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http://dx.doi.org/10.4491/KSEE.2011.33.1.060

Potential Human Health and Fish Risks Associated with Hypothetical Contaminated Sediments Using a Risk Assessment Model ($TrophicTrace^{(R)}$)  

Yang, Dong-Beom (Concerned Marine Areas Management Center, Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute)
Hong, Gi-Hoon (Concerned Marine Areas Management Center, Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute)
Kim, Kyung-Ryon (Concerned Marine Areas Management Center, Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute)
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Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers / v.33, no.1, 2011 , pp. 60-70 More about this Journal
Abstract
The sediment removal index derived from the chemical contaminants, $CI_{HC}$, is currently in use to identify and define the spatial extent of the contaminated sediments in the sea. In order to analyze the sensitivity of the ecological and human risk associated with contaminated sediment, we evaluated five hypothetical contaminated sediments, whose $CI_{HC}$ values are identical but consisted of different contaminant contents, using $TrophicTrace^{(R)}$ model dedicated to evaluate sediment risk, against the resident greenling (Hexagrammos otakii) and humans by calculating No-Observed-Adverse-Effect-Level based Toxicity Quotient (NOAEL TQ) and Lowest-Observed-Adverse-Effect-Level based Toxicity Quotient (LOAEL TQ), and cancer risks and hazard indices (HI), respectively, based on the site conceptual model and exposure assumptions of fish ingestion to human receptor populations. NOAEL and LOAEL TQ values varied as much as a factor of 2 among 5 hypothetical sediments. Chemical element specific contribution to the carcinogenic risk and HI varied also greatly in these sediments. The reason for this significant dissimilarity in ecological and human risk stems from the different risk of each contaminant to the resident fish and human receptor. When the conceptual food web model is constructed for the target biological species for a given site, the ecological and human risk analysis considering trophic transfer of contaminants will add a ecosystem based tool for the management of contaminated sediments.
Keywords
Sediment Removal Index; Hexagrammos Otatii; Trophic Trace; NOAEL; LOAEL;
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