• 월간산업보건
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• 통권8호
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• pp.4-30
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• 1988

Examination of working environments was conducted to get more detailed data about harmful working environments and to make a contribution to more effective management. Study was carried out on 722 factories located in Taegu city and eight counties in Kyungpook Province, Korea, for a period of one year, from February 1 to December 30, 1986. The total number and proportion of workers exposed to harmful material was 37,697, 45.2% among 83,368 workers. The results according to exposed material were as follows: 1. In the case of noise, proportion of exceeding the 8-hour TLV was 59%, Included were nail-cutting in assembly metal manufacturing industry and weaving process in textile. 2. Dust in mill process of coal manufacturing industries exceeded the TLV of second class of dust at all parts and exceeded the TLV at 6% as a whole.: 3. The fields of industry lower than 70 lux of illumination were storage equipment of food, auto-winder of textile, painting of wood wares and coal mixing, and 44% of all cases was lower than standard. 4. As a result of temperature index investigation(WBGT), about 12% of all sujects exceeded limit value. Included parts were rolling machine and reducing room. 5. In the case of organic solvents, TLV was exceeded at about 8%, The parts exceeded TLV according to materials belonged to this category were as follows. 1) Toluene: adhesive work in assembly metal manufacturing 2) Xylene: printing and paint mixing in chemical manufacturing 3) Methyl ethytl ketone: paint mixing in all parts examined and coating machine partially in chemical manufacturing 4) Methyl isobutyl ketone: printing in chemical manufacturing 5) Acetone: vapor polishing in assembly metal manufacturing 6. Among specified chemical materials, the concentration of HC1 in the air in metal assembly manufacturing factory exceeded TLV. in one of three assembly metal manufacturing examined. Others, such as benzene, acetic acid, formic acid, sodium hydroxide, formalin, ammonia, copper, chromate etc. were lower than TLV in its indoor atmospheric concentration. As a whole, the proportion of exceeding TLV was about 0.8% 7. The concentrations of inorganic lead were lower than TLV in all parts examined. The results of this investigation show the fact that current management of working environments is not satisfactory, and so more active management is needed.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.262-268
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• 2019

토양에서 유기자원의 무기화 특성을 구명하기 위하여 질소함량별로 볏짚, 우분퇴비, 균배양체, 유박, 아미노볼 등 총 5가지를 각각 처리하여 128일 동안 실내 항온배양실험을 실시하였으며, 이 분석결과를 질소 무기화 모형에 적용하여 유기자원의 질소 무기화 양상을 구명하였다. 항온배양 기간 동안 유기자원의 질소 순 무기화율은 질소함량이 가장 높은 아미노볼에서 가장 높았고, 질소함량이 가장 낮은 볏짚에서 가장 낮았다.잠재적 질소 무기화율은 전질소 함량과는 양의 상관관계(0.96)가 인정되었다. 무기화 속도상수 k는 유기자원의 유기물(-0.96) 및 탄소함량(-0.97)과 음의 상관관계가 인정되었다. 모형에 의해 추정된 1작기 동안의 질소 무기화율은 볏짚 6.6%, 우분퇴비 11.6%, 균배양체 30.9%, 유박 70.7%이었으며 아미노볼은 81.0%를 나타냈다. 질소 무기화율은 유기자원의 종류 또는 질소함량에 따라 다르게 나타나 질소 무기화율을 유기자원의 질소 공급 특성을 결정하는 지표로 사용할 수 있다. 질소함량이낮거나 발효과정을 거치는 퇴비 등의 유기자원은 퇴비화 과정에서 유기태 질소가 안정화되어 질소의 무기화율이 무발효 유기자원보다 낮으므로 시비량 결정시 양분공급의 목적보다는 토양 물리성 개량을 목적으로 사용하는 것이 바람직하다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.1319-1327
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• 2014

