• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.64-72
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• 2007

국내 지하수의 비소 산출양상을 평가하기 위하여 환경부 지하수 수질측정망 자료를 활용하였다. 2001년-2006년의 기간동안 전체 측정망의 약 3.0%에서 $5.0{\sim}188{\mu}g/L$ 범위로 비소가 검출되었으며 지리적으로 산출빈도가 높은 3개의 그룹으로 구분되어졌다: 인위적 기원으로 예상되는 서울 및 수도권지역, 지질기원으로 파악되는 충북지역 및 경남지역 자연적 비소산출은 옥천대 변성퇴적암과 백악기 화산암 지질분포 지역과 잘 일치하여 나타나며 이들 지역의 기존 연구자료를 평가한 결과, 광상구 및 열수변질 지역에서 주로 황화물의 산화반응에 의한 비소유출이 발생한다. 또한 옥천대 변성퇴적암 지역의 상대적으로 단순한 수질유형과 다소 높은 pH조건에서는 탈착반응도 기여하는 것으로 추정된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.497-501
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• 2005

An experiment was conducted on crossbred male calves to study the effect of arsenic (As) on immunity status and certain hematological parameters. Ten crossbred male calves of 3-4 months of age were distributed into two equal groups. Group I was kept as control, whereas, group II was supplemented daily with 50 ppm As (as $As_sO_3$) up to 90 days, in the diet. Calves of both groups were fed as per ICAR standards and their requirements were fulfilled by feeding concentrate mixture and green oats. All calves were kept under similar managemental conditions. Blood samples were collected at fortnightly intervals to estimate various haematological parameters and superoxide dismutase (SOD) enzyme activity. Serum Ig and serum glutamic pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) were also measured. Cell-mediated immune responses of the calves were monitored at 0, 45 and 90 of experimental feeding, through lymphocyte proliferation. No change in blood total leukocyte counts (TLC), differential leukocyte counts (DLC), packed cell volume (PCV), haemoglobin (Hb) and SGPT was observed with As supplementation. A decrease in SOD activity was noticed in group II calves. Stimulation index (SI) for lymphocyte proliferation decreased from 1.14 to 0.79 in group II calves during 90 days experimental feeding, whereas, there was no change in SI values in group I indicating significant decrease in immune response of As supplemented calves. Blood As concentration increased in group II calves with the decrease in immune response. Short term supplementation of As to growing calves suggested suppressive effects on cell-mediated immunity. However, long term experiments are required to demonstrate clearly the efects of this toxic metal in calves.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2008년도 추계 학술발표회
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• pp.1647-1654
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• 2008

The characteristics of arsenic(As) contamination were investigated on soils of 3 abandoned metal mine sites in Gangwon-do, Korea. Total forty nine soils were sampled to conduct standard methods(extraction by 1HCl), sequential extraction and column leaching test. Concentration of As extracted by 1N HCl was ordered as follows: A mine > B mine > C mine, and the concentration of arsenic in the soils of A mine was significantly greater than that at any other cases and all samples of A mine were exceeded the national regulation of $6mg \;kg^{-1}$. In the results of sequential extraction, the potential contamination risk for groundwater and plants was ordered as follows: C mine > B mine > A mine because the C mine showed the relatively greater mobility and bioavailability of fraction than any other mines. And, in colume test, concentration of As was ordered as follows: C mine > B mine > A mine, and it was expected that these results were connected with fraction characteristics of the mine sites. Therefore adequate leaching investigations should be used to simulate the effect of natural leaching conditions, and to predict both the potential mobility of metals to groundwater and their bioavailability to plants under natural conditions.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.149-157
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• 2000

깅릉 남대천 수계에서 처음으로 용존 비소(As)의 분포와 거동에 관한 연구가 수행되었다. 풍수기인 1997년 8월 28일(최종 방류량; $1.97{\times}10^6$ 톤/일)과 갈수기인 동년 11월 21일(최종 방류량; $0.13{\times}10^6$ 톤/0일). 두 차례에 걸쳐 조사된 As의 농도 분포는 같은 시기에 조사된 다른 중금속들과 다소 차이를 보인다. 도암댐 보다 오봉댐 유출수의 농도가 미소하게 높았고, 갈수기인 11월 하류부의 농도 급증현상도 나타나지 않았을 뿐 아니라 풍수기인 8월 하류부의 농도보다도 낮았다. 그리고 두 조사기간사이의 농도차가 미비하며, 원시적인 강들과 세계평균치에 비해서도 비교적 낮은 농도로서 남대천 수계에서는 As의 인위적인 오염원이 없고, 자연적인 배경농도(background level) 수준임을 알 수 있다. 하구에서 담수와 해수가 혼합되는 과정에서는 외부 유입이나 제거 기작없이 염분과 함께 직선적으로 증가하는 보존적인 분포를 보이며, 남대천을 통하여 동해로 유출되는 As의 양은 연간 65.12kg 정도이다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.391-396
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• 2015

