• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.127-132
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• 2021

Background: Herbicides such as glyphosate, paraquat, and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid have been reported to cause adverse side effects through production of reactive oxygen species. However, there were no data representing the adverse effects of a mixture herbicide usage in farmers, especially the changes in oxidative marker and antioxidant defense. This study aimed to determine the urinary malondialdehyde (MDA) and glutathione (GSH) level in farmers using mixed herbicides. Methods: Ninety-three farmers were recruited, and two spot urine samples (before and after work) were collected. The urinary MDA level was evaluated by thiobarbituric acid reactive substance assay, and the urinary GSH level was determined using the enzymatic recycling method. Results: Sixty-two percent of the participants were men, and 59% of the participants worked in a farm for 20-40 years. The common combinations of herbicide usage were glyphosate with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (36.5%). There was no significant difference between pre- and post-work urinary MDA and GSH levels among the 3 groups of herbicides. However, the urinary MDA levels in farmers using the combination of glyphosate and paraquat were significantly higher than those found in farmers using glyphosate alone. The associated factors with changes in MDA levels found that the exposure intensity index (B = 0.154), the cumulative exposure intensity index (B = 0.023), and wearing gloves while working (B = -2.347) were found to be significantly associated with MDA level. Conclusion: The results suggest that the combined use of glyphosate and paraquat caused a significant increase in urinary MDA levels. Moreover, intensity of exposure to herbicide and wearing gloves were associated with the level of MDA.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.224-229
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• 2002

Triazine herbicide has been reported to directly suppress the immune response. In the present study, we examined various functions of murine peritoneal macrophages that were isolated and stimulated with LPS after simazine (300 and 600 mg/kg body weight), a triazine herbicide, was administered every day for 4 weeks. Simazine decreased the capacity of phagocytosis, compared to those of carboxymethylcellulose (CMC)-treated control group. In addition, the production of NO and TNF-$\alpha$ was decrcased in macrophages of simazinetreated mice. However, the production of hydrogen peroxide ($H_{2}O_{2}$) was not altered. In vitro tumoricidal activity of in vivo simazine-treated macrophages was reduced against target cell. B 16 melanoma. Taken together, these results suggested that simazine might have the immunosuppressive effect on macrophages after in vivo exposure, which was related to the reduction of tumoricidal activity.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.157-168
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• 2001

제초제는 잡초 방제를 위해 수 십 년간 사용되어 왔다. 만약 제초제에 노출된 작물이 이의 해독에 많은 에너지를 소비한다면 제초제 처리는 작물의 생장과 번식 기능에 대한 자원 분배에 영향을 미치게 될 것이다 본 연구에서는 대두(Glycine max)의 발아 전/후 2회 제초제를 처리한 뒤 비처리군, 저농도군, 고농도군의 제초제 처리군을 설정하여 제초제가 대두의 발아와 생장 및 번식 특성에 미치는 효과를 조사하였다. 대두의 개화 시기가 두 무리로 분리되어 본 연구에서는 개화 시기도 변인으로 설정하였다. 대두의 발아율은 다른 두 처리군에 비해 저농도군에서 높은 경향이 있었다. 2차 제초제 처리 후 잎의 황화현상 및 형태 변이가 나타났으나 제초제 처리 6주 후에는 완전히 사라졌다. 생장특성에 대한 제초제의 효과는 초기와 후기 개화군에 따라 다소 다르게 나타났으나 두 개화군 모두 생장 초기에는 비처리군에 비해 저/고농도군에서 생장특성 저해가 뚜렷하였다. 생장 후기에는 고농도군의 식물체가 가장 높은 생장률을 보였는데 이는 제초제를 처리한 대두가 보상 작용을 통해 어느 정도 회복되었음을 의미한다. 그러나 고농도군의 생장특성 저해는 생장 후기까지 지속되었다. 후기 개화군의 경우 비처리군이 저/고농도군보다 더 많은 뿌리혹을 생산하였으나 초기 개화군은 이러한 양상을 보이지 않았다. 개체 당 총 꽃수와 무게도 비처리군에 비해 저/고농도군에서 감소하였다. 따라서 본 실험은 제초제가 비목표 식물인 작물의 생장과 번식 특성뿐 아니라 대두에 공생하여 뿌리혹을 형성하는 질소 고정 박테리아의 발생과 생장에도 영향을 미치는 것을 보여주고 있다. 성형술의 보다 장기적인 관찰이 필요하나, 첩포를 사용하지 않아 이와 관련된 문제점들을 피할 수 있고, 자가 주폐동맥플랩의 성장을 기대할 수 있을 것으로 생각된다. 또한 주폐동맥과 좌폐동맥 사이를 둔각으로 유지함으로써 향후 폐동맥 폐쇄부전과 관련된 우심실유출로 확장에 의한 좌폐동맥의 뒤틀림의 가능성을 줄일 수 있을 것으로 생각한다.시행하였다. 결과: 전자현미경을 통한 세포의 형태학적 검사에서 Groups I-7, I-14, II-5, II-7, 그리고 II-14정맥군들이 Gundry score의 의미 있는 증가(p <0.05)를 보이는 형태학적 변화가 나타났다. 트롬보모듈린을 이용한 면역조직화학검사와 트리판 블루를 이용한 세포 생존율 검사에서는 냉장군은 7일째 생활성 저하를 나타냈으나 냉동 보존군에서는 보존 기간에 상관없이 모두 생활성이 저하된 것으로 관찰되었다. 결론: 사람의 복재정맥을 우태혈청이 포함된 $4^{\circ}C$의 RPMI 1640에 냉장 보존하였을 경우 냉장 7일째부터 형태학적, 기능적 생활성 저하를 관찰할 수 있었으나, $-196^{\circ}C$에 냉동 보존한 경우에는 냉장 5일 후 냉동 보존한 정맥에서도 형태학적인 생활성 저하를 관찰할 수 있었으며 혈관 내피의 항응고 기능을 나타내는 트롬보모듈린 면역조직화학검사에서는 냉동 보존한 대부분 정맥에서 기능적 생활성이 저하된 것으로 관찰되었다. 그러나 이러한 생활성 및 항응고 기능의 저하가 일시적인 현상인지의 여부와 이러한 기능 저하가 이식 혈관의 장기 개통률에 미치는 영향에 대하여 지속적 연구가 필요하다.타내었다. 혈중

