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Assessment of Selected Heavy Metal Concentrations in Agricultural Soils around Industrial Complexes in Southwestern Areas of Korea

  • Kim, Dong-Jin;Park, Jung-Hwon;Lee, Jin-Ho
    • 한국토양비료학회지
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    • 제49권5호
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    • pp.524-530
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    • 2016
  • Agricultural soils near or around industrial complexes can contain a certain amount of heavy metals that readily enter the food chain and negatively affect human health. Therefore, we conducted the study to investigate the distribution of selected heavy metals, including arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), and zinc (Zn), in farm-land soils around fifteen industrial complexes in the southwestern provinces, Korea. The concentrations of heavy metals in the soil samples were determined by the pseudo-total aqua regia (3 HCl : $1HNO_3$) digestion procedure. The heavy metal concentrations in most soils examined did not exceed the levels of Soil Contamination Warning Standard (SCWS) for agricultural lands (Region 1) presented in Soil Environment Conservation Law (SECL) established by Ministry of Environment (MOE), Korea. However, only one sampling site showed higher As amount ($27.1mg\;kg^{-1}$) than the SCWS level of As ($25mg\;kg^{-1}$). Pollution index (PI) for heavy metals did not exceed 1.0. The PI values were significantly positively correlated (p < 0.01) with the heavy metal concentrations. In particular, the values of correlation coefficient between the Cd and Pb concentrations and the PI values were higher than those estimated from other combinations, and thus the amounts of Cd and Pb in the agricultural soils highly affected the PI values for the heavy metals.

폐광산지역 농산물, 토양 및 농경수의 중금속오염에 관한 연구 (Studies on Heavy Metal Contamination of Agricultural Products, Soils and Irrigation Waters in Abandoned Mines)

  • 김미혜;소유섭;김은정;정소영;홍무기
    • 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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    • 제17권4호
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    • pp.178-182
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    • 2002
  • 전국 폐광지역(48곳) 평야지역(8곳) 농산물(280건), 토양(280건), 농경수(48건)를 채취하여 수은 함량은 Mercury analyzer로, 납, 카드뮴, 비소 등 중금속은 습식분해후 ICP, AAS등으로 분석하였다. 본 연구결과, 평야지역에 비해 폐광산지역의 토양에 있어 크롬을 제외한 수은, 납 등 중금속 함량이 더 높았으며 농경수에 있어서는 수은을 제외한 다른 중금속함량이 더 높았다. 폐광산지역의 농산물중 납, 카드뮴 등 중금속 함량은 평야지역에 비해 대체로 높은 편이었으나 구리 함량은 평야지역의 농산물이 다소 높았다. 토양과 농산물중 납 등 중금속함량간의 유의적인 상관관계는 관찰되지 않았다(p>0.05). 앞으로도 식품의 안전성 확보 및 국민건강증진차원에서 폐광산지역의 토양, 농산물중 중금속 함량에 대한 모니터링 사업이 지속적으로 수행되어야 할 것으로 사료된다.

Investigation of the groundwater contamination around landfill where slaughtered animals were buried

  • Bark, Jun-Jo;Jung, Hae-Sun;Woo, Jong-Tae;Lee, Sung-Sik
    • 한국동물위생학회지
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    • 제29권4호
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    • pp.459-467
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    • 2006
  • This study was designed to investigate if there were groundwater contamination in 17 landfill where slaughtered animals were buried during the crisis of 2002 foot-and-mouth-disease (FMD) outbreaks in Gyeonggi province. From March to August 2005 groundwater was collected once a month from 17 sites, and examined with potential for hydrogen (pH), colour, turbidity, lead (Pb), arsenic (As), mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn) , iron (Fe), manganese (Mn) , aluminium (Al), nitrate-nitrogen $(NO_3-N)$, ammonia-nitrogen $(NH_3-N)$, microbial pathogen and Escherichia spp. In the examination of $NH_3-N$ which of the mean concentration was from not-detected (ND) to 0.05 mg/l. The range of $NH_3-N$ level was $0.3-24.1mg/{\ell}$. However, groundwater from four sites was to go beyond the drinking water quality standard (DWQS), i.e., the mean concentration of those were $15.5mg/{\ell}\;(site\;1),\;20.7mg/{\ell}\;(site\;9),\;24.1mg/{\ell}\;(site\;13)\;and\;10.6mg/{\ell}\;(site\;17)$. In the investigation of pH, colour and turbidity, all of the pH were below of DWQS (pH 5.8-6.6), but one site in color test and four sites in turbidity test were over the standard level. Among 9 metal ions examined, Mn was in excess of DWQS, and its concentration was $2.4mg/{\ell}$. Pb, Cd, Hg and As were not traced. The contents of Cu, Zn, Fe and Al were $ND-0.22mg/{\ell},\;0.01-0.05mg/{\ell},\;ND-0.05mg/{\ell}\;and\;0.03-0.16mg/{\ell}$, respectively. Escherichiae spp were not identified, but bacterial colonies were detected at 3 groundwater including 2 sites over the DWQS at the level of $491CFU/m{\ell}\;(site\;4)\;and\;217CFU/m{\ell}\;(site\;15)$.