Arsenic (As) contamination of agricultural soils resulting from mining activity has caused major concern due to the potential health risk. Therefore the current study was carried out to investigate the relationship between fractionation of As in soil and rice uptake and to provide a basic information for adequate management of As contaminated agricultural soil. Twenty agricultural soils and rice affected by the abandoned mining sites were collected. Soil chemical properties and As concentrations (total and sequential extracted) in soils were determined and As concentrations in polished rice were analyzed. The average concentration of As in non-specifically adsorbed (F1), specifically adsorbed (F2), amorphous hydrous oxides of Fe and Al (F3), crystalline hydrous oxides of Fe and Al (F4) and residual phase (F5) were 0.08, 1.38, 10.34, 3.26 and $10.98mgkg^{-1}$, respectively. Both soil pH and available phosphorus were positively correlated with the concentrations of As in F1 and F2. These results indicate that increasing the soil pH and available phosphorus can significantly increase the easily mobile fractions of As (F1 and F2). The average concentration of As in polished rice was $0.09mgkg^{-1}$. The concentrations of As in F1 and F2 showed a positive correlation with the concentrations of As in polished rice. Therefore soil pH and available phosphorus affect the distribution of As fractionation in soils and thus affect As bioavailability.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.389-398
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• 2022

비소 및 중금속으로 오염된 토양 내 함량과 농작물로 전이되는 함량 간의 관련성을 도출하기 위한 연구가 지속적으로 수행되고 있으나 두 함량 간의 낮은 상관성으로 인하여 명확한 결과가 도출되지 못하고 있다. 이 연구에서는 토양 내 비소 전함량과 단일용출 가용성 함량뿐만 아니라 토양의 물리·화학적 특성을 함께 고려하여 백미로 전이되는 비소 함량을 예측하는 통계학적 모델을 만들고자 하였다. 토양 특성 중 pH, 단일용출 가용성 함량, 유기물 함량에 따라 순차적으로 토양을 분류하며 회귀분석을 통한 예측 모델을 도출하였다. 80개의 백미 내 비소 함량과 토양 내 비소 전함량 및 Mehlich 가용성 함량 간의 상관계수는 각각 0.533과 0.493으로 낮았다. 그러나 토양을 pH, Mehlich 가용성 함량에 대한 전함량, 유기물 함량으로 순차적으로 분류하여 모델을 도출한 결과, ① pH가 6.5보다 높은 13개의 토양은 0.963, ② pH가 6.5 이하이고 As_Tot/As_Mehlich 비가 높은 15개의 토양은 0.849, ③ pH가 6.5 이하이고 As_Tot/As_Mehlich 비가 낮으며 8.5% 이하의 유기물을 함유한 30개의 토양은 0.935로 예측력이 크게 증가하였다. 이 연구에서 도출된 토양 분류에 따른 백미 전이 함량 예측 모델은 비소 오염 토양에 대해 신뢰성 있는 백미 재배 기준을 설정하는데 의미있는 방법론을 제안할 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.16-22
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• 2010

Heavy metals in soils exist in various forms dependent upon surrounding conditions. As the Janghang smelter area is of concern for its high elevated heavy metal concentrations, Korean government decided to remediate the area. Main objectives of this research were; to analyze heavy metal concentrations and their existing forms in the vicinity of the smelter; and to understand differences made by analysis techniques of heavy metals. Top soils of rice field, crop field, bare field, and forestry in the area were sampled and analyzed for their physicochemical characteristics. Concentrations of Cu, Cd, Pb, and As were analyzed with two pretreatment techniques adopted using 0.1 N HCl and aqua regia. To analyze existing forms of heavy metals, Tessier's schemes for sequential extraction technique were adopted. Exchangeable fraction and carbonate bound fraction of heavy metals may pose potential threat to environment and were in the order of Pb > As > Cu > Cd. If assessing mobile fraction of heavy metals by land uses, the order was forestry > bare land > crop field > rice field. When analyzed using Tessier's scheme, high ratio of residual fractions to total arsenic concentration should be considered for remediation design of the area.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.465-474
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• 2002

