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http://dx.doi.org/10.4491/KSEE.2017.39.6.348

An Introductory Research for Development of Soil Ecological Risk Assessment in Korea  

An, Youn-Joo (Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University)
Kim, Shin Woong (Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University)
Moon, Jongmin (Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University)
Jeong, Seung-Woo (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kunsan National University)
Kim, Rog-Young (Soil and Groundwater Division, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Yoon, Jeong-Ki (Soil and Groundwater Division, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Kim, Tae-Seung (Soil and Groundwater Division, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Publication Information
Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers / v.39, no.6, 2017 , pp. 348-355 More about this Journal
Abstract
Human activities have resulted in soil pollution problems to us. Human and ecological risk assessment have been suggested as an efficient environmental management strategy for protecting human and ecosystems from soil pollution. However, Korean environmental policy is currently focused on human protection, and fundamental researches for ecology protection are required for institutional frameworks. In this study, we developed a schematic frame of Korean soil ecological risk assessment, and suggested the basic information for its application. This study suggested a soil ecological risk assessment scheme consisting of 4 steps for derivation of Predicted-No-Effect-Concentration (PNEC): 1) ecotoxicity data collection and reliability determination, 2) data standardization, 3) evaluation of data completeness for PNEC calculation, and 4) determination of ecological-risk. The reliability determination of ecotoxicity data was performed using Reliability Index (RI), and the classification of domestic species, acute/chronic, toxicity endpoint, and soil properties was used for data cataloging. The PNEC calculation methodology was determined as low-reliability, middle-reliability, and high-reliability according to their quantitative and qualitative levels of ecotoxicity data. This study would be the introductory plan research for establishment of Korean soil ecological risk assessment, and it can be a fundamental framework to further develop guidelines of Korean environmental regulation.
Keywords
Introduction Plan; Predicted No Effect Concentration; Protection Level; Risk Assessment; Soil Ecology;
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