풍화광미내 고상 비소의 광물학적${\cdot}$화학적 특성 및 용출 가능성 평가 (Mineralogical and chemical characterization of arsenic solid phases in weath-ered mine tailings and their leaching potential)

  • 안주성;김주용;전철민;문희수
    • 자원환경지질
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    • 제36권1호
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    • pp.27-38
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    • 2003
  • 금은광산의 광미에는 유비철석이 포함되어 있으며 이의 산화로 주변 지구화학적 환경에서 비소오염 양상이 주로 나타나고 있다. 풍화된 광미의 경우 황화광물의 산화과정으로 철 수산화물 및 수산화황산염이 풍부하게 생성되고 여기에 비소가 결합되어 있을 것으로 예상된다. 이 연구에서는 국내 일부 금은광산 지역의 풍화된 광미를 대상으로 SEW/EDS 분석과 연속추출분석을 실시하여 고상 비소의 광물학적, 화학적 특성을 파악하였다. 또한 pH/Eh 환경변화에 따른 고상 비소의 안정도와 용출 가능성을 평가하였다. 광미시료들은 총 황 몰농도와 비소 및 중금속원소들의 함량을 비교해 볼 때 풍화로 인해 황화광물의 산화가 많이 진행된 것으로 나타났다. XRD 분석에서 덕음, 동일, 다덕 광산 광미에서 철수산화황산염 광물로서 자로사이트가 나타났으며 비소의 총함량이 가장 높게 나타난(4.36%) 다덕광산 광미에서 결정질 비소 함유상으로 스코로다이트가 확인되었다. 이외 SEM/EDS 분석을 통해 보이단타이트와 유사한 조성을 가지는 상자 일부 Pb-비산염 형태도 구분되었으며 상대적으로 광미의 풍화정도가 낮은 삼광 및 구봉 지역에서는 유비철석이 인지되기도 하지만 광미내 비소는 주로 철수산화물 및 수산화황산염에 결합된 것으로 나타났다. 화학적 형태 분석에서도 동일, 다덕, 명봉 광산 광미에서 철수산화물과 공침전된 형태가 72∼99%로 나타났으며 삼광 및 구봉에서는 황화물 형태가 58%, 철수산화물 결합형태가 40% 내외로 나타나 이를 뒷받침한다. 광미에 대한 비소 용출실험에서 덕음 광미가 가장 낮은 pH(2.7)를 의이며 직접적인 철수산화황산염의 용해반응으로 비소가 용출되며 삼광 및 구봉에서는 알칼리성 환경(8.1-8.5)에서 탈착반응으로 상대적으로 많은 양의 비소가 용출될 수 있음을 보여주었다. 또한 산성환경에서 용존 비소의 +3가 비율이 높게 차지하여 환경적 영향이 크게 나타날 수 있다. 이와 같은 풍화 광미에 대해 환경복구 기법의 적용으로 인한 pH/Eh 환경의 변화와 미생물의 작용이 비소를 함유하는 상의 안정도에 영향을 줄 수 있으며 비소의 용출 정도는 증가할 수 있다.

