• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.385-393
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• 2022

본 연구는 유통 중인 곡류 87건 및 그 가공식품 66건을 대상으로 발암물질인 무기비소의 오염도를 조사하였다. 높은 분리능과 감도를 가진 HPLC-ICP/MS를 이용하여 무기비소 As(III), As(V) 및 유기비소 MMA, DMA, AsB, AsC를 분석했으며, ICP/MS로 총비소를 정량하였다. 모든 곡류에서 무기비소가 검출되었으며, 곡류의 총비소는 약 70-85%의 무기비소와 약 10-20%의 DMA로 구성되었다. 곡류 분석 결과, 담수재배 종인 쌀과 흑미에서 높았고, 밭재배 잡곡은 오염도가 낮았다. 쌀의 평균 무기비소 농도는 쌀눈 0.160 mg/kg, 현미 0.135 mg/kg, 백미 0.083 mg/kg으로 외피에 비소가 많은 것으로 조사되었다. 곡류 가공식품은 원재료의 종류와 함량에 따라 무기비소 농도가 달랐으며, 현미와 쌀눈 가공 제품에서 검출량이 많았다. 모든 시료는 기준규격을 초과하지 않았지만, 섭취 빈도가 높으므로 식품 안전을 위해 지속적인 모니터링이 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.3183-3188
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• 2015

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of skin lesions, which is a health effect of chronic arsenic (As) exposure, and determine the hair/blood arsenic concentrations of people living in Kutahya villages who are using and drinking tap water with a high concentration of arsenic. Materials and Methods: A total of 303 people were included in the present cross-sectional study. A prepared questionnaire form was used to collect the participants' information and environmental history. Skin examination was performed on all participants. Hair, blood and water samples were analyzed using atomic absorption spectroscopy. The cumulative arsenic index (CAI) was calculated for all participants. Results: Villages were divided into two groups according to the arsenic level (<$20{\mu}g/L$, Group I; >$20{\mu}g/L$, Group II) in their water. The prevalence of skin lesions, hair and blood arsenic level, and CAI were found to be higher in the Group II participants. There was a positive association between body arsenic levels and CAI in the participants of each group. Conclusions: The number of skin lesions and arsenic concentrations in body samples were found to increase with the water arsenic level and exposure time. We hope that sharing this study's results with local administrators will help accelerate the rehabilitation of water sources in Kutahya.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2002년도 추계학술대회 논문집 Vol.15
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• pp.391-394
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• 2002

There has recently been much interest and research in developing digital x-ray systems based on using amorphous selenium(a-Se) photoconductors as the image receptor. The amorphous selenium layer that is currently being studied for use as an x-ray photoconductor is not pure a-Se but rather amorphous selenium alloyed with arsenic. We fabricated samples using the selenium and arsenic alloy with various concentrations of the arsenic. In this work, x-ray photoconductor using amorphous selenium alloyed with arsenic were fabricated with different concentrations of the arsenic (0.1 wt.%, 0.3wt.%, 0.5wt.%, 1wt.%, 1.5wt.%, 3wt.%, 5wt.%). The seven kind of samples was fabricated with a-Se alloyed with arsenic through vacuum thermal evaporation. We also investigate the arsenic concentration dependence on the device performance in radiation detector. The electric characteristics of radiation detector devices with changing additive ratio of the arsenic is performed by measuring the x-ray induced photocurrent and integrating it over time to find the total charge. The thickness of a-Se is $100{\mu}m$. Bias voltages $3V/{\mu}m$, $6V/{\mu}m$， $9V/{\mu}m$ are applied at the samples. As results, the net charge of a-Se 0.3% As sample is $526.0pC/mR/cm^2$ at $9V/{\mu}m$ bias. The net charge is decreased as with the increasing additive ratio of arsenic.

• 분석과학
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.135-142
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• 2023

어류콜라겐 56건을 ICP-MS (Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer)를 이용한 총비소 분석과 HPLC-ICP-MS (High performance liquid chromatography-Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer)를 이용한 비소화학종 분석을 진행하였다. 그 결과 총비소 평균농도는 40.103±81.133 ㎍/kg (N.D.~586.686), 비소화학종 평균농도는 30.070±50.378 ㎍/kg (N.D.~313.871), 비소화학종 중 무기비소(As(III)와 As(V)의 합)의 평균농도는 24.610±32.706 ㎍/kg (N.D.~129.331)이었으며, As(V)가 가장 높은 비율을 차지했다. 콜라겐 제품 유형은 비소에 대한 기준·규격이 없으며, 본 연구 결과는 국내외 비소 기준과 기존 연구결과와 비교하였을 때 상대적으로 안전한 수준이라고 판단되었다. 그러나 1개 제품에서 총비소 586.686 ㎍/kg, 무기비소 8.119 ㎍/kg, 유기비소인 Dimethyl arsenate (DMA)가 305.752 ㎍/kg으로 캐나다의 유기비소 기준과 비교하였을 때 높게 검출되었다. 따라서 콜라겐 제품의 비소 안전을 확보하기 위해 지속적인 모니터링과 기준·규격 설정이 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.266-272
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• 2010