Two feeding trials were conducted to determine the optimum feeding frequency in growing Korean rockfish, (Sebastes schlegeli) reared at the temperatures of $15^{\circ}C$ and $19^{\circ}C$. Fish averaging $92.2{\pm}0.7$ g (mean${\pm}$standard deviation [SD]) at $15.0{\pm}0.5^{\circ}C$ and $100.2{\pm}0.4g$ ($mean{\pm}SD$) at $19.0{\pm}0.5^{\circ}C$ water temperature were randomly distributed into each of 15 indoor tanks containing 250-L sea water from a semi-recirculation system. A total of five feeding frequency groups were set up in three replicates as follows: one meal in a day at 08:00 hour, two meals a day at 08:00 and 17:00 hours, three meals a day at 08:00, 14:00, and 20:00 hours, four meals a day at 08:00, 12:00, 16:00, and 20:00 hours, and one meal every 2 days at 08:00 hour. Fish were fed at the rate of 1.2% body weight (BW)/d at $15^{\circ}C$ and 1.5% BW/d at $19^{\circ}C$. At the end of 8 wks of feeding trial weight gain and specific growth rate were significantly higher at the fish fed groups of one meal a day and two meals a day at $15^{\circ}C$ and fish fed groups of 1 meal every 2 days at $19^{\circ}C$ were significantly lower than those of all other fish fed groups. Glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase and glutamic pyruvic transaminase of fish fed group at 1 meal every 2 days was significantly higher than those of all other fish fed groups in both experiments. Weight gain, specific growth rate and condition factor were gradually decreased as the feeding frequency increased. The results indicate that growing Korean rockfish 92 and 100 g perform better at $15^{\circ}C$ than $19^{\circ}C$ water temperature. As we expected, current results have indicated that a feeding frequency of 1 meal a day is optimal for the improvement of weight gain in growing Korean rockfish grown from 92 g to 133 g at $15^{\circ}C$ and 100 g to 132 g at $19^{\circ}C$ water temperature.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.61-69
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• 2007

실내 공기질 향상을 목적으로 사용되는, 목탄과 모르타르 또는 천연 페인트가 혼합된 건축재료에 대한 포름알데히드 제거효과를 분석하기 위하여, 포름알데히드를 소정의 농도로 조절한 밀폐 용기에 이들 목탄계 건축자재를 넣고 일정시간 동안의 처리 과정을 거친 후 잔류 포름알데히드를 DNPH (2,4-Dinitrophenyl hydrazine) 카트리지를 통해 수집하고 HPLC 분석을 통해 잔류농도를 측정하여 목탄건축자재에 의한 포름알데히드 제거성능을 조사하였다. 목탄 및 목탄 바이오 모르타르의 포름알데히드 흡착 실험결과, 두 시료군 모두에서 목탄 5, 10, 15%를 함유한 시료의 단위중량 당 포름알데히드 제거량은 목탄을 함유하지 않은 시료에 비해 3배 이상 높았으며 포름알데히드 제거율은 약 80~90% 이상이었다. 수성 목탄 페인트의 포름알데히드 흡착 실험결과 또한 비슷하여, 목탄 15, 20, 25%를 함유한 시료의 단위중량 당 포름알데히드 제거량은 목탄을 함유하지 않은 시료에 비해 3배 가량 높았으며 포름알데히드 제거율은 90% 이상이었다. 포름알데히드는 목탄 제조 과정 중 목재의 리그노셀룰로스 성분의 구조변화로 인해 형성된 탄소 골격인 그라핀(Graphene)층 표면이나 가장자리에 형성된 흡착형 'O' 또는 'OH'관능기와 결합하여 흡착되는 것으로 판단된다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.215-222
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• 1998

The radon (Rn-222) potential of metropolitan subway stations and soils in Seoul city were delineated using alpha-track filter and EDA-200 radon detectors, respectively. The uranium (U) and thorium (Th) contents were also determined using a Multi Channel Analyzer to identify the sources of radon gas. The average U concentrations in Seoul varies according to basement rock types. For example, there is $9.40{\pm}10.11ppm$ in the Precambrian metasedimentary rock (PM), $9.08{\pm}2.85ppm$ in the Jurassic Kwanaksan granite (JK) and $4.94{\pm}1.43ppm$ in the Jurassic Seoul granite (JS). Uranium contents in soil samples are $10.30{\pm}4.74ppm$ in JK, $10.10{\pm}7.43ppm$ in PM and $6.69{\pm}3.95ppm$ in JS and these closely reflect the content of uraniferous minerals. The levels of soil radon are $604{\pm}273pCi/L$ in JK, $502{\pm}275$ in JS and $262{\pm}211pCi/L$ in PM. The soil radon concentrations are shown to reflect soil permeability and porosity rather than their U contents. The mean indoor radon contents in subway stations are $1.50{\pm}0.62pCi/L$ on the 4th line, $1.41{\pm}0.95pCi/L$ on the 3rd line, $0.84{\pm}0.13pCi/L$ on the 1st line and $0.80{\pm}0.25pCi/L$ on the 2nd line. The subway stations located in the JK have the highest average radon concentration with $2.04{\pm}0.65pCi/L$, where levels of $1.57{\pm}0.81pCi/L$ occur in the JS and $0.80{\pm}0.23pCi/L$ in the PM. The highest radon levels of 4.1 pCi/L occur mainly in Keongbokkung station on the 3rd line and these exceed 4 pCi/L of the US EPA action level.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.127-133
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• 2021