OBSERVATION OF SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR SOIL CONTAMINANTS

  • Choe Eun-Young;Kim Kyoung-Woong;Lee Sung-Soon;Chi Kwang-Hoon
    • 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한원격탐사학회 2005년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2005
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    • pp.422-425
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    • 2005
  • Spectral characteristics depending on soil constituents and their proportion in a soil were firstly studied for monitoring of soil contamination using hyperspectral remote sensing. The reflectance spectra of heavy metals in soils were investigated in the VIS-NIR-SWIR regions (400-2500 nm) to observe spectral variation as a function of constituents and concentrations. Commercial kaolinite soils mixed with lead, copper, arsenic, and cadmium were used as synthetic soil samples for spectral measurement. In case of copper, relatively spectrally active regions was observed with some band shift whereas other heavy metals had only simple spectral variations expected to be related to the sorption phase and the amount of metal onto kaolinite. The reflectance spectrum of each metal on kaolinite could be identified in VIS-NIR region.

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Construction and Characterization of Multiple Heavy Metal-Resistant Phenol-Degrading Pseudomonads Strains

  • Yoon, Kyung-Pyo
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제13권6호
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    • pp.1001-1007
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    • 2003
  • Metal ions contamination may inhibit microorganisms involved in the biodegradation of organic compounds and affect biodegradation rates. Therefore, it is likely that bioremediation of xenobiotics-contaminated soils and waste will require inoculation with efficient biodegrading microbial communities, with capabilities of being resistant to heavy metals as well. Two different transconjugants (Pseudomonas sp. KMl2TC and P. aeruginosa TC) were constructed by conjugation experiments. Results on MIC, induction and growth inhibition strongly indicated that arsenic-resistant plasmid, pKM20, could be mobilized, and the newly acquired phenotype of pKM20 was not only expressed but also well regulated, resulting in newly acquired resistances to $As^{5+},\;As^{3+},\;and\;Sb^{3+} in\;addition\;to\;Cd^{2+},\;Zn^{2+},\;and\;Hg^{2+}$. The phenol- degradation efficiencies of Pseudomonas sp. KMl2TC were maintained significantly even at high heavy metal concentrations at which these efficiencies of P. aeruginosa TC were completely impaired. The results in this study on the effects of heavy metals on phenol degradation, especially after conjugation, are the first ever reported. All the results described in this study encourage to establish a goal of making "designer biocatalysts" which could degrade certain xenobiotics in the area contaminated with multiple heavy metals.

한국 및 중국산 산양삼의 중금속 오염도 측정

  • 김종윤;김병우;권기록
    • 대한약침학회지
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    • 제10권1호통권22호
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    • pp.67-77
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    • 2007
  • Objectives : Heavy metal contents in cultivated wild ginseng from Korea and China were evaluated for the safety purpose. Methods : Arsenic(As), cadmium(Cd), lead(Pb), mercury(Hg), copper(Cu), chromium(Cr), and selenium(Se) from the root, stem, and leaves of the Korean cultivated wild ginseng and the root of the Chinese cultivated wild ginseng were analyzed for the existence of heavy metal contents. Results : Most of heavy metals weren't detected in all the samples. Copper and lead were found in very minute volume and didn't reach the toxic concentration level of 10mg/kg. Samples used in the test were grown in non-contaminated areas, free from heavy metal contamination. Conclusions : Based on above results, cultivated wild ginseng from Korea and China are relatively safe from the heavy metal exposure. But for more rigorous quality control, an epidemiological survey using the samples from more diverse areas should be conducted.

대기 중 엑스포좀이 피부에 미치는 영향 (Effect of the Atmospheric Exposome on the Skin)

  • 송미;백지훈
    • 대한화장품학회지
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    • 제47권3호
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    • pp.185-191
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    • 2021
  • 환경오염은 인간의 건강, 삶의 질 또는 생태계의 자연적 기능을 방해하는 물질로 지구 환경을 오염시키는 것으로 정의된다. 환경 스트레스 요인에 장기간 반복적으로 노출되면 피부의 정상적인 방어 잠재력을 초과할 때마다 피부 장벽 기능에 장애가 생겨 다양한 피부 질환이 발병하게 된다. 피부에 영향을 미치는 주요 대기오염물질은 다환 방향족 탄화수소, 휘발성 유기화합물, 질소산화물, 미세먼지, 담배 연기, 중금속, 비소 등이다. 이들 물질의 피부 흡수는 피부 표면의 대기오염물질의 침적, 표피 지질 구성, 표피를 통한 혈관 확산에 의해 이루어진다.