• 대한임상독성학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.26-33
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• 2020

Purpose: Agent Orange (AO) is a herbicide and defoliant used by the United States and its military allies during the Vietnam War. Pneumonia is a common cause of death among Vietnam veterans in our hospital. There have been no previous studies researching any association between AO exposure and the prognosis for pneumonia. The primary objective of this study was to investigate associations between AO exposure and 30-day mortality due to pneumonia. The secondary objective was to examine the clinical factors associated with therapeutic outcomes in veterans with pneumonia, and to assess the prevalence of combined diseases in AO-exposed veterans. Methods: This study retrospectively included veteran patients diagnosed with pneumonia in the emergency department and hospitalized between February 2014 and March 2018. The enrolled patients were grouped according to their defoliant exposure history, and the clinical information of defoliant-exposed and non-defoliant-exposed groups were compared. Patients were divided according to 30-day mortality, and significant factors influencing mortality were evaluated by using univariate analysis and multivariate analysis. The final multivariate model revealed the effect of AO exposure on therapeutic outcomes of pneumonia. Results: A total of 1006 patients were analyzed. Of these, 276 patients had a history of AO exposure, whereas 730 patients had not been exposed. Factors positively associated with 30-day mortality were malignancy, respiratory rate, blood urea nitrogen, and albumin which was negatively associated with mortality. Conclusion: Exposure to defoliant is not associated with 30-day mortality in patients with pneumonia. However, veterans with defoliant exposure are associated with a high prevalence of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cerebrovascular accident, malignancy, and chronic kidney disease.

• 한국초지조사료학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.102-107
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• 1991

This trial was carried out to investigate the effect of oversowing on the fodder value and the life form of standing crop in the low productive grassland with a western exposure at the Korean Native Cattle Improvement Center in Seosan. Chungnam Province. The results obtained are summarized as follows: 1. The inferior plant community of low productive grassland was improved to the most desirable pasture association by oversowing after herbicide application. At the experimental area most of the native grasses were not suitable for the pasture plant due to less fodder value(0-2). 2. The fodder value of standing crop in the improved grassland with 6.04(grasses: 4.72, legumes: 1.07 and herbs: 0.25) was much more increased by 108% than that of low productive grassland. 3. The life forms of plant community in the low productive grassland were composed of Hemicryptophytes of 36.29'0, Therophytes of 30.47~, Chamaephytes of 17.0% and Geophytes of 16.4%). But by oversowing after herbicide application their life forms of Hemicryptophytes increased greatly by 51.4%, on the other hand Therophytes, Chamaephytes and Geophytes were much more decreased by 25.4, 15.6 and 10.470, respectively.

• 대한임상독성학회지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.101-105
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• 2004

Purpose: Paraquat is the most commonly used herbicide in Korea. Exposure to paraquat through the skin has resulted in local irritation or inflammation of varying degree, sometimes severe. The purpose of this study was to review the patients with paraquat poisoning by skin absorption. Methods: We analysed retrospectively the clinical and laboratory findings of 45 patients with paraquat poisoning after dermal exposure, who were admitted to Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital from January 1999 to December 2003. Results: Among 870 cases of paraquat poisoning, 45 cases were exposed to paraquat through the skin. The peak incidence was the fifth decade($40\%$). The clinical symptoms were pain, pruritus, nausea, and vomiting. The major skin lesions were generalized vesicobullae and necrotic erosion in face, scrotum, trunk, upper and lower extremities and etc. All patients were survived after skin contact or inhalation of paraquat. Conclusion: This study illustrates the extreme toxicity of paraquat and demonstrates that lethal quantities of paraquat may be absorbed if repeated exposure to it. Stricter precautions, including the mandatory use of protective clothing, should be recommended whenever this material is used.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.54-59
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• 1999

