• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2003.05b
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• pp.241-242
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• 2003

울산지역은 1962년 공업 특구로 지정된 후 지난 30년 동안 우리나라의 기간 산업인 석유화학, 제련, 자동차, 조선공업 등 대단히 크고 많은 생산시설이 입주하여 운영 중에 있다. 특히 1974년부터 가동된 온산 국가공업단지에 많은 비철금속관련 업체들이 들어서면서 해양, 토양 뿐 아니라 대기중의 중금속 오염도를 가속 시켜 왔다. 최근 환경부 대기중의 중금속 측정망 분석 결과에 따르면 울산은 국내 여러 공단 도시에 비해 중금속의 오염정도가 매우 심각한 것으로 나타나고 있다. 특히, 온산공단의 대기나 토양의 카드뮴의 오염은 국내 최고치를 나타내고 있다. (중략)

• Journal of Korea Soil Environment Society
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.47-54
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• 1996

Soil pollution indices (SPI) were designed for estimating quality of soil polluted with arsenic and heavy metals. Applying the quality reference value of soil based on its multifunctional purpose was a key step. For considereing multifunctions of soil, soil was classified into 4 groups-agricultural land, residential area, recreational area, factorial site. Then, each concentration of arsenic and each of five heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Hg, Pb, Zn) in soils grouped was transformed to a mathematical value based on the soil quality reference value which may stand for ecological impact. Soil pollution score (SPS) was the addition of the 6 values transformed, and the range of the SPS was divided into 4 Soil Pollution Classes (SPC). The SPC 1, 2, 3, and 4 were SPS <100, SPS 100-200, SPS >200-300, and SPS >300, repectively. SPS and SPC were evaluated with the results of the data from employing the Soil Network of 1994. Based on the soil quality reference values, SPS and SPC of the Soil Network's data were transformed and classified, respectively. Then, SPS and SPC were compared with arsenic and the 5 heavy metal contents of their reference values resulted from the Soil Network's. From this method, soil quality of most of the Soil Network area was estimated to be healthy. However, ca. 3.0~4.0% of the Soil Network area was determined in a range of slightly and heavily polluted. As the mean value of SPS of the Soil Network's was 66.2 which indicates most of soil evaluated was healthy. When the SPSs of the data were divided into 4 groups of SPC, Class 1 (Good quality of soil), Class 2 (Need to be checked area 1), Class 3 (Need to be checked area 2) and Class 4 (Polluted area) were 87.0, 9.4, 2.4, 1.2%, respectively. Using SPI were comparable to those of heavy metal contents in soils, and would be comprehenve to determine the status of soil qulity. Methodology of the developing SPI would be applicable to the other soil pollutants such as organic and inorganics than arsenic and 5 heavy metals used here.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 1996.05a
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• pp.15-33
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• 1996

우리나라의 토양은 지형적인 요인과 토양모재 및 기후적인 조건에 의해 토양에 유입되는 유해물질에 대한 보유력이 낮은 특성으로 인해 외부에서 유입되는 유해 중금속에 대하여 취약한 특성을 가지고 있다. 우리나라 토양의 중금속 자연 함유량은 논토양의 경우 Cd 0.13, Cu 4.15, Pb 4.17, Zn 3.95 mg/kg의 수준이며 밭토양은 Cd 함량이 논토양보다 높은 수치를 보인다. 과수토양은 과거에 중금속이 함유된 영농자재가 투입된 결과로 자연함량을 결정하기 힘드며 매우 높은 중금속 농도를 보인다. 그리고 현재 토양환경보전법이 시행되어 중금속류 및 유해유기물에 대한 오염기준을 제시하고 있다. 토양의 중금속 오염현황은 환경부의 토양오염 측정망에서 금속광산, 제련소, 매립지 부근에서 높은 농도를 나타내고 있으며, 산업폐수 및 생활하수가 관개수로 유입되는 논토양에서 중금속 오염이 우려되고 있다. 제련소 및 금속광산 부근의 토양은 거리에 따라 중금속 농도가 감소하는 경향을 보이고 있으나 인접지역에서는 규제농도에 육박하거나 초과하고 있다. 또한 폐광산 부근에서 생산된 현미 역시 전반적으로 작물재배제한 기준를 초과하지는 않으나 상당 지역이 이 기준을 초과하고 있으며 0.1 M HCl로 침출가능한 Cd 함량과 상관관계를 보인다. 이 상관관계에 의하면 0.1 M HCl로 침출가능한 토양 중 Cd의 양이 5 mg/kg 이면 생산된 현미의 Cd 함량이 1 mg/kg을 초과할 확률은 40%인 반면, 일본 식량청 수거대상인 0.4 mg/kg을 초과할 가능성은 100%로 파악된다. 광명시 가학광산 인근 지역을 대상으로 한 중금속 오염에 대한 대책연구에서는 현미 중 Cd 함량이 0.4 mg/kg을 초과할 가능성이 높은 지역(토양 농도 5 mg/kg)은 최소 20 cm 이상 두께로 객토를 하고, 현미 중 Cd 함량이 0.4 mg/kg 을 초과할 가능성이 낮은 지역은 석회, 규산질 비료, 용성인비, 등을 사용하여 중금속의 용해도를 낮추어 작물이행을 경시키는 것이 바람직한 것으로 판단되었다. 그리고 광미사를 현위치에서 처리하는 방안이 제시되었다.