Background: Phosphogypsum is material produced as a byproduct in fertilizer industry and is generally used for building materials. This material may contain enhanced radium-226 (²²⁶Ra) activity concentration compared to its natural concentration that may lead to indoor radon accumulation. Therefore, an accurate measurement method is proposed in this study to determine ²²⁶Ra activity concentration in phosphogypsum sample, considering the potential radon leakage from the sample container. Materials and Methods: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) phosphogypsum reference material was used as a sample in this study. High-purity germanium (HPGe) gamma spectrometry was used to measure the activity concentration of the ²²⁶Ra decay products, i.e., ²¹⁴Bi and ²¹⁴Pb. Marinelli beakers sealed with three different sealing methods were used as sample containers. Due to the potential leakage of radon from the Marinelli beaker (MB), correction to the activity concentration resulted in gamma spectrometry is needed. Therefore, the leaked fraction of radon escaped from the sample container was calculated and added to the gamma spectrometry measured values. Results and Discussion: Total activity concentration of ²²⁶Ra was determined by summing up the activity concentration from gamma spectrometry measurement and calculated concentration from radon leakage correction method. The results obtained from ²¹⁴Bi peak were 723.4 ± 4.0 Bq·kg^-1 in MB1 and 719.2 ± 3.5 Bq·kg^-1 in MB2 that showed about 5% discrepancy compared to the certified activity. Besides, results obtained from ²¹⁴Pb peak were 741.9 ± 3.6 Bq·kg^-1 in MB1 and 740.1 ± 3.4 Bq·kg^-1 in MB2 that showed about 2% difference compared to the certified activity measurement of ²²⁶Ra concentration activity. Conclusion: The results show that radon leakage correction was calculated with insignificant discrepancy to the certified values and provided improvement to the gamma spectrometry. Therefore, measuring ²²⁶Ra activity concentration in TENORM (technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material) sample using radon leakage correction can be concluded as a convenient and accurate method that can be easily conducted with simple calculation.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.89-98
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• 2023

Background: Organophosphorus flame retardants (OPFRs) are a group of chemical substances used in building materials and plastic products to suppress or mitigate the combustion of materials. Although OPFRs are generally used in mixed form, information on their mixture toxicity is quite scarce. Objectives: This study aims to elucidate the toxicity and determine the types of interaction (e.g., synergistic, additive, and antagonistic effect) of OPFRs mixtures. Methods: Nine organophosphorus flame retardants, including TEHP (tris(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate) and TDCPP (tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate), were selected based on indoor dust measurement data in South Korea. Nine OPFRs were exposed to the luminescent bacteria Aliivibrio fischeri for 30 minutes and the human hepatocyte cell line HepG2 for 48 hours. Chemicals with significant toxicity were only used for mixture toxicity tests in HepG2. In addition, the observed EC_x values were compared with the predicted toxicity values in the CA (concentration addition) prediction model, and the MDR (model deviation ratio) was calculated to determine the type of interaction. Results: Only four chemicals showed significant toxicity in the luminescent bacteria assays. However, EC₅₀ values were derived for seven out of nine OPFRs in the HepG2 assays. In the HepG2 assays, the highest to lowest EC₅₀ were in the order of the molecular weight of the target chemicals. In the further mixture tests, most binary mixtures show additive interactions except for the two combinations that have TPhP (triphenyl phosphate), i.e., TPhP and TDCPP, and TPhP and TBOEP (tris(2-butoxyethyl) phosphate). Conclusions: Our data shows OPFR mixtures usually have additivity; however, more research is needed to find out the reason for the synergistic effect of TPhP. Also, the mixture experimental dataset can be used as a training and validation set for developing the mixture toxicity prediction model as a further step.

• 환경생물
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.463-472
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• 2023

벼의 주요 해충인 먹노린재에 대해 실내에서 충체분무법과 기주분무법을 통해 시판 중인 유기농업자재(EFOM) 27종을 대상으로 살충 활성을 평가하였다. 그 결과, 유기농업자재 7종(EFOM-8, -10, -12, -13, -19, -20, -26)에서 기주식물에만 살포하는 것보다 충체에 직접 살포되어 접촉하는 경우에만 높은 살충 효과를 보였다. 실내 벼 포트 검정에서는 선발된 7종 모두 담수 조건에서 살충률이 73.3% 이상이었으며, 특히 EFOM-13과 EFOM-20은 퇴수 조건에서보다 담수 조건에서 살충률이 1.5~1.8배 높은 차이를 보였다. 야외 간이 검정에서 EFOM-10 (마늘 80%), EFOM13 (님 62%), EFOM-26 (고삼 70%+에틸알콜 28%+제충국 2%)는 7일차 담수한 논에서 88.9%의 높은 방제가를 보였고 퇴수한 논보다 방제가는 1.4~1.9배 높았다. 선발된 EFOM-10을 살포한 농가의 담수한 논에서도 7일차 방제가는 86.2%로 퇴수한 논의 방제가 61.9%보다 1.4배 높았다. 종합적으로 살포액의 충분한 충체 접촉과 논의 담수 조건이 유기농업자재의 방제 효과를 높일 수 있음을 보여주었다. 이러한 연구 결과가 앞으로 농가에서 적용할 수 있는 최적의 먹노린재 방제전략 수립에 도움이 되기를 기대한다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제26권8호
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• pp.936-942
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• 2016