국내 유통되고 있는 농산물에 대한 비소 함량을 확인하여 국민의 식품별 섭취량을 고려한 비소 위해성을 평가하였다. 총 비소 함량은 microwave장치를 이용해 전처리한 후 ICP/MS로 측정하였으며, 농산물 중 유기 (AsC, AsB, MMA, DMA) 및 무기비소 (As(III), As(V)) 함량을 측정하기 위해 50% 메탄올을 이용한 액액추출법과 이온교환크로마토그래피를 활용한 HPLC-ICP/MS법을 사용하였다. 비소 함량 실태조사를 위해 국내 유통 중인 농산물 20개 품목, 329건을 수거하였으며, 농산물 중 총 비소 함량은 0.001~0.718 mg/kg인 반면 무기 및 유기비소 함량은 모든 시료에서 검출한계 이하이었다. 노출 및 위해평가를 위해 농산물별 섭취를 통한 비소 노출량을 산출한 후, JECFA에서 설정한 PTWI값 대비 위해도를 평가하였으며 비소의 PTWI 는 무기비소로써 15 ${\mu}g$/kg b.w./week이다. 쌀을 제외한 농산물 섭취를 통한 총 비소 및 무기비소의 중간노출량은 0.0002~0.012, 0.0001~0.001 ${\mu}g$/kg b.w./day 이었으며, 이는 PTWI 대비 0.01~0.5%, 0.002~0.1%에 해당 하였다. 쌀을 통한 총 비소 및 무기비소 중간노출량은 0.603, 0.041 ${\mu}g$/kg b.w./day이었으며, 각각 PTWI 대비 28.1%, 1.9%에 해당하였다. 따라서, 국내 유통되는 농산물 섭취를 통한 비소의 노출량은 JECFA의 안전권고치보다 낮았으며, 우리나라 국민은 농산물에 존재하는 비소의 위해성으로부터 안전한 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.513-524
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• 2020

Objective: The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the environmental and biological exposure of local residents who consumed arsenic-contaminated drinking water for less than one year. Methods: As a part of water quality inspections for small-scale water supply facilities, surveys were conducted of residents of two villages that exceeded the arsenic threshold for drinking water. The environmental impact survey consisted of surveys on water quality, soil, and crops in the surveyed area. Biological monitoring was performed by measuring the separation of arsenic species in urine and total arsenic in hair. Results: In the results of biological monitoring, the concentrations of AsIII and AsV were 0.08 and 0.16 ㎍/L, respectively. MMA and DMA were 0.87 and 36.19 ㎍/L. There was no statistically significant difference between the group who drank arsenic-removed groundwater or water from the small-scale supply facility and the group who drank tap water, purified water, or commercial bottled water. Some of the water samples exceeded the arsenic threshold for drinking water. There were no samples in the soil or rice that exceeded the acceptable threshold. Conclusion: In the case of short-term exposure to arsenic-contaminated drinking water for less than one year, there were no significant problems of concern from the evaluation of biological monitoring after arsenic was removed.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.137-145
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• 2014

Objectives: The study examines the relation between urinary arsenic concentration and blood pressure, which is a risk factor of cardiovascular disease. Materials: In this study, the urinary arsenic concentration, history of diagnosed disease, and blood pressure of 782 local residents in Gwangyang, Yeosu, and Hadong regions from May 2007 to July 2007. Results: The urinary arsenic concentration of total participants was $9.06{\mu}g/g-ct$. The logistic regression analysis of medical diagnosed history and urinary arsenic concentration, showed statistically significance (p<0.05) of high urinary arsenic concentration in participants with diagnosed hypertension. In addition, diagnosed hypertension it was observed that the high blood pressure was related with the pulse pressure. Conclusions: The arsenic concentration level was low in this study, but the exposure to low levels of arsenic has an effect on hypertension. Also, hypertension is related to pulse pressure and mean arterial blood pressure as well as being risk factor of cardiovascular disease. Therefore, close supervision of low -level arsenic exposure is needed.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.113-119
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• 2014

