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Environmental Risk Assessment of Cadmium using National Monitoring Data  

Park Kwangsik (동덕여자대학교 약학대학)
Shin Dong-chun (연세대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실)
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Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology / v.19, no.1, 2004 , pp. 65-72 More about this Journal
Abstract
Environmental risk assessment of cadmium compounds was conducted using national monitoring data of aquatic and terrestrial compartments of local area. Aquatic and terrestrial toxicities of cadmium compounds on algae, daphnid, fish, earthworm, springtails and other species were evaluated. The toxicity data evaluated in this study were mainly from ECOTOX database provided by US EPA. Assessment factors were determined according to the EU technical guidance document and/or OECD proposal. Predicted no effect concentration (PNEC) values of aquatic and terrestrial toxicity were 25$\mu\textrm{g}$/L and 0.2 mg/kg, respectively and they were compared with cadmium exposure data of several local areas, which were used as Predicted exposure concentration(PEC) values. Most of the local area were found to be not risky. However, the risk values (PEC/NEC) of some metropolitan areas were greater than 1 when the most conservative PNEC value was applied.
Keywords
cadmium; risk assessment; predicted no effect concentration; monitoring data;
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