• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.3-12
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• 1980

Certain heavy metals which may lead peoples to poisonous status are widely used in industry and their uses have been increasing along with rapid industrialization of this country. Such an increasement of metal uses aggravates the status of environmental pollution affecting foodstuffs which are the most important life supporting factor of animal and humanbeing. Concerning the safety measures to minimize food-borne transmission of such hazardous metals, surveillance is the backbone of them and probably more so with a potential problem such as intoxication. Theoretically, this surveillance should include the determination of levels of heavy metal toxicants in foods, the determination of food consumption patterns and typical total diet, and the estimation of total load of the metal contaminant from all sources of exposure including air, water, and occupational sources. In recent year, actually, such estimates on the total daily intake of some heavy metals from foods have been made in several developed countries and a wide variation of date by season, locality, and research method was recognized. Also in this country, this kind of research data is vitally needed to make up for the serious shortage or lack of references to estimate the total amount of heavy metal intake of the people. In this study, a modification model for estimation of the total daily intake of cadmium copper, nickel, zinc, and lead through foods was applied and concentrations of the above metals in crops cultivated in this country were measured with atomic absorption spectro photometer to get the following results. 1. Level of heavy metal concentration in crops Generally, the levels of such metals in essential crops such as rice, cucumber, radish. chinese cabbage, apple, pear, grape, and orange are similar or lower than those in Japan and other developed countries. By the way, a striking result on cadmium concentration was increasement of its concentration in rice from $0{\sim}0.035ppm$ in 1970 to 0.11ppm in this study. However, the value is still far below the. Japanese Permissible Lebel of 1.0ppm. 2. Estimation of total daily intake per capita from foods A new model for estimation was devised utilizing levels of metal concentration in foods, amount of food consumed, and other food factors. Based on the above method, the daily intake of cadmium was estimated to be $70.53{\mu}g/man/day$ in average which was as high as the Limit Value of ILO/WHO(up to $71.4{\mu}g/man/day$). Also, 3.89mg of Zinc, 1.65mg of cuppor, 0.32mg of lead were given as the total daily intake per capita by this research. 3. Efficacy of washing or skinning to decrease the amount of metals in crops After washing the crops sufficiently with commercial linear alkylate sulfonate, the concentration of heavy metals could be reduced to $50{\sim}80%$ showing decreasement rate of $20{\sim}50%$. Also, after skinning the fruits, decreasement rate of the heavy metal concentration shelved $0{\sim}50%$.

• 통합자연과학논문집
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.130-136
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• 2011

This study investigated the adsorption characteristics of nickel, zinc and cadmium ions from the aqueous solution onto the alginate bead. Adsorption equilibrium capacities of the heavy metal ions increased with increasing initial pH of the solution. The adsorption equilibrium isotherm of the heavy metal ions was well represented by Langmuir equation. The magnitude of adsorption capacity of the heavy metal ions onto alginate bead was the order of cadmium > zinc > nickel. Kinetic parameters were measured in a batch adsorber to analyze the adsorption rates of the heavy metal ions. The internal diffusion coefficient of the heavy metal ions in the intraparticle were determined by comparing the experimental concentration curves with those predicted from the surface diffusion model (SDM) and pore diffusion model (PDM). The internal diffusion of the heavy metal ions in the intraparticles was explained by PDM.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.239-244
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• 2009

In this study, to stabilize the heavy metal in the contaminated soils, the column leaching test based on rainfall and pH value was performed by using coal mine drainage sludge(CMDS): which was generated during electrical purification of abandoned coal mine wastewater. Four types of testing column were used in this study. That were the CMDS and the heavy metal contaminated soils well mixed in 0 wt%, 1 wt%, 3 wt% and 3 wt% layered column. According to the investigation, when the influent pH was $5.5{\sim}6.2$, there were no heavy metal elution at all conditions, and when the influent pH was $3{\sim}3.3$, the order of Cu, Zn, Pb, Cr elution concentration was 3 wt% M(mixed)<3 wt% S(separation)<1 wt% M<0 wt% and the average elution concentration was quite low, the value was 0.005 mg/L. Therefore, CMDS can used as new stabilizer of the heavy metal in the contaminated soils.

