• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.34-44
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• 2019

해양에서의 이용행위가 최근 사회발전에 따라 점차 대형화, 다양화되고 있으며 이에 따라 해양생태계가 가지는 환경용량을 넘어서 해양생태계의 복원력 및 저항성, 항성상 등이 훼손 또는 저하되고 있다. 이로 인해서 생태계가 가지는 본연의 기능을 발휘하지 못하게 되고 이는 생태계의 서비스와 가치 하락으로 이어진다. 이에 따라 훼손된 생태계를 다시 건강한 생태계로 회복하고자 하는 인식이 증가하고 있으며 그 수단으로써 복원이 관심을 받고 있다. 복원사업이 점차 확대되는 시점에서, 복원사업의 해역이용협의 및 영향평가를 시행함에 있어 발생할 수 있는 다양한 문제점과 앞으로 나아가야 할 방향에 대해서 점검할 필요가 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 복원과 관련된 용어를 연구논문 및 보고서를 통해서 복원의 개념을 정리하였고 복원사업과 관련된 해역이용협의 검토 상황 및 복원사업의 현황을 살펴보았다. 또한, 복원사업을 성공적으로 이끌어 갈 수 있도록 해역이용협의서 상의 문제점을 사례조사를 통해서 고찰하였다. 이를 토대로 복원사업의 해역이용협의 및 영향평가에 있어 개선방안을 제시하고자 하였다. 이는 향후 정책 및 계획 수립 등에 있어 유용한 정보를 제공할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.83-96
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• 2005

Brominated flame retardants have the market share of 40%, comparing others because of their low cost and highly effective retardation against the flame. However, their toxic effects in human and properties of the accumulation in the environments have been issued among the international organization such as EU, OECD and etc. It, therefore, was surveyed the classification, toxic effects, and the usage of Brominated flame retardants, the trends for their managements in the world and Korea, and their contaminated levels in Korean Peninsula. In addition, the management directions for them were proposed. Penta, octa, and deca-BDE among brominated retardants will seem to be prohibited by the regulation as a flame retardants for plastics in Europe because of their toxic effects. Although Penta and Octa BDEs was used marginally in Korea, deca-BDE was 27% of brominated flame retardants (49,050 ton) which had been used in 2002. However, risk assessment for brominated retardants might not launched in Korea, yet. These reports demonstrate that toxic brominated retardants such as PBDEs will be assessed for their usage and the level of contamination in the environment in the area of the point sources like the industrial areas, incinerators and etc. However, the law to regulate the hazardous chemicals seems not to be dictated the monitoring of their contamination in the environment. We, therefore, suggest how to evaluate and to monitor the toxic contaminants with EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) and LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) system. Further, to establish the management system of BFRs (such as the monitering of contamination levels in environments, life cycle assessment, and risk assessment for the toxic chemicals), It can be recommended the law to deal with the method analyzing chemicals will be established, which contains QA/QC (Quality Assurance and Quality Control) to evaluate the analytic capability of the companies to prepare EIS (Environment Impact Statement) or other institutes for analyzing chemicals.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.102-110
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• 2010

Personal exposure relies on characteristics of time activity patterns of the population of concern as human activities impact the timing, location, and level of personal exposure. The information about time spent in microenvironments plays a critical role for personal exposure to air pollutants. It is useful to determine the precise times of the day that the subjects are in certain locations or engaging in specific activities because exposure to some air pollutants can depend on temporal trends. This study investigated time activity pattern for workers of Korean population over 19 years old with 8,778 workers in weekday. The residential indoor times were 12 hours. Time activity was different by gender and the mean times stayed at home in weekday were 12.9 hours in female and 11.42 hours in male, respectively. The major factors on residential indoor time and workplace time were age, monthly income, occupation and industry type, work position, education, and gender. Considering shorter than those in other countries, Korean workers spent less time at home after the working hours. Determinants of time activity pattern need to be taken into account in exposure assessment, epidemiological analyses, exposure simulations, as well as in the development of preventive strategies. Since there are substantial difference of Korean worker activity pattern, this information can be critical for exposure assessment in Korea.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.394-401
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• 2018