Arsenic and its compounds which is one of the most toxic elements that can be found naturally on earth in small concentrations are used in the production of pesticides, herbicides, and insecticides. Most arsenic that cannot be mobilized easily when it is immobile is also found in conjunction with sulfur in minerals such as arsenopyrite (AsFeS), realgar, orpiment and enargite. In this investigation we observed the leaching of arsenic in soils amended with several levels of gravel size of arsenopyrite collected from a road construction site. Soil and gravel size of arsenopyrite were characterized by chemical and mineralogical analyses. Results of XRF analysis of arsenopyrite indicated that the proportion of arsenate was 0.075% (wt $wt^{-1}$) while the maximum amount of arsenic in soil samples was 251.3 mg $kg^{-1}$. Cumulative amounts of effluent collected from the bottom of the soil column for different mixing rate of the gravel were gradually increased where proportion of the gravel mixed was greater than 70% whereas the effluent was stabilized to the maximum after approximately 45 pore volumes of effluent or greater were collected. The arsenic in the effluent was recovered from the soil columns in which the proportion of arsenopyrite gravel was 60% or greater. The total amount of arsenic recovered as effluent was increased with increasing proportion of gravel in a soil, indicating that the arsenic in the effluent was closely related with gravel fraction of arsenopyrite.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.107-114
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• 2014

Oral exposure of humans by excess amounts of arsenic may cause disturbances of the reproductive system. In the present study, such exposure was modelled in rats, with the support of sperm principal parameters and histopathological observations. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into three groups where the group I was served as a normal control, group II was received sodium meta-arsenite as arsenic (10 mg/kg b.w/day) and a combination of sodium meta-arsenite and sodium selenite (3 mg/kg b.w/day) in group III. After 6 weeks, there was no significant change in testis weight and in total motility of all the three experimental groups, whereas, rapid moving spermatozoa, moderately moving spermatozoa and slow moving spermatozoa were significantly decreased in arsenic treated rats as compared to control rats. The other sperm principal parameters like progressiveness, average path velocity, straightness linear velocity (VSL), curvilinear velocity (VCL), straightness, linearity sperm head elongation ratio, area, linearity amplitude of lateral head department (ALH) and beat cross frequency (BCF) were found to be reduced in arsenic intoxicated rats. These results are not correlated with the histological studies. On oral administration of selenium ameliorated the adverse effects of arsenic as compared to arsenic alone treated rats. Our findings clearly demonstrate that administration of selenium could prevent some of the deleterious effects of arsenic in the testis.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.35-44
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• 1985

The purposes of this study were, first, to investigate retention levels of toxic elements and oxide individual plies for each panel and, second, to examine disproportioning of individual toxic elements Thirty five water gum plywood panels were treated with a copper-chromium-arsenic preservative (CCA) by the soaking process as the treament time were applied. Such individual plies at a distance of 2.5cm, 7.5cm from the edge were assayed for CuO, $CrO_3$, and $As_2O_5$ on the basis of copper, chromium and arsenic content by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry. In these experiments, 12mm thickness plywood panels made of water gum, which were selling, were selected for the preservative treatment. Treating solutions were prepared for 10%, dilute solution of copper-chromium-arsenic preservative and then 1, 3, 6, 12 and 24 hours soaking trements in CCA preservative were applied. The results obtained are as follows: 1. The retention of total oxide in the face and back plies (1+7) retained more than the retention of total oxide in the other plies. The total oxide retention for the individual plies except the face and back plies (1+7) was showed in the following orders; cross plies (3+5), cross plies (2+6), core ply (4). 2. The retentions of total oxide increased as the increase of treatment time. The CCA treated plywood retained high levels of total oxide retention in the face and back plies (1+7). 3. All the retentions in the face and back plies (1+7) is over 5Kg/$m^3$, New Zealand Timber Preservation Standards Specification, and after 6 hours, the retentions in the cross plies (3+5) is over 4. The relative penetration of copper, chromium, and arsenic were not affected by the treatment time. The proportion of arsenic decreased in relation to both copper and chromium and the proportion of copper increased in relation to both chromium and arsenic. 5. A disproportioning of copper, chromium occurred with longer distance from edge, and with longer distance from edge the leachability resistance of CCA treated specimens decreased. After 6 hours (soaking time), the proportion of active elements at a distance of 2.5cm from the edge was consistent. And after 24 hours-soaking, the proportion of active elements at a distance of 7.5cm from the edge was consistent.