Risk Assessment of Pesticide for Earthworms

To assess the risk of pesticides on earthworm, the acute toxicities of 10 pesticides were investigated and their toxicity exposure ratios(TERs) were calculated. As the TERs of paraquat dichloride and pendimethalin were more than 100, their risks were rated negligible. Risk of benfuracarb, cadusafos, chlorpyrifos-methyl, endosulfan, isazofos and parathion which have TERs of $10\sim100$ were rated low. However, risk of imidacloprid and phorate which have TER of less than 10 were estimated highly to need a reproduction study. Earthworms were exposed to twenty two pesticides including dazomet 98% GR having PECs of more than $5mg{\cdot}kg^{-1}$ in artificial soil at standard and double dose for 14 days. All the earthworms exposed to dazomet 98% GR and metam-sodium 25% SL were died to show their high risk, while no serious adverse effects were observed in the soil treated with 15 pesticides, calcite 95% WP, calcium polysulfide 36% CF, chlorothalonil 75% WP, daminozide 85% WP, dichlonil 6.7% GR, etridiazole 25% EC, fosetyl-Al 80% WP, glyphosate 41 % SL, hymexazol 30% SL, iprodione 50% WP, machine oil 95% EC, mancozeb 75% WP, propineb 70% WP, terbuthylazine 80% WP and triazophos 40% EC. In case of thiophanate-methyl 70% WP, copper hydroxide 77% WP, dimethoate 46% EC, tolclofos-methyl 50% WP and propamocarb hydrochloride 67% SL, any effect did not show clearly, suggesting an additional subchronic toxicity study. The risk of thiophanate-methyl 70% WP to earthworm was estimated high, considering its subchronic effect, while effects of copper hydroxide 77% WP, dimethoate 46% EC, tolclofos-methyl 50% WP and propamocarb hydrochloride 67% SL to earthworms were negligible, considering no adverse effects in subchronic tests.

농약의 지렁이에 대한 위해성 평가

주요 토양 처리용 농약 (10종 원제)의 지렁이에 대한 급성독성시험을 실시하여 노출을 고려한 위해성을 평가한 결과 paraquat dichloride와 pendimethalin은 지렁이에 대한 위해성이 무시할 수 있는 수준으로, benfuracarb, cadusafos, chlorpyrifos-methyl, endosulfan, isazofos, parathion 등 6종은 위해성이 낮은 것으로 그리고 imidacloprid와 phorate는 위해성이 높은 것으로 평가하고 번식독성시험이 필요한 것으로 판단되었다. 토양중 추정농도가 높은 22종 제품농약의 경우 인공토양을 이용한 독성시험 결과 dazomet 98% GR과 metam-sodium 25 % SL은 기준량 및 배량처리구에서 모두 치사하여 지렁이에 대한 영향이 높은 것으로, calcite 95% WP, calcium polysulfide 36% CF, chlorothalonil 75% WP, daminozide 85% WP, dichlonil 6.7% GR, etridiazole 25% EC, fosetyl-Al 80% WP, glyphosate 41% SL, hymexazo1 30% SL, iprodione 50% WP, machine oil 95% EC, mancozeb 75% WP, metam-sodium 25% SL, propineb 70% WP, terbuthylazine 80% WP, triazophos 40% EC는 지렁이에 대한 영향이 없는 것으로 나타났으나, thiophanate-methyl 70% WP, copper hydroxide 77% WP, dimethoate 46% EC, tolclofos-methyl 50% WP 및 propamocarb hydrochloride 67% SL 등 5 농약은 영향여부가 불분명하여 아만성독성시험을 수행한 결과 thiophanate-methy1 70% WP는 기준량 이상 처리시 지렁이에 치사 등 영향을 나타냈으나, copper hydroxide 77% WP, dimethoate 46% EC, tolclofos-methyl 50% WP 및 propamocarb hydrochloride 67% SL는 지렁이에 대한 영향이 낮은 것으로 조사되었다.