• Proceedings of the KSEEG Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.226-229
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• 2003

산업이 발달하고 도시화가 진행됨에 따라 다양한 형태의 중금속들이 인위적으로 생성, 배출되며 이들은 대기, 물 등의 이동 매체를 통하여 대기권, 수권, 토양권을 포함하는 지구화학적 환경으로 광범위하게 분산된다 이러한 중금속은 토양 오염 및 수질오염을 유발시키며 특히 토양과 분진 중의 중금속오염은 심각한 환경 오염현상 중의 하나이다. 도시에서의 분진 및 토양에 산재된 중금속류의 성질은 산업활동량, 인구밀집도, 자동차, 폐기물 등에 따라 그 원인이 다양하다. (중략)

• 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.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.253-262
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• 1995

The heavy metal contents of soils which had been contaminated with mine residues and green onion and lettuce which were grown on these soils were analyzed. The results obtained are summarized as follows: 1. Heavy metal contents in the soil where green onion and lettuce died back or were poor in growth were unusually high. 2. Heavy metal contents in the plants grown in the soil of high level of metals were also high, in the order of root > leaf > stem. In case of Mn, however, the content was the highest in the leaf. 3. Contents of Cd, Cu, Zn and Ni in soil were positively correlated with those in plant. In case of Pb, there was no consistent relationship between the contents in soil and plant. 4. Even in the soils where plant growth appeared to be normal the heavy metal contents both in soil and in plant were higher than the national average.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.280-291
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• 2007

Much research has been conducted in the field of phytoremediation since the discovery of the range of plants known as hyperaccumulators. Research has focused simultaneously on elucidating the mechanism of metal(loid) accumulation and development of practical techniques to enhance accumulation efficiency. To date, it is generally understood that there are five specific mechanisms employed by hyperaccumulating plant species that are either not or under utilized by non-hyperaccumulators. These include 1) enhanced metal(loid)s uptake through the root cell, 2) enhanced translocation in plant tissue, 3) detoxification and sequestration, 4) enhanced metal availability in soil:root interface, and 5) active root foraging toward metal(loid) enriched soils. Among these mechanisms, understanding of the plant-root effect on metal(loid) dynamics and subsequent plant uptake is vital to overcome the inherit limitation of phytoremediation caused by low metal(loid) solubility in soils. Plant roots can influence the soil chemistry in the rhizosphere through changes in pH and exudation of organic compounds such as low-molecular-weight organic acids (LMWOAs) which consequently change metal(loid) solubility. The decrease in soil pH by plant release of $H^+$ results in increased metal solubility. Elevated levels of organic compounds in response to high metal soil concentrations by plant exudation may also increases metal concentration in soil solution through formation of organometallic complexes.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.24-27
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• 1999

When red pepper was cultivated in the polluted soil with heavy metals, the content of these heavy metals affected. The contents of heavy metals at a site near Zinc mine dump in the Youngyang area were very high compared with those in a normal area and it was highest in 2.0km site. followed 2.5km > 3.0km apart from Zinc mine dump. The growth of red pepper was remarkably poor and the contents of heavy metals in polluted soil were higher than in unpolluted soil. The relationship between the content of Zn, Cu, Pb, Cd, As and the growth of red pepper was negatively correlated, respectively. A higher correlation seemed to exist among the content of Zn.Cu, Cd, As in soil, of Zn, Cd, and As in red pepper. The result indicated that heavy metals were absorbed and accumulated by plants grown in the polluted area.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.342-346
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• 1997

Contents of heavy metals in paddy soils and brown rice of near the Kunsan industrial complex area were investigated. Average total heavy metal contents in paddy soils were Pb 34.33, Cd 0.50, Cu 35.49, and Zn 71.67 mg/kg respectively. There are no correlation between distances from industrial complex and contents of heavy metals in paddy soils. Average contents of heavy metals in brown rice grown above paddy soil were Pb 1.74, Cd 0.07, Cu 3.54, and Zn 16.53 mg/kg. Relationships between 0.1N HCl soluble heavy metals in paddy soils and contents of brown rice showed positive significant correlations for Pb at l% $level(r=0.6853^{**})$ and for Zn at 5% $level(r=0.5420^*)$. Relationships between total contents of heavy metals in paddy soils and contents of brown rice showed only positive significant correlation for Pb at 1% $level(r=0.7131^{**})$. Contents of heavy metals in paddy soils and brown rice of near the Kunsan industrial complex was polluted partly by the influence of smoke and dust out from industrial complex but not polluted anxious level

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.55-64
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• 2008