• Journal of Korea Soil Environment Society
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.55-65
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• 1996

Soil quality of most of Soil Network area was estimated healthy by employing Soil Pollution Indices (Soil Pollution Score and Soil Pollution Class). However, 1.5∼3.7% of the total Soil Network area was determined Soil Pollution Class (SPC) 4 which may need cleanup process due to slight or heavy pollution with arsenics and heavy metals. Numbers of the SPC 4 sites were 9, 47, 19, 17, and 17 in 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, and 1994, respectively During 1987 and 1994, all of SPC 4 sites were identified agricultural land except one in 1994. Soil Pollution Scores (SPSs) was determined high around smelters, metalliferous mines, and industrial sites among the 16 major soil pollution sources of the Soil Network. Also, most area of SPC 4 sites were densely populated in these area of the Soil Network. SPSs of Inchon and Taegu were high among the other major cities and provinces in Korea. Numbers of SPC 4 were high in the province of Kangwon, Kyongbuk, Kyongnam amongst. Cumulative numbers of SPC 4 multiplied by a weighting value 0.3 during 1987 and 1994 of the Soil Network were regressed to develop a model equation for prospecting the soil quality. The model equation was Y= 1.16+0.23x, where as Y is the number of Class 4 and x is the year. Resulting the area of SPC 4 were 4.8%, 6.0%, 6.6% of the Soil Network in the year of 2001, 2006, 2011, respectively Based on this results, the area of SPC 4 would increase 5, 7, and 10 times comparing the area polluted with heavy metals in 1987.

• Journal of Korea Soil Environment Society
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.185-192
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• 1999

To assess the soil quality of Chonan City, soil analyses were conducted according to the 14 different sampling sites. The soil pH of the agricultural area near the expressway was lower than that of the other farming area, which indicated that this acidification was probably attributed to the acid rain caused by the traffic exhaust gas such as SOx and NOx. Acidification was more severe in the dry farming area than in the rice paddy area. All concentration of 6 different heavy metals (As, Cu, Cd, $Cr^{6+}$, Hg, Pb) and organic contaminants (cyanide, organic-p, PCBs, phenols) were found to be lower than the standard of soil pollution. The concentration of BTEX also lower than the standard of soil pollution. An assessment using the SPI (Soil Pollution Index). which was developed to estimate an overall soil quality, was performed. Each SPC (Soil Pollution Score) were evaluated with the results of the data from this study. The soil quality of most area of Chonan City was determined to Class 1 , which indicated that the soil was healthy.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.174-174
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• 2022

수질지수는 여러 수질 데이터 값을 수학적으로 결합하고 다 변수 특성을 줄여 수치 및 등급으로 나타낸 지표이다. 수질지수를 통해 수질을 평가하고 서로 다른 위치와 시간의 수역을 종합적으로 비교할 수 있으며 수자원관리에 있어 정책입안자, 의사결정자, 국민이 수질에 대해 일반적이고 쉽게 이해할 수 있다. 현재 환경부에서는 국내수질자동측정망 최근 12시간 데이터 값을 근거로 실시간수질지수 RTWQI(Real-Time Water Quality)값을 제공한다. 국내 호소에 설치된 수질 자동측정망은 총 8개소이며 매 시간 공통 항목인 수온, pH, DO, 전기전도도, TOC 5개, 선택항목인 탁도, Chl-a, TN, TP, 중금속, 생물감시항목 등 27개를 측정한다. RTWQI는 캐나다에서 2001년에 개발된 CCME WQI(Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment Water Quality Index) 산출식을 기초하였으며 F1(기준치를 위반하는 수질항목의 개수/ 총 수질항목 개수), F2(기준치를 위반한 샘플들의 총 횟수/총 샘플횟수) F3(기준치를 위반한 정도) 3가지의 요소로 계산된다. 그러나RTWQI 산출식의 기초인 CCME WQI는 개발 이후 여러 문제점들은 개선되었으나 F1이 다른 F2, F3 보다 CCME WQI 점수의 기여도가 2배 이상 높은 문제점은 개선하지 못하였다. 본 연구에서는 수질자동측정망이 설치된 2012년 7월부터 2021년 12월 동안 매 시간 별 수질 데이터를 이용하였다. 또한 CCME WQI 문제점을 개선한 MWQI(Modification of Canadian water qaulity index)를 기초하여 실시간 수질지수를 재 산정하였다. 추가적으로 Pearson 상관관계 분석 및 추가 통계분석을 통해 환경부에서 제공하는 기존의 RTWQI, 개선된 실시간수질지수, 한국형 호소수질평가지수 LQI(Lake Water Quality Index)를 비교 및 평가하였다. 이러한 연구를 통해 정확성 높은 수질지수를 찾고 수자원 관리 정책 수립에 적극 활용 될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.556-562
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• 2005

