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Toxic Assessment of BDE-47 and BDE-209 using the Population Growth Rates of Skeletonema costatum

해산규조류(Skeletonema costatum)의 개체군 성장률을 이용한 브롬화난연제(BDE-47, BDE-209) 독성평가

  • 허승 (국립수산과학원 서해수산연구소) ;
  • 이주욱 (국립수산과학원 서해수산연구소) ;
  • 박윤호 (국립수산과학원 서해수산연구소) ;
  • 박나영 (국립수산과학원 서해수산연구소) ;
  • 이인석 (국립수산과학원 어장환경과) ;
  • 황운기 (국립수산과학원 서해수산연구소) ;
  • 최훈 (국립수산과학원 서해수산연구소)
  • Received : 2018.07.20
  • Accepted : 2018.08.03
  • Published : 2018.09.30
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Abstract

Toxic assessment of PBDEs (BDE-47, BDE-209) has carried out using the rates of population growth in marine phytoplankton, Skeletonema costatum. The population growth rate (r) in S. costatum was determined after 96 hours of exposure to BDE-47 (2,2'4,4'-Tetrabromodiphenyl ether) and BDE-209 (2,2', 4,4'-Decabromodiphenyl ether). It was observed that r-value in the controls (absence PBDEs) was greater than 0.04 and further a decrease was observed in a dose-dependent manner. BDE-47 reduced population growth rate in a dose-dependent manner and a significant reduction occurred at a concentration greater than $0.31mgL^{-1}$, but BDE-209 had no effect on population growth rate even at concentrations greater than $125mgL^{-1}$. The population growth rate in the presence of BDE-47 and BDE-209, $EC_{50}$ values were $0.55mgL^{-1}$ and >$125mgL^{-1}$, and NOEC values were $0.16mgL^{-1}$ and >$125mgL^{-1}$, respectively. Therefore, BDE-47 is considered to be about over 80 times more harmful than BDE-209. In this study, the ecotoxic assessment based on population growth rate in S. costatum can be used as a baseline data for establishment of environment standard quality of BDE-47 and BDE-209 in the marine environment.

해산규조류 (Skeletonema. Costatum)의 개체군 성장률을 이용하여 PBDEs (BDE-47, BDE-209)의 독성평가를 실시하였다. BDE-47은 $0.31mgL^{-1}$ 이상의 농도부터 유의미하게 감소하여 농도의존성을 나타냈으나, BDE-209의 경우 시험 최고농도 $125mgL^{-1}$에서도 변화를 나타내지 않았다. 본 시험결과 $EC_{50}$값은 BDE-47과 BDE-209에서 각각 $0.55mgL^{-1}$와 >$125mgL^{-1}$이었고, NOEC값은 $0.16mgL^{-1}$와 >$125mgL^{-1}$이었으며, LOEC값은 $0.31mgL^{-1}$와 >$125mgL^{-1}$으로 나타나 BDE-47이 BDE-209에 유해성이 더 큰 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 연안환경에서의 BDE-47의 농도가 LOEC 값인 $0.31mgL^{-1}$를 초과할 경우 S. costatum과 같은 식물성플랑크톤에 악영향을 미칠 것으로 판단된다. 본 연구 결과는 PBDEs의 해양환경 기준 설정 및 타 독성물질과의 상대적 독성치를 비교하기 위한 귀중한 자료로 활용될 것으로 판단된다.

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