A detailed understanding and appreciation of the important mechanisms operating at the soil:root interface, commonly identified as the rhizosphere, is critical for evaluating the potential for particular plant species to be successfully used as part of a phytoremediation technique. For specific plants, mechanisms may exist to overcome the inherit limitation of the phytoremediation technique when poorly mobile soil metals are of interest. In the present study, the influence of root exudates on the rhizosphere chemistry of soil and consequential metal uptake were investigated following culture of vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanioides), recognized as a promising plant for land stabilization, in three different long-term contaminated soils and one non-contaminated control soil. The soil solution pH increased (0.3-1.1 units) following vetiver grass culture and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) also significantly increased in all soils with the highest increase in PP02 (23 to $173mg\;L^{-1}$). Chemical changes are contributed to root exudation by vetiver grass when exposed to high concentration of heavy metals. Chemical changes, consequently, influenced metal (Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn) solubility and speciation in the rhizosphere. The highest solubility was observed for soil Ko01 (eg. 2091 and $318{\mu}g\;L^{-1}$ for Cd and Pb, respectively). Initial heavy metal solubility in soils varied with soil and either increased or decreased following vetiver grass culture depending on the soil type. An increase in pH following plant culture generally resulted in a decrease in metal solubility, while elevated DOC due to root exudation resulted in an increase in metal solubility via the formation of metal-DOC complexes. Donnan speciation demonstrated a significant decrease in free Cd and Zn in the rhizosphere and the concentration of Cd, Pb, and Zn in vetiver grass shoot was highly correlated with soluble concentration rather than total soil metal concentration.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.42 no.2
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• pp.65-69
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• 2009

We studied to compare the fractionation patterns of Ni, Cu, Zn in Jeju volcanic ash soils and to elucidate the uptakes of them by Pakchoi(Brassica campestris var. chinensis). Fractionation patterns of soils by sequential extraction method were different and make to distinguish from various soil types. In Pakchoi, the transfer rates of Ni, Cu, Zn from root to shoot were also different by metal types. There are low corelation between fractional contents in soil and contents in plants of trace elements except for exchangeable Zn. It is needed to develop novel methods for the assessment soil Ni in relation to plant uptake because of poor corelation.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.241-250
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• 1994

This research was carried out to investigate how the growth of corn was affected by the heavy metal contents in soils near the old zinc-mining sites, by analyzing correlation between the growth of corn and heavy metal contents in soils collected from Yonghari Ilwoulmyun YongyangGun in Kyeongpook province in 1993. The results obtained were summarized as follows. 1. The contents of heavy metals such as Zn, Cu, Pb, Cd, and as in the Youngyang area were very high compared with those in a normal area. Heavy metal contents in soils collected from $2.0{\sim}2.5Km$ distance from the mining area were the highest, and those from 3.0 Km than those from 1.5 Km were even higher. 2. For heavy metal contents in leaves of all surveyed crops, Zn, Pb, Cu and As were the highest in soybean, followed by corn and rice. 3. Growth parameters of corn in polluted fields were comparatively poor and heavy metal contents in soils of the respective sites were higher than those in fields where rice was cultivated 8 years ago and irrigation was not done previously. 4. Heavy metal contents in the leaf part of corn plant showed a similar tendency to those in soils, being the highest among the different parts of corn plant, and they were in the decreasing order of Zn > Cu > As > Cd > Pb in each part. But the differences of metal contents in each part varied. 5. Generally, a negative relationship existed between the growth of corn and heavy metal contents in soil, of which Cu and Pb were significantly correlated with plant height, ear height, diameter of stem, ear length and yield of corn. 6. There existed a positive correlation between the contents of Pb,Cd and As in soils and those in the different parts of corn plant. The higher contents of Pb, Cd, and As in soil, the more those in corn plant incressed. The contents of Pb and As in corn grains showed a highly significant positive correlation with Cd and As contents in soils.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.43 no.5
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• pp.674-683
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• 2010

The current study was performed to examine the agricultural suitability of the cultivated upland nearby abandoned mining areas in Korea using three different scientific risk assessment models of Korea, USA and UK. For this, three mining sites DM, MG and KS were selected among 687 abandoned mines through preliminary risk assessment. A wide range of parameters were obtained through analysis of both soil and crop samples from the selected areas for heavy metal concentration and questionnaires to the communities along with the selected mining sites. Heavy metal concentration in soil samples was lower than the values previously reported by the Ministry of Environment (ME, 2002). However, both As and Cd concentration in the soil samples exceeded the concern level for agricultural area of the Soil Environment Conservation Act. Judging from the contaminant criteria for the crops, only Zn level in pepper, soybean and corn from the mining area DM exceeded the criteria whereas As, Cd, $Cr^{6+}$, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb did not exceed the criteria. It was demonstrated that there would be human health risk by Pb accumulated in crops from both mining areas MG and KS when estimated by the risk assessment models of Korea and USA. Against it, results of the risk assessment model of UK showed human health risk by Pb in the crops from all study areas.