• 환경정책연구
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.119-132
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• 2013

도시 내 중금속 오염지에 대한 정화방법의 하나인 식물정화재배(phytoremediation)의 효용성을 검증하기 위해 자생 지피식물인 비비추를 대상으로 실험을 수행하였다. 카드뮴(Cd), 납(Pb), 아연(Zn)의 중금속을 중심으로 각각 네가지 농도로(0, 100, 250, $500mg{\cdot}kg^{-1}$) 처리한 무배수용기에 비비추를 식재한 후 7개월간 식물과 토양 내 중금속 변화량을 살펴보았다. 비비추 지상부에서의 카드뮴(Cd)과 납(Pb)은 처리농도가 증가할수록 검출량도 증가하였으나, 아연(Zn)은 감소되었다. 지하부에서는 아연(Zn), 카드뮴(Cd), 납(Pb)처리가 고농도일수록 검출량도 높아지는 경향을 보였다. 식물체 지상부와 지하부간의 축적률인 TF(transportation factor)의 경우, 대부분 중금속 처리에서 80% 이상을 지하부에서 축적하는 것으로 나타났다. 토양 내 중금속의 제거량은 세 가지 중금속 모두 처리농도가 높을수록 비례적으로 증가하였다. 식물체와 토양 내 중금속 농도비인 BF(bioaccumulation factor)의 경우 아연(Zn)이 낮은 반면, 카드뮴(Cd), 납(Pb)의 경우 토양에서 식물체에 의한 축적률이 30% 이상인 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 반응은 오염된 토양에서 식물은 생육이 가능한 한계까지만 활성화할 수 있는 낮은 농도의 중금속을 선택적으로 축적하려는 것으로 판단되며, 지속적인 정화효과를 위해서는 생육과 축적이 가능한 저농도 중금속 오염지를 정화방법으로 적용될 수 있으리라 본다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.93-98
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• 2012

This study has attempted to establish an analysis method through validation against heavy metals in the body (Pb, Cd and Hg) using ICP-MS and Gold amalgamation and find out the relevance between heavy metal and Alzheimer's disease after analyzing the distribution of heavy metal concentration (Pb, Cd and Hg) and correlations between a control group and Alzheimer's disease group. In this study, Pb and Cd levels in the blood and serum were validation using ICP-MS. For analysis of Hg levels in the blood and serum, the gold amalgamation-based 'Direct Mercury Analyzer' has been used. According to an analysis on the heavy metal concentration (Pb, Cd and Hg concentration) in the blood, Cd concentration was high in the Alzheimer's disease group. In the serum, on the contrary, Pb and Hg were high in the Alzheimer's disease group. For analysis of correlations between heavy metal levels in the blood and serum and Alzheimer's disease, t-test has been performed. Even though correlations were observed between the blood lead levels and Alzheimer's disease, they were statistically insignificant because the concentration was higher in a control group. No significance was found in Cd and Hg. In the serum, on the other hand, no statistical significance was found between the heavy metal (Pb, Cd and Hg) and Alzheimer's disease. In this study, no statistical significance was observed between heavy metal and decrease in cognitive intelligence. However, it appears that a further study needs to be performed because the results of the conventional studies were inconsistent.

• 생태와환경
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.175-183
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 국내 46개 호소의 퇴적물 내 중금속 오염도와 이화학적 수질 및 물리적 환경과의 상관분석을 통해 호소 퇴적물 내 중금속 성분과 전반적인 환경요인과의 관계를 확인하였다. 또한 호소를 중금속 오염도에 따라 분류하고, 유형별로 유역 내 오염원을 분석하였다. 상관분석 결과, 해발고도가 높은 곳에 위치하거나 대형 호소일수록 중금속 오염도가 높았다. 군집분석 결과, 국내 호소는 총 5개 그룹으로 분류되었다. 그룹 1은 PLI (오염부하계수)가 2.3 이상으로 매우 높게 나타나 전체적으로 퇴적물 중금속 오염도가 가장 심각하였으며 특히 As, Cd에 의한 중금속 독성 피해 가능성이 매우 높았다. 그룹 2와 3은 PLI 평균이 각각 0.73, 0.60가량으로 중금속 오염 수준이 전반적으로 양호하였다. 그룹 4의 PLI는 약 0.8로 Ni에 의한 오염도가 높게 나타났으며 그룹 5는 PLI 1.0 이상으로 퇴적물 중금속 오염이 심각하였으며 특히 Pb, Cu, Cr, Ni, Hg에 의한 오염도가 높았다. 퇴적물 내 중금속 오염도가 높았던 그룹 1과 그룹 5는 호소 유역 내 전체 광산 및 석탄, 은, 납 광산의 분포 밀도 또한 높은 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 호소의 규모가 크고 상류에 위치할수록 광산의 영향을 많이 받으며 중금속 오염에 취약할 것으로 사료된다. 본 연구 결과는 우리나라에 분포하고 있는 호소에 대한 전반적인 오염 유형 및 오염원에 대한 기초 자료를 제공함으로써 호소 퇴적물 내 중금속에 대한 체계적 관리에 기여할 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.481-494
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• 1996

