초제 > 살균제 > 살충제 순서이었다. 제초제의 지하수 오염가능성의 크기는 bromacil > metolachlor > alachlor > linuron pretilachlor > butachlor 순서로 나타났다. 살충제의 지하수 오염가능성의 크기는 carbofuran > ethoprophos > diazinone > dimethoate > penthoate > mecarbam > methidathion > endosulfan > fenitrothion > parathion > chlorpyrifos > terbufos 순서로 나타났다. 살균제의 지하수 오염가능성의 크기는 metalaxyl > chlorothalonil > triadimefon 순서로 나타났다. 이들 농약 중에서 특히 지하수 오염가능성이 높은 것으로 분류된 것은 제초제 alachlor, metolachlor, bromacil, 살충제 ethorophos와 carbofuran 그리고 살균제 metalaxyl이었다. 농약에 의한 지하수 오염을 방지하기 위해서는 농약의 절대 사용을 줄일 수 있는 방안을 마련함과 동시에 지하수 오염가능성이 낮고 오염시킨 예가 적은 약제의 선별적 사용이 바람직할 것이다. 그리고 특히 오염가능성이 매우 높은 것으로 평가되고 오염의 예가 많은 약제에 대해서는 적극적인 사용제한 방안을 마련할 필요도 있을 것이다.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제47권7호
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• pp.49-56
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• 2005

Contamination in the drainage channels and creeks with pesticides used in agriculture is of a major concern in many countries. In this study the stream pesticide model RIVWQ (chemical transport model for riverine environments) was assessed for its applicability in simulating pesticide fate in drainage channels. The model was successfully calibrated against field data collected on flows and pesticide concentrations for a drainage channel from a small catchment in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area of southwestern New South Wales. The effects of different pesticide loading scenarios from farm fields on channel water quality were analysed by the calibrated model. The model simulated the flow rates and the pesticide concentrations in the drainage channel well. The results of the model simulation suggest that the RIVWQ model can be effectively used for predicting pesticide fate in the drainage channels and exposure assessment of pesticide in the agricultural environment.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.107-111
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• 2008

Water quality contamination issues are of critical concern to human health, whilst pesticide release generated from irrigated land should be considered for protecting natural habitats and human health. This paper suggests new method for evaluation and analysis using the GIS technique based on integrated spatial modeling framework. The pesticide use on irrigated land is a subset of the larger spectrum of industrial chemicals used in modern society. The behavior of a pesticide is affected by the natural affinity of the chemical for one of four environmental compartments; solid matter, liquid, gaseous form, and biota. However, the major movements are a physical transport over the ground surface by rainfall-runoff and irrigation-runoff. The irrigated water carries out with the transporting sediments and makes contaminated water by pesticide. This paper focuses on risk impact identification and assessment using GIS technique. Also, generated data on pesticide residues on farmland and surface water through GIS simulation will be reflected to environmental research programs. Finally, this study indicates that GIS application is a beneficial tool for spatial pesticide impact analysis as well as environmental risk assessment.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.351-373
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• 1995

The objective of this paper is to present relevant information and data from domestic and foreign references and to propose legal standards on pesticide residues in order to mitigate the pesticide contamination in the water environment. Among 200 pesticide ingredients in use in Korea, items necessary for standard setting were selected and theoretical residue limits were computed. The results are summarized as follows. In advanced countries, drinking water standards are established on the basis of health index ADI and water intake, whereas standards for surface water are established temporarily on the basis of different parameters, inconsistent with different countries. Pesticide residue limits applicable in Korea were proposed for 24 pesticides in drinking water(health basis) and for 25 pesticides in surface water(ecotoxicological basis), as selected by risk priority. It was recommended to accumulate scientific data by persistent research efforts in order to maintain the justification of the pesticide residue limits in water and relevant research topics to be undertaken in future were proposed.

• BioChip Journal
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.326-331
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• 2018

Contamination by pesticides is an everincreasing problem associated with fields of environmental management and healthcare. Accordingly, appropriate treatments are in demand. Pesticide detection methods have been researched extensively, aimed at making the detection convenient, fast, cost-effective, and easy to use. Among the various detecting strategies, paper-based assay is potent for real-time pesticide sensing due to its unique advantages including disposability, light weight, and low cost. In this study, a paper-based sensor for chlorpyrifos, an organophosphate pesticide, has been developed by layering three sheets of patterned plates. In colorimetric quantification of pesticides, the blue color produced by the interaction between acetylcholinesterase and indoxyl acetate is inhibited by the pesticide molecules present in the sample solutions. With the optimized paper-based sensor, the pesticide is sensitively detected (limit of detection =8.60 ppm) within 5min. Furthermore, the shelf life of the device is enhanced to 14 days after from the fabrication, by treating trehalose solution onto the deposited reagents. We expect the paper-based device to be utilized as a first-screening analytic device for water quality monitoring and food analysis.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.371-378
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• 1998

Pesticide has played important role in Korean and Austrailian agriculture. In addition, pesticides are the most reliable tools pests in agriculture. Recently, it is highly recommended that the use of pesticide should be concerned with both atricultural and environmental aspect, also legislation on environmental contamination has been fortified to the world. Particularly, the attention on agrochemicals has been focused on the soil abuse and the water contamination at present time. In spite of this kind of concern, a few research about pesticides using in Australia and Korean have been conducted to their behaviors under australian and korean environment to avoid environmental contamination by pesticides. Thus, the research organizations need facilities to analyze the characteristics of each pesticide and the environmental fate of pesticides. The conventional analytical method to detect pesticides and their metabolites can not be overcome to reduce time, expenditure, and complexity of analysis even though the methods are accurate and precise. For example, High performance liquid chromatography(HPLC), and gas chromatography (GC) used until now are less choice detectors and often lower sensitive. In contrast to the conventional analytical methods, biosensors are so fast in analysis and has high productivity and analyze multi=sample simultaneously. Therefore, it is biosensing analytical method that we could consider as an alternative method intead of the conventional methods.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.22-28
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• 1976

It has been well known that indiscriminative use of pesticides contaminates water resources and soil to break down the balance of natural ecosystem and brings acute when spray. In this country, 62,602 tons of pesticides were used in 1974 for agricultural purpose figuring 28.0 kg per hectare which showed 20% increasement every year since 1970. It is almost impossible to figure out incidence and mortality of acute pesticide poisoning exactly. However, a survey in 1974 reported that 33.5% of male and 32.7% of female who sprayed certain pesticides complained of several symptoms seemed to be due to acute pesticide poisoning. It also mentioned that the main cause inducing poisoning supposedly was dusting without protective armamation such as masks, booths, gloves and others in more than 60% of above cases. Pesticide poisoning through contamination of food or direct inhalation and contact. With the reason, the followings can be recommended to minimize or prevent pesticide hazards. 1. Strict legal control 2. Systematic education on the safe handling way of pesticides for the people who are to use them. 3. Remarkable warning at transportation and stocking of pesticides. 4. Obligatory attachment of explanation on the package about effect, safe handling method, and. emergency care at acute pesticide poisoning concerned.