In order to reflect variability due to exposure factors as well as to assess uncertainty associated with cancer risk posed by airborne trace metals, a Monte Calro analysis has been made in this study. Input parameters for Monte Carlo analysis were developed or adjusted using body weight, lifetime, and exposure frequency of Koreans. Ambient distributions of toxic metals were founded to be lognormal distributions for most of them using goodness-of-fit tests. Thus, the 95% UCL and 95% LCL of carcinogenic metals were estimated by H-statistic method for lognormal distribution, respectively. The results of Monte Carlo analysis of 95% UCL showed that the 95th percentile risks for men and women were 1.2 and 1.1 times higher than an acceptable risk of 10$^{-5}$ , respectively. The probabilities which those risks exceed the acceptable risk were estimated to be 8% and 6%, respectively, while to be 95% and 94%, respectively on the basis of the minimum acceptable risk of 10$^{-6}$ , respectively. Approximately 90% of total cancer risk came from human carcinogens such as arsenic and hexavalent chromium. Therefore, it is necessary to properly manage both arsenic and hexavalent chromium emissions in the study area.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.307-314
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• 2010

Objectives : Arsenic (As) is ubiquitously distributed in the environment and has been known as a human carcinogen. The main source of arsenic exposure in general population is an oral route through As-contaminated water and foods. This study was performed to estimate the daily intake of As from diet and associated factors in Korean adults. Methods : We investigated 590 adults, 249 males and 341 females, with age of 20 years and older, who had not been exposed to the As occupationally. Study subjects were interviewed for demographic characteristics, lifestyles and diets during the last 24 hours. The estimation of As intake daily was based on amount of food consumption and As concentration in each food by using database of As concentrations in 117 food species. Results : Daily As intake was estimated as $56.46\;{\mu}g$/day, $56.60\;{\mu}g$/day in male and $56.36\;{\mu}g$/day in female. As intake was not significant from sex, age group, smoking and alcoholic habits, while was by occupation with the most intake of As in fishery. The daily As intakes was positively correlated with the total food consumption, specifically related with fishes and shellfishes, seaweeds, oils, grains and flavors. About 75% of As intake from diet was contributed by seafoods, such as $32.07\;{\mu}g$/day from fishes & shellfishes and $10.05\;{\mu}g$/day from seaweeds. However, it is necessary to evaluate if the dietary As intake affects on the levels of As in the body. Conclusions : The amount of As intake daily in Korean adults was estimated as $56.46\;{\mu}g$/day, and is determined mainly by diet behavior. The seafoods, such as fishes & shellfishes and seaweeds, is major source of As exposure from diet in Korean.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.445-455
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• 2009

미생물학적 황산염 환원은 황산염을 전자수용체로 이용하는 황산염 환원 박테리아에 의해 황산염이 황화이온으로 변환되는 과정이다. 형성된 황화이온은 주변의 용존 금속 이온과 결합하여 용해도가 낮은 금속 황화물로 침전된다. 이 연구에서는 비소와 중금속으로 오염된 송천 금은광산 일대 토양을 대상으로 하여 토착 박테리아에 의한 황산염 환원을 유도함으로써 독성 원소의 원위치 고정화 기술의 효율성을 평가하였다. 왕수 분해 결과, 대상 토양 내 비소, 구리, 납의 함량은 각각 1,311 mg/kg, 146 mg/kg, 294 mg/kg 등으로 나타나 특히 비소의 오염이 심각한 상태였다. 회분식 실험 결과, 미생물학적 황산염 환원에 의하여 pH 증가, 산화환원전위 감소, 황산염 함량 감소, 비소와 구리 함량 감소 등이 관찰되었다. 이 때 가장 높은 중금속 침전 효율을 유도하는 탄소원과 황산염의 농도 범위는 각각 0.2~0.5%, 100~200 mg/L로 나타났다. 미생물학적 또는 화학적으로 황화물 침전을 유도하게 고안된 컬럼 실험 수행 결과, 비소와 구리는 두 컬럼에서 모두 98% 이상 제거되었다. 그러나 산소를 다량 포함한 용액을 주입한 후, 화학적으로 황화물 침전을 유도한 컬럼에서는 즉각적인 비소와 구리의 재용출 현상이 나타났으나, 미생물학적 황산염 환원을 유도한 컬럼에서는 침전물이 30일 이상 장기간 안정성을 보였다. 미생물학적 컬럼 내에 형성된 검은색 침전물을 분석한 결과 FeS와 CuS로 나타났으며 비소는 대부분 철 황화물에 흡착되어 있는 것으로 확인되었다.