본 연구는 환경영향평가의 생태면적률의 인구, 지역, 사업 유형, 총 사업면적에 따른 경향성을 분석하였다. 생태면적률은 총대지면적 중 생태적 기능이 있는 토지면적의 비율로, 생태계 보존과 개발된 단지에서 생활하는 시민들의 건강과 삶의 질에 중요한 요소이다. 현재 환경영향평가에서는 가중치가 고려된 생태면적과 총 사업면적의 비로 생태면적률을 산출하며, 각 사업 유형 별로 최소 목표 생태면적률을 제시하여 최소한의 생태면적을 확보하도록 하고 있다. 경향성에 대한 평가는 도시의 개발, 산업입지 및 산업단지 조성, 관광단지 개발, 폐기물처리시설 및 분뇨처리시설의 설치 사업 등 총 4가지 사업에 대하여 총 55개의 표본을 근거로 하였다. 본 연구는 경향성을 분석한 결과 인구에 대한 고려가 반영된 척도, 사업빈도와 지역 전체를 고려한 생태면적률 조정, 그리고 최소달성치 달성 여부에 대한 규제 강화를 통해 현 제도를 개선해야 한다는 결론을 얻었다. 본 연구 이후로 더 많은 수의 데이터를 포함한 광범위한 연구와, 구체적 제도개선에 대한 연구가 후속되어야 한다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.150-156
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• 2018

As the types and usage of chemical increase, modern countries should protect their health and environment from the risk of hazardous chemical. Chemical accidents not only affect humans but also cause huge losses to the environment. Moreover, since its effects do not end in a short period of time, it is necessary to identify the extent of the damage and establish a prevention and response system in advance. In 2015, the Chemical Substances Management Act provided a system for assessing the impact on the people and the environment around the workplace. However, it is difficult to quantitatively evaluate the impact on environmental factors such as vegetation and aquatic, with the current hazard assessment methods. The purpose of this study is to analyze the quantitative risk of environmental receptors. This study improved the existing risk assessment formula by using the environmental vulnerability index and established the end point concentration criterion which can estimate the damage range to environmental media. To verify the results of the study, a virtual accident scenario was selected and a case study was conducted. As a result, the extent of impact on the environmental medium can be calculated, and the degree of environmental risk of the zone can be quantified through the risk analysis considering the environmental vulnerability. This study is expected to increase the reliability of the reliability of the existing risk anaylsis method beacause it is a risk analysis method that can be applied when the environmental factors are absolutely necessary and when the residents and environment are complex.

• 한국에너지공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국에너지공학회 2004년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.353-358
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• 2004

In recent, the trends in national energy Policy are established in the context of the integrated risk estimation for various national electricity generating options. The approach takes account of health, environmental, economic, and social aspects of electricity generation systems. In the present work, nuclear, coal, and LNG sources are chosen because these hold more than 90% of national total electricity generation in a descending order. A life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology is used for comparing environmental impacts of these options during the life cycle such as construction, operation as well as disposal stages. Here, the LCA consists of life cycle inventory analysis, classification/selection process of impact categories, characterization process, and normalization process of each category. LCA can be an useful tool for environmental impact assessment of future national energy options. At the planning stage of future energy Policies, the results of LCA would be taken into consideration. According to data update at the construction and disposal stages, the LCA needs to be conducted iteratively.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제17권
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• pp.17-24
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• 2001

Risk assessment is useful tool making good decisions on the risks of certain hazardous com-pound and suggests safe margin through scientific process using toxicological data, statistical tool, exposure value and relevant variants. The goal of risk management is to protect the public health from hazardous compound based on result of risk assessment having reality. For the suggestion of exact man-aging information, risk assessment must be designed to represent a "plausible estimate" of the exposure to the individuals and to minimize uncertainty. Risk assessment methodology and knowledge are expected to change more rapidly than before and up-to-date methodology should be applied in regulatory aspects through the Agency. For the useful application of risk assessment, the communication between the risk assessor and the risk manager is needed before the initiation of the risk assessment and upon its completion. Generally, the risk assessment itself as a practical tool in the regulatory decision making process would be regarded with social economic impact.ic impact.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.145-155
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• 2002