This study was performed to evaluate effects of pH and heavy metals on soil pollution in 167 sites of Gangwon-do. The overall pH range of soils was 4.3~8.4 The average soil pollution of Cd was 0.089 mg/kg (0.000~3.493 mg/kg), Cu 3.093 mg/kg (0.078~60.263 mg/kg), Pb 4.74 mg/kg (0.01~38.08 mg/kg), Hg 0.054 mg/kg (0.002~1.050 mg/kg), and As 0.971 mg/kg (0.031~77.051 mg/kg), but $Cr^{6+}$ was not detected in these soils. The average concentration of heavy metals in these soils was acceptable under the preliminary standard of soil preservation acts in Korea.

• Journal of Environmental Policy
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.83-101
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• 2005

Because of its strong potential for health hazards, the concentration levels of airborne lead (Pb) have been circumscribed by environmental laws in many countries. In this study, we made a comparative study on the environmental behavior of Pb for the acquisition of its distribution characteristics using data sets collected from major cities in Korea for a period of 6 years (1998 through 2003). According to this study, Pb concentration decreased slowly in most industrialized cities of Koreathroughout the whole study. period. In contrast, such temporal signals were not evident in data sets collected from residential, commercial, and grassland areas. Although seasonal patterns generally exhibited the occurrences of high Pb concentration during the spring, results appear to reflect the influence of Asian Dust (AD) in the springtime. The results of our study clearly indicate that Pb distribution is strongly influencedby source types in relation to their land use patterns. Comparison of our Pb data sets with that of other countries indicates that Pb concentration levels obtained from relatively cleaner districts of Korea are still significantly higher than other countries. The results of this analysis generally indicate that Pb concentrations in most areas are affected by the type and strength of man-made activities. Considering that most areas are affected by a variety of pollutants, continuous efforts are needed to control Pb concentrations in the atmosphere.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 1999

Objectives. We conducted this study to obtain basic data of urinary levels of arsenic, cadmium, and zinc in children of Ulsan industrial area and to evaluate the difference in urinary levels of these metals between industrial area and suburban area. Methods. The study subjects were composed of 348(male 182, female 166) school children residing in industrial area and 100(male 50, female 50) school children of suburban area. We analyzed urinary levels of arsenic, cadmium, and zinc using atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Results. The geometric means of urinary level of arsenic, cadmium, and zinc of study participants were 3.69, 0.99, $282.49{\mu}g/l$ respectively. The adjusted geometric means of urinary levels of arsenic, cadmium, and zinc of study participants were 3.92, 1.05, $299.92{\mu}g/g$ creatinine respectively. Conclusions. The children residing in industrial area had the higher urinary levels of arsenic and cadmium than suburban children with statistical significance(p<0.01).

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.27 no.7
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• pp.477-488
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• 2018

In this study, heavy metal levels at the sediment monitoring network site upstream of the Gangjeong-Goryeong weir in the Nakdong River were surveyed from 2012 to 2016. We assessed the sediment pollution level using various pollution indexes based on ICP-MS analysis. The stream sediment pollution assessment standard, established through Regulation No. 687 of the National Institute of Environmental Research (2015), pollution load index (PLI), potential ecological risk index (RI), and mean PEL Quotient (mPELQ) were used to evaluate the sediment pollution level. We verified the representativeness of the monitoring point through the distribution of sedimentation and scour behavior by river bed surveying using anacousticDopplercurrentprofiler.