국내식품의 중금속 오염과 위해성 분셕 (Contamination and Risk Analysis of Heavy Metals in Korean Foods)

  • 이서래;이미경
    • 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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    • 제16권4호
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    • pp.324-332
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    • 2001
  • 인체의 중금속 노출은 식품이 대부분을 차지하고 있어 세계 어느나라나 인체건강의 유지라는 측면에서 깊은 관심을 쏟고 있다. 본 연구에서는 국내산 식품의 중금속 함량과 식이섭취량에 관련된 연구결과를 총정리하였으며 외국자료와 비교함으로써 중금속의 위해성을 평가하였다. 식품군별(해산어류, 연안패류, 담수어류, 곡류)로 비소, 카드뮴, 수은, 납의 4가지 금속원소의 함량에 대한 연차적 변화추세를 분석한 결과 1970년대보다는 1980년대, 그리고 1990년대로 올수록 중금속의 평균농도는 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 중금속의 국내기준과 비교하였을 때 평균치로는 기준을 초과하는 경우가 없었으나 최고치로는 기준을 초과하는 경우가 드물게 발견되었다. 한국인에 의한 중금속의 식이섭취량 데이터를 요약하면 1980년대보다는 1990년대에 감소하는 경향이 있었다. 중금속 중 As, Hg의 평균섭취량은 PTWI의 6∼8%, Cd, Pb은 50∼80%수준으로 모두 허용량을 밑돌고 있으나 특정식품을 많이 먹는 극단소비량으로 계산한다면 PTWI를 초과할 수 있으므로 심도있는 평가가 요구된다. 한국인에 의한 Cd, Hg, Pb의 식이섭취량은 여러 국가에 대한 GEMS/Food 데이터와 비교시 중위권에 속하는 것으로 나타났다. 식품 중에서 수산물은 Hg, Cd 및 As의 오염이, 일반식품은 Pb의 오염이 우려되고 있으므로 이들 중금속에 대한 법적기준을 설정하여 중금속에 의한 오염 진행상황을 감시해야 될 것이다. 나아가 모든 급원(음식물, 공기, 불, 직업적 노출)으로부터 중금속의 총 노출량을 평가하고 식생활에서의 위해요소를 확인함으로써 식량자원의 안전성을 확보할 수 있게 되기를 바란다.

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Investigation and Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals Contamination around an Abandoned Metal Mine in Korea

  • Lee, Jong-Wha;Kwak, Soon-Sun;Hong, Sung-Chul;Park, Sang-Il;Jang, Bong-Ki
    • 한국환경보건학회지
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    • 제36권6호
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    • pp.456-464
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    • 2010
  • Recently, heavy metals contamination of the agricultural soil and crops surrounding mining areas has been identified as one of the most serious environmental problems in South Korea. The Ministry of the Environment in Korea conducted a Preliminary National Environmental Health Survey (PNEHS) in abandoned metal mines in 2007. The priority for a subsequent detailed examination was ranked from the results of PNEHS. The studied mine which was ranked as being of the highest priority is located in the midwestern part of Korea and was operated from 1911 to 1985. In this study, the contamination levels of the heavy metals in the abandoned metal mine were investigated. From the results, the average daily dose (ADD), target hazard quotient (THQ) and target cancer risk of the heavy metals were evaluated. The concentration of arsenic (As) in all of the tailings from the mine was higher than its countermeasure standard of Korea. In particular, the highest concentration of As, 330 mg/kg, was up to 15 times higher than its countermeasure standard. The average concentration of As in agricultural soils was higher than the warning standard of Korea, and higher than its countermeasure standard at six sites. The average concentrations of the analyzed heavy metals in agricultural soil were below the warning standard, but concentrations of cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) at 4 sites were higher than its warning standard. The average concentration of As in surface water exceeded the warning standard of Korea. The value of the THQ of As for the tailings was higher than the health protection standard 1. The value of THQ of As for the farmlands was lower than the standard, while the hazard index (HI) of As was higher than the standard. The value of target cancer risk (TCR) of As, $6.44{\times}10^{-4}$, were higher than the health protection standard of a lifetime risk for TCR at $1{\times}10^{-6}$. This suggests that the residents around the metal mines are exposed to As pollution with a carcinogenic risk.