제초제 metolachlor [2-chloro-6'-ethyl-N-(2-methoxy-1-methylethyl)aceto-O-toluidid]의 잉어체내 행적을 구명하기 위하여 $LC_{10}$(1.93 mg/L)으로 metolachlor를 처리한 시험수에 잉어를 경시적으로 노출시켰다. 수중의 metolachlor는 잉어 체내에 신속히 흡수 이행되어 노출 후 6시간에 최대 흡수량을 나타내었으며, 잉어에 흡수 이행된 metolachlor의 주요 배설경로는 담도이었다. 또한 잉어 체내에 흡수 이행된 방사능의 추출율이 처리 후 6시간까지 현저히 감소하여 잉어 체내에서 생성된 극성 대사산물이 잉어체내에서 접합체를 형성한 후추출이 불가한 결합잔류물을 형성하였음을 시사하였다. 시험수와 잉어 추출액중 방사능이 수상으로 분배된 양이 각각 처리후 12시간과 6시간에 가장 높았고 그 양도 각각 총처리 방사능의 약 14% 및 12%로써 metolachlor가 잉어 체내에서 신속히 대사될 가능성을 시사하였다.

• 환경생물
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.300-307
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• 2004

The chloroacetanilide herbicide alachlor (2-chloro-2', 6'-diethyl-N-(methoxymethyl)-acetanilide) and organochlorine insecticide endosulfan (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10-hexachloro-l, 5, 5a, 6, 9, 9a-hexahydro-6, 9-methano-2, 3, 4-benzodioxathiepin-3-oxide)are the highly toxic agricultural chemicals. Bombina orientalis is one of the most common amphibians in the world and comprises a large proportion of their total number. B. orientalis spawns in the farming regions at Spring when the massive application of agricultural chemicals occurs. These chemicals in farmland may threaten the reproduction of this frog. Therefore, we examined the embryotoxic and survival effects of alachlor and endosulfan at various concentrations in B. orientalis embryos. The survival rates of embryos at 312h post fertilization treated with alachlor and endosulfan were decreased with concentration dependent manner. Also, developmental malformations appeared by alachlor and endosulfan in B. orientalis embryos. The malformations showed in order of frequency with bent trunk, tail dysplasia, bent tail, thick-set body and ventral blister in alachlor treated embryos. The exposure of endosulfan produced 7 types of severe external malformations with tail dysplasia, pectoral blister, bent trunk, bent tail, cephalic dysplasia, ventral blister, and thick-set body. Following exposure to alachlor and endosulfan the types of malformations were diverse, suggesting these chemicals target multiple events in embryonic and larval development in this species. These results suggested that alachlor and endosulfan were detrimental for survival and development of B. orientalis embryos.

• 한국환경보건학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경보건학회 2003년도 Challenges and Achievements in Environmental Health
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• pp.26-26
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• 2003

During the Viet Nam war, A Luoi located in Thua Thien Hue Province was heavily sprayed herbicides by the Ranch Hand Operation of U.S.A force (549.274 gallons). After 30 years of knocking the operation off, Dioxin has still contaminated on environment and human body in A Luoi valley. The results of the study show that there is an epidemiological relationship between AO/Dioxin exposure and increasing rate of reproductive anomalies and birth defects (the rate of reproductive anomalies including congenital deformities after the war during 10-year and 25-year is higher than that before the war from 1.5 to 4 times). The study found that the highest rate of reproductive anomalies is spontaneous abortion. The average is premature death and congenital deformities, and the lowest rate is dead foetus and hydratidiform mole. The results of the primary assessment suggested that Dioxin transport from environment to human body through the food chain exposed by Dioxin such as fish, chicken, duck. A mitigation plan for residual dioxin contamination from Agent Orange Hervicides is requeste indispensable to inhabitants in Aluoi District.

• 한국동물생명공학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.162-168
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• 2022

Mecoprop-p, a chlorophenoxy herbicide, has been widely used since the 1980s. Due to its high water solubility, it could be detected in the aquatic environment, as it has already been detected in the surface water or groundwater in several countries. The toxicity of other chlorophenoxy herbicides has been reported; however, there are few studies on the toxicity of mecoprop-p, one of the chlorophenoxy herbicides, on aquatic organisms. Here, we investigated the toxic effects of mecoprop-p using zebrafish. After mecoprop-p exposure, we observed that the zebrafish larvae eyes did not form normally, heart edema was generated, and the body length was shortened. The number of cells undergoing apoptosis also increased in the anterior part including head, heart, and yolk sac of the mecoprop-p-treated zebrafish compared to the untreated controls. Moreover, cardiovascular structures, including the heart and aortic arches, were also malformed after exposure to mecoprop-p. Therefore, our results suggest that mecoprop-p could cause abnormal development in zebrafish larvae and there is also a high possibility that mecoprop-p would be toxic to other aquatic organisms.