본 연구는 초피의 항균 활성 소재의 산업화 타진 연구로 초피과피 정유 성분의 경우 높은 생산단가로 인해 그 활용이 제한적이다. 이에 초피잎을 대상으로 항균 활성소재를 탐색하고 초피의 천연 방향성과 항균력을 이용하여 실내 환경 개선 소재 특히 친환경 항균블라인드 개발에 대한 활용 가능성을 타진하였다. 그 결과, 초피잎 추출물의 항균 활성은 초피과피 추출물보다 약하게 나타났지만, K. pneumoniae, S. aureus와 S.mutans 균에 대하여 IC₅₀ 값은 0.5 mg/ml, 0.1 mg/ml와 1.0 mg/ml로 운향과 유래 타 Zanthoxylum 속 보다 항균력이 강한 것으로 나타났다. 항균력이 강하게 확인된 초피잎 EtOH 추출물과 EtOAc 추출물의 GC-MS 분석을 통해 초피잎 유래의 항균력 관련 화합물로서 quinic acid, 3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl-2,3-dihydro-4H-pyran-4-one과 kaempferol 등을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한, International Standard Fabrics Test Method에 준하여 초피 추출물을 처리한 블라인드 소재의 항균력을 조사한 결과, 1% 농도의 초피잎 EtOH 추출물을 처리한 직물 블라인드 소재의 경우는 항생제 내성균 S. aureus의 생육을 99.9% 저해하였고, 2% 농도의 처리에 의해서는 K. pneumoniae 생육도 완전히 저해하였다. 이러한 연구결과는, 고가인 초피과피에 비해 농산폐자원으로 폐기되고 있는 초피잎의 항균력을 이용하여 친환경 기능성 항균 직물 블라인드 및 실내 창호 소재를 개발한다면 최근 급증하는 실내 환경성 질환의 예방 및 제어에 매우 유용할 수 있음을 시사한다.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.218-229
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• 2015

농약등록 잔류시험 연구기관의 측정 능력 향상 및 신뢰도 향상을 위해 잔류분석 숙련도 시험을 실시하였다. 시험은 2012년 11월에 토양시료를 사용하여 수행되었다. 토양은 채취 후 습토상태로 5년간 보관하여 농약의 잔류수준이 매우 낮을 것으로 기대되는 밭토양을 사용하였다. Azoxystrobin과 imidacloprid, methabenzthiazuron을 토양잔류시험의 실내시험 토양시료 조제방법과 동일하게 처리하여 분배 포장하였고, 그 중 일부를 임의로 선정하여 시료의 균질도와 상온에서의 안정성을 확인하였다. 시험참여기관마다 3종 농약이 두 수준으로 처리된 토양시료 2점을 제공하였는데 그 중 하나는 모든 기관에 동일한 농도로 처리된 평가용이었고, 기관별로 다른 농도의 시료는 확인용으로 사용하였다. 아울러 대상농약성분의 정량을 방해하는 성분의 확인과 회수율시험 등에 사용하고, 필요한 경우 matrix-matched 표준용액을 사용할 수 있도록 무처리 토양과 3종 농약의 표준용액(농도 10 mg/L)을 제공하였다. 대상기관중 48개 기관이 결과를 제출하였고 제출된 분석결과의 중앙값을 잔류농약에 대한 설정값으로 사용하였다. 합목적 (fitness-for purpose) 표준편차는 토양잔류시험의 변이계수 허용한계 20%를 적용하여 계산하였다. 개별성분에 대한 평가에는 Z-score를 적용하였고, 3종 농약에 대한 전체적인 평가는 Z-score의 절대값의 평균으로 하였다. Z-score의 절대값이 2 이하로 적합하다고 평가된 기관은 농약별로는 azoxystrobin 48개, imidacloprid와 methabenzthiazuron은 46개 기관이었고 전체적 평가결과는 48개 기관 모두가 적합하였다. 따라서 본 숙련도시험결과 잔류시험 연구기관 대부분의 잔류분석 수행능력은 적절한 것으로 판단되었다.