This study was performed to investigate the relationship between concentrations of heavy metals in sediment and the depths of 27 sampling sites along the West Nakdong river in downstream of Nakdong River. The deepest site was Kangdong bridge nearby 20ft. From here, the depth was shallowed to Chidong gradually. In each site the smaller mesh was, the liger concentration of heavy metal becomed. Concentration of Zn, Cd, Cr and Cu at inflow point of Shinoe stream was 576.016 ppm, 262.307 ppm, 68.674 ppm and 61.634 ppm, respectively, the concentration was the higest at this point. From here, it was lowered gradually. The concentration of heavy metal at inflow point of Joman river was 155.328 ppm, 56.485 ppm, 25.200 ppm and 31.172 ppm, respectively, those concentrations were liger than other points with the exception of Shinoe stream. Therefore, woman river and Shinoe stream were the major source of pollution in West Nakdong river. Among two sources Shinoe stream was more important source of pollution. West Nakdong river has become lake by Noksan floodgate because it's pollution has had influence on Bonglim.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.186-191
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• 1998

This study was investigated the distributions of heavy metal concentration in a soil near abandoned mine in Chung thong Nam Do. The abandoned mines were Gubong gold mine and Sinsung coal mine. The results were as follows : 1) The concentration of As and Pb in Gubong mine were 309.2mg/kg and 1163.5mg/kg, that is exceeded the countermeasure criteria. Cadmium concentration was 14.70mg/kg, that is exceeded anxiety criteria. But all items in Sinsung coal mine was detected below criteria. 2) The heavy metals contamination of riverbed soil by gold mine showed higher than coal mine. 3) The heavy metals contamination in the vicinal paddy and dry field soil area was higher than other mine. Arsenic concentration was 29.29mg/kg, that is exceeded the anxiety criteria as 10.22mg/kg.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.341-354
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• 2002

Heavy metal concentration/distribution in sediments and bivalves from the tidal flats in Saemankeum coastal area, western Korea, were investigated, Among 6 sampling sites, S2, S5 and S6 showed the higher levels of Zn, Cr, Ni, Cu and Cd contamination and S1 did the higher level of Pb contamination than other sites, while S-4 showed the lowest levels of these metal contamination. Overally, the levels of Zn, Cu and Pb concentrations in Sinonovacula constricta were estimated to be relatively high. The shell lengths of the collected mussels were linearly related to their dry weights of the whole soft parts, but the mussels collected from S3 were in a poor nutrition, resulting in the distinctively high levels of metal concentrations in the body. It was shown that in S. constricta, Cr, Ni, Cu and Zn are distributed equally into the whole soft parts or a little more into the flesh, after absorption, while Fe, Cd, Pb and Mn are transferred more into the non-flesh parts than into the flesh parts. In S. constricta, the heavy metal concentrations in the flesh increase with those in the whole soft parts. The bioaccumulation factors(heavy metal concentration in S. constricta/heavy metal concentration in sediment) showed that, of the examined metals, Cd is the most cumulative in the body of S. constricta, followed by Zn and Cu, while Mn, Cr, Ni and Pb are not cumulative.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.393-397
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• 1999

Among various reactions which metal sulfides can undergo in the reducing environment, the lattice exchange reaction was examined in a attempt to selectively remove heavy metal ions contained in the Fe-Coagulants acid solution. We have examined Zeta potential along with pHs to investigate surface characteristics of ${FeS}_{(s)}$. As a result of this experiment, zero point charge(ZPC) of FeS is pH 7 and zeta potential which resulted from solid solution reaction between Pb(II) and ${FeS}_{(s)}$ is similar to that of ${PbS}_{(s)}$. Solubility characteristics of ${FeS}_{(s)}$ is appeared to that dissolved Fe(II) concentration increased in less than pH 4, and also increased with increasing heavy metal concentration. Various heavy metal ions(Pb(II), Cu(II), Zn(II)) contained in Fe-coagulants acid solution were removed selectively more than ninety-five percent in the rang of pH 2.5~10 by ${FeS}_{(s)}$. From the above experiments, therefore, We could know that the products of reaction between heavy metal ions and $FeS_{(S)}$ are mental sulfide such as $PbS_{(S)}$, $CuS_{(S)}$ and $ZnS_{(S)}$.