A substantial literatures on environmental risk perception have emerged since the late 1960s. Most these works focus on how people form risk perception, on what people believe, on difficulties in communicating information about health, safety, or environmental risks to non-experts. In this study, questionnaire surveys were conducted to sample from stakeholders(general public, environmental specialist, governmental official, non-government officials, journalist) during March and Aprils, 2000. Total number of responses was 1,803 including 773 persons of general public, 353 experts, 390 governmental officials, 111 journalists and 176 NGO members. Risk perception on 26 environmental issues were statistically analyzed to relate with the need to regulate each issues, interest and knowledge, experience of hazard, satisfaction in environmental situation, etc. This research aims to aid risk analysis and policy-making by providing a basis for understanding and anticipating group responses to environmental issues and improving the communication of risk information among general public, lay-people, technical experts, and decision-makers. This study concludes that those who are in charge of promoting and regulating health and safety of citizens should understand how people perceive about and respond to environmental risk. Without such understanding, well-intended environmental policies of governments would be ineffective.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.433-446
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• 2007

환경영향평가는 대규모 개발사업을 대상으로, 계획 확정후 사업 실시단계에서 개발사업 시행에 따른 환경영향 저감방안을 중점 검토하는 제도인데, 사전환경성검토는 행정계획과 환경상 민감지역의 소규모 개발사업을 대상으로, 계획 확정 이전단계에서 환경적 측면에서 입지나 개발의 적정성 타당성을 사전에 검토하는 제도이다. 사전환경성검토는 2006년 6월부터 대상 행정계획을 구체적 개발사업의 상위 행정계획으로 확대하고, 계획의 적정성, 입지의 타당성을 미리 검토할 수 있도록 하고, 검토과정에서 주민, 전문가, 시민단체 등 이해관계자의 의견수렴을 거치도록 하는 전략환경평가 체제로 개편됨으로써, 환경갈등이나 사회 경제적 문제를 예방할 수 있는 기반을 보다 강화하였다. 환경부 주관의 사전환경성검토가 전략환경평가를 강화하는 동안 건설교통부가 중장기기본계획에 대한 전략환경평가를 시행하기 시작하였다. 우리나라의 전략환경평가는 건설교통부와 환경부가 전략환경평가를 별도로 운영하는 데 따른 비효율성, 국토계획과 환경계획의 연계성 부족, 선거공약으로 제안된 대규모 개발계획 등에 대한 객관적 환경평가의 어려움 등의 문제를 가지고 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 전략환경평가제도의 정립을 위해, 환경정책패러다임의 변천, 환경영향평가와 사전환경성검토의 발전, 전략환경평가의 현황과 선거공약으로 제안된 대규모 개발계획에 대한 전략환경평가의 한계 등을 고찰한 후, 전략환경평가제도의 발전방향과 개발계획과 환경계획의 연계통합방안을 모색하고자 한다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.301-313
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• 2010

Growth promoters including hormonal substances and antibiotics are used legally and illegally in food producing animals for the growth promotion of livestock animals. Hormonal substances still under debate in terms of their human health impacts are estradiol-$17\beta$, progesterone, testosterone, zeranol, trenbolone, and melengestrol acetate (MGA). Many of the risk assessment results of natural steroid hormones have presented negligible impacts when they are used under good veterinary practices. For synthetic hormonelike substances, ADIs and MRLs have been established for food safety along with the approval of animal treatment. Small amounts of antibiotics added to feedstuff present growth promotion effects via the prevention of infectious diseases at doses lower than therapeutic dose. The induction of antimicrobial resistant bacteria and the disruption of normal human intestinal flora are major concerns in terms of human health impact. Regulatory guidance such as ADIs and MRLs fully reflect the impact on human gastrointestinal microflora. However, before deciding on any risk management options, risk assessments of antimicrobial resistance require large-scale evidence regarding the relationship between antimicrobial use in food-producing animals and the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in human pathogens. In this article, the risk profiles of hormonal and antibacterial growth promoters are provided based on recent toxicity and human exposure information, and recommendations for risk management to prevent human health impacts by the use of growth promoters are also presented.