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Environmental Pollutants in Streams of Andong District and Insect Immune Biomarker  

Ryoo Keon Sang (Department of Applied Chemistry, Andong National University)
Ko Seong-Oon (Department of Applied Chemistry, Andong National University)
Cho Sunghwan (Department of Agricultural Biology, Andong National University)
Lee Hwasung (Gyeongbuk Government Public Institute Health & Environment)
Kim Yonggyun (Department of Agricultural Biology, Andong National University)
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Korean journal of applied entomology / v.44, no.2, 2005 , pp. 97-108 More about this Journal
Abstract
Samples of water, soil, and sediment were taken from 10 streams near Andong, Korea in May 2004. To assess the degree of environmental pollution of each stream, chemical pollutants such as total notrogen (T-N), total phosphorus (T-P), chemical oxygen demand (COD), heavy metals, organophosphorus pesticides, organochlorine pesticides, and dioxin-like PCB congeners were analyzed by standard process tests or U.S. EPA methods. In addition, biomarkers originated from insect immune systems of beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua, were used to analysis of the environmental samples. Except Waya-chun stream showing T-N content of 9.12 mg/L, most streams were contaminated with relatively low levels of overall pollutants in terms of T-N, T-P, and COD, compared to their acceptable environmental levels designated by the Ministry of Environment. Contents of Pb and Cd in samples of each stream were much lower than environmentally permissible levels. However, several times higherconcentrations of Pb and Cd were found in locations at Mi-chun, Kilan-chun, and Hyunha-chun streams, in comparison with other streams. Diazinon, parathion, and phenthoate compounds among organophosphorus pesticides were detected as concentrations of 0.19, 0.40, and $1.13\;{\mu}g/g$, respectively, from soil sample collected in the vicinity of Mi-chun stream. On the other hand, 16 organochlorine pesticides and 12 dioxin-like PCB congeners, known as endocrine disrupting chemicals, selected in this study were not found above the limit of detection. Biomarker analyses using insect immune responses indicated that Waya-chun stream was suspected as exposure to environmental pollutants. Limitation and compensation of both environmental analysis techniques are discussed.
Keywords
T-N; T-P; COD; Heavy metal; Organophosphorus pesticide; Organochlorine pesticide; Dioxin-like PCB congener; Insect immune; Biomarker;
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