• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.267-279
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• 1992

The relationship between pb, zn, cd, and the microbial biomass and activity were investigated in three public park soils of central and outer london. Variability with distance from the roadside and profile were studied. The heavey metal concentrations were the highest in hampstead heath and hyde park with high trafic density and the lowest in hainault. The highest concentrations of heavy metals were found adjacent to the roadside in the upper parts of the soil profile. Dehydrogenase activity, adenosine tri-phosphate and ergosterol contents used as indices of micrbial biomass and activity, were generally higher in hainadult, and also higher in the upper pats of the soil profile. Simple regression analysis indicated that the microbial biomass and activity were affected significantly by moisture content, water holding capacity, total organic carbon, total nitrogen, and organic mater rather than heavy metal concentration. Highest inputs of nitrogen and carbon were associated with high inputs of heavey metals, all three being derived from vehicle emissions adjacent to the road. The hyde park and hampstead heath microbial populations were able to respond to the c and n input positively by increase in biomass and activity, whereas the hainault populations could not. This rsult suggrsts adaptation in he former to heavy matals, but not in the latter.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.59-67
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• 2023

This review examined the current administrative policies and guidelines for management of reclaimed soils after remediation processes and proposed practical strategies to improve the potential value of the remediated soil as a resource. Three management practices are proposed to facilitate more efficient recycling of remediated soil; obligatory use, quality certification, and tracking of the remediated soils. If properly implemented in utilization of remediated soil, these strategies could contribute to enhancing public safety by assuring soil quality. Such administrative tools, for both suppliers and demanders, are expected to mitigate potential risks associated with the transactions of remediated soil. To enhance the quality assurance process, a soil quality certification combined with the soil health assessment index was proposed. The systematic integration of the suggested practices with soil health assessment can allow to produce optimal results, encompassing affordability, efficiency, and accessibility, which helps establishing more robust 'Remediated Soil Recycling Management System (RSRMS)'. Subsequent researches should be conducted to develop more effective policies that incorporate soil health assessment tools. The proposed management practices for remediated soil, coupled with soil health assessment, can be a pioneering effort to achieve such goals. By fostering an environmentally friendly policies, the sustainable utilization of remediated soil can be attained. Overall, the proposed strategies can provide a sound framework for responsible and sustainable soil management practices.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.480-507
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• 1993

Environmental pollution is common problem of the present world that is intimately related to the future survival of human beings. The problems of environmental pollution originate from the pursuit of benefit by enterprises, insufficient countermeasure of government and ignorant life style of the people. Health hazards due to environmental pollution have characteristics of irreversibility, difficulty in measurement and ineffectiveness of personal prevention. Objects of this article are to review the various aspects of environmental pollution, to outline the present status of environmental pollution and strategy to control environmental pollution in Korea. In the first part of this article, causes of environmental pollution are presented. International relationships, world-wide status of environmental pollution and health hazards due to environmental pollution are briefly reviewed. In the second part, present status of air, water, soil and ocean pollution in Korea is presented. Pollution by radioactive materials, noise, vibrations, odor, wastes and chemicals is reviewed. Climate changes related to environmental poisoning, problems of workplace environment, pesticide and defoliants are also reviewed. Finally, control measures for environmental pollution including the role of government are reviewed.

• 환경생물
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.479-486
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• 2004

Phytoestrogens display estrogen-like activity because of their structural similarity to human estrogens and exhibit high affinity binding for the estrogen receptors (ERs). The prevalence of phytoestrogens in our diets and the biological effects that they may cause need to be fully examined. ER is the ancestral receptor from which all other steroid receptors have evolved. Although phytoestrogens serve specific signaling functions between the plants and insects, fungi, and bacteria, many chemical signals are often misinterpreted as estrogenic signals in non-target organisms such as vertebrates. There are no ERs in plants or in their most common partners, insects. However, Rhizobium soil bacteria have NodD proteins which is an intended target of phytoestrogen signaling and share genetic homology with the ER. These two evolutionarily distant receptors both recognize and respond to a shared group of chemical signals and ligands, including both agonists and antagonists. This review briefly summarizes estrogen and estrogen receptors, kinds of important phytoestrogens, their health effects as well as some of the evolutionary aspects of mechanism by which phytoestrogen mimics the endogenous ER signaling in our body.

• 한국건강관리협회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.26-32
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• 2003

The current status and future prospects of parasitic infections in Korea is briefly reviewed. Soil-transmitted helminth infections including ascariasis, trichuriasis, and hookworm infections decreased remarkably. owing to the national control activities excuted by the Korea Association of Health Promotion(formerly Korea Association of parasite Eradication) using mass heath education. Important recent trends include reemergence of vivax malaria since 1993, persistence of food-borne trematode infections including clonorchiasis and intestinal trematode infections, increased detection of zoonotic parasitosis, close-up of infection with opportunistic parasites including cryptosporidiosis, toxoplasmosis, and pneumosytosis, increase of imported tropical infectious disease, appearance of new parasitic disease such as gymnophalloidiasis, and increase of accidental infections with free-living amoebae. These trends represent greatly changed overall patterns of parasitic infections in Korea.

• 한국전통조경학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.98-107
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• 2013

별서의 성격이 나타나는 명승지역의 노거수목은 다른 명승지역보다 인위적 피해에 노출이 심하며, 수령이 많은 수목은 외부 환경조건에 매우 민감하게 반응하므로 그에 상응하는 관리방안이 필요하다. 본 연구는 명승지 중에서 별서의 유형이 나타나는 지역 내 노거수목의 실태를 살펴보고 관리방안을 제시하고자 하였으며, 도출된 결론을 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 지상부 수목건강도와 관련하여 수관변형, 가지고사, 수피고사가 수세판단과 밀접한 관계가 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 특히, 탐방객이 많은 지역은 고사지와 고사목에 대한 신속한 조치가 요구되었으며, 이용객과 시설물의 안전대책에 대한 관리가 필요하였다. 둘째, 토양환경은 답압과 수세판단에서 높은 상관관계를 나타냈으며, 대상지역 15개소 중 답압에 노출된 수목은 64.2%로 이용객 증가에 따라 수세가 쇠약하였다. 이에 답압에 견딜 수 있는 지표층을 조성하는 방안으로 답압에 강한 초본류의 식재나 이용 동선에 보조시설의 설치도 검토해야 할 것으로 판단된다. 셋째, 대상지는 연못과 계류에 인접한 곳이 많았으며, 수변지역 수목들은 토양과습으로 인한 생육저하 현상이 진행되고 있어 관리대안이 필요한 것으로 조사되었다. 또한, 여름철 집중호우로 인한 퇴수구 막힘 현상은 주변의 토양 과습을 초래하여 수목에는 치명적인 요인으로 작용하므로 장마 전 후에 호안 주변과 물 빠짐부에 대한 정비계획과 시행이 필요하다. 이 외에도 명승지역 별서정원 주요수목의 지속적인 보존을 위한 중장기적인 관리 정책을 계획하고, 대상지별 특징에 따른 수목관리 지침서화 작업을 적극적으로 제안하며, 이러한 체계적인 관리시스템 개발의 연구와 예산확보 등을 통한 유지관리를 위해 전문적인 인력 확보가 요구된다.