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International Trends of Environmental Specimen Bank and Our Response  

Kim, Myung-Jin (Nature and Ecology Research Department, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Yoo, Byung-Ho (Nature and Ecology Research Department, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Lee, Suk-Jo (Nature and Ecology Research Department, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Lee, Jong-Chun (Nature and Ecology Research Department, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Lee, Chul-Woo (Chemicals Assessment Department, National Institute of Environmental Research)
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Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment / v.17, no.4, 2008 , pp. 225-233 More about this Journal
Abstract
An Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB) is an archive for samples that can be used to document and assess the quality of the environment in which we live. An ESB program looks at changes in the concentration of human and environmental specimens over long periods of time through retrospective analysis of archived samples of a particular area collected at regular intervals. The idea of ESB was first proposed by German and American scientists in the early 1970s and has been established since 1979 in Germany, USA, and Japan. Korea plans to establish a National Environmental Specimen Bank (NESB) in 2010. The NESB will be able to assess and improve the quality of analytical measurements as well as to compare the past and current environmental quality as a time capsule. The concept and design for the NESB facility was developed and its Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) are being developed based on an evaluation of ESBs and SOPs of Germany, USA, and Japan. Environmental specimens proposed for banking are based on typical representatives of every level of the food chain from each type of ecosystem that are widely distributed thus enabling comparisons between different sampling areas. Through retrospective analysis of environmental specimens, the NESB will improve the reliability of environmental monitoring, ecological risk assessment, and health impact assessment.
Keywords
Environmental Specimen Bank; retrospective analysis; archived samples; time capsule; Standard Operation Procedures; food chain; environmental monitoring;
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