• 제목/요약/키워드: Total mercury

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Adsorption isotherm and kinetics analysis of hexavalent chromium and mercury on mustard oil cake

  • Reddy, T. Vishnuvardhan;Chauhan, Sachin;Chakraborty, Saswati
    • Environmental Engineering Research
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    • 제22권1호
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    • pp.95-107
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    • 2017
  • Adsorption equilibrium and kinetic behavior of two toxic heavy metals hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] and mercury [Hg(II)] on mustard oil cake (MOC) was studied. Isotherm of total chromium was of concave type (S1 type) suggesting cooperative adsorption. Total chromium adsorption followed BET isotherm model. Isotherm of Hg(II) was of L3 type with monolayer followed by multilayer formation due to blockage of pores of MOC at lower concentration of Hg(II). Combined BET-Langmuir and BET-Freundlich models were appropriate to predict Hg(II) adsorption data on MOC. Boyd's model confirmed that external mass transfer was rate limiting step for both total chromium and Hg(II) adsorptions with average diffusivity of $1.09{\times}10^{-16}$ and $0.97m^2/sec$, respectively. Desorption was more than 60% with Hg(II), but poor with chromium. The optimum pH for adsorptions of total chromium and Hg(II) were 2-3 and 5, respectively. At strong acidic pH, Cr(VI) was adsorbed by ion exchange mechanism and after adsorption reduced to Cr(III) and remained on MOC surface. Hg(II) removal was achieved by complexation of $HgCl_2$ with deprotonated amine ($-NH_2$) and carboxyl (COO-) groups of MOC.

안동호 퇴적물 중 수은 및 중금속의 분포특성 연구 (Distribution of heavy metals and mercury in sediment from the lake An-dong)

  • 박진주;김기준;유석민;김은희;석광설;허인애;김영희
    • 분석과학
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    • 제25권6호
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    • pp.441-446
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    • 2012
  • 본 연구에서는 안동호 퇴적물 중의 총 수은, 메틸수은, 중금속 농도를 조사하고 퇴적물과 수체간의 수은 이동량을 산정하였다. 안동호 퇴적물 중 수은 농도는 2009~2011 년에 각각 $155.0{\pm}71.9$ ng/g, $211{\pm}62$ ng/g 및 $198{\pm}6.88$ ng/g이었으며, 메틸수은은 2009 년 및 2011 년에 각각 $1.85{\pm}1.09$ ng/g, $3.49{\pm}1.79$ ng/g이었고, 총수은에 대한 메틸수은의 분율인 %메틸수은은 $1.17{\pm}0.39%$$1.77{\pm}0.94%$로 나타났다. 퇴적물 중 아연, 카드뮴, 납, 구리의 농도는 644 mg/kg, 7.3 mg/kg, 67 mg/kg, 42 mg/kg 으로 모두 미국 국립해양대기청(NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)에서 제시한 퇴적물 기준(SQGs, Sediment Quality Guidelines)중의 최소 무영향 농도(ERL, Effect Range Low) 수준을 초과하는 수준이었다. 안동호에서 퇴적물로의 수은 이동량은 83.7 $ng/cm^2{\cdot}$년, 퇴적물에서부터 수체로의 수은 확산속도는 1.24 $ng/cm^2{\cdot}$년으로 추정되었다.

랫드에서 수은이 혈장 DNA와 혈액화학치에 미치는 영향 (Effects of HgCl2 on plasma DNA content and blood biochemical values in rats)

  • 조준형;정상희;강환구;윤효인
    • 대한수의학회지
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    • 제43권4호
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    • pp.641-648
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    • 2003
  • Changes of plasma DNA contents and serum biochemical values were measured in rats administered with $HgCl_2$ to investigate the in vivo cytotoxic effects of mercury and examine the usefulness of these changes as indicators of mercury exposure and diagnosis of mercury poisoning. Rats were given once intraperitonealy $HgCl_2$(0.13. 0.32. 0.8 and 2 mg/kg b.w) and the changes of plasma DNA contents and serum biochemical values were measured at the time of 2, 4, 8, 24, 48 and 72 hours after the administration of $HgCl_2$. Plasma DNA contents began to increase from 2 hours after the administration of $HgCl_2$ in all the treatment groups significantly compared to control with dose-dependent pattern. The levels of plasma DNA reached to peak at 48 hours as 2.77, 7.60, 15.46 and 16.51 times higher than control in each treatment group of 0.13, 0.32, 0.8 and 2 mg/kgb.w, respectively and remained to be higher until 72 hours after the administration. The values of creatine kinase, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, lactate dehydrogenase, blood urea nitrogen and glucose of serum were increased, however the values of alkaline phosphatase, total protein and triglyceride were decreased. These changes of increase and decrease showed dose-dependent pattern but the starting time, maintenance and magnitude of change were various and characteristic according to serum biochemical indices. Among the changes of serum biochemical values, those of aspartate aminotransferase, lactate dehydrogenase and blood urea nitrogen were apparently and significantly increased compared to control from 2 to 72 hours by the administration of 2 mg/kg $HgCl_2$. This study demonstrates that plasma DNA and serum biochemical values such as aspartate aminotransferase, lactate dehydrogenase, blood urea nitrogen and etc. are valuable as biomarkers for mercury exposure assessment and diagnosis of mercury poisoning.

Metal concentrations of Chinese herbal medicine products in the United States

  • Lee, Sun-Dong;Shin, Heon-Tae;Park, Hae-Mo;Ko, Seong-Gyu;Kook, Yoon-Bum;Ryu, Jin-Yeol;Kim, Hyun-Do;Hu, Howard;Park, Sung-Kyun
    • Advances in Traditional Medicine
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    • 제10권4호
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    • pp.294-303
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    • 2010
  • We determined arsenic, lead, mercury and cadmium concentrations in Chinese herbal medicines sold in the United States by medical use parts. 54 kinds of herbal products including 9 medical use parts (radix, rhizoma, cortex, pericarpium, fructus, lignum, semen, folium, and herba) were analyzed using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry for arsenic, lead and cadmium, and using mercury analyzer for mercury. Arsenic (median concentration, 0.25 mg/g), mercury (0.20 mg/g), lead (3.78 mg/g) and cadmium (0.39 mg/g) were detected in 71%, 54%, 35%, and 18% of 143 herbal medicine samples, respectively. A total of 27% and 12% of 143 products analyzed contained mercury and cadmium above the regulatory standards. Herba and folium (leaves of herbal plants) were the most contaminated parts from metals, whereas pericarpium, lignum and semen (outer layers and seeds) were less contaminated. This study suggests that metal contamination is different by medical use parts. Our findings provide further evidence that efforts to protect people using traditional remedies from metal intoxication should be made to enforce the regulatory standards.

일부 공단지역주민의 환경노출수준 평가 연구 (A study on environmental exposure levels of residents in an industrial complex area)

  • 양희선;황문영;안승철;이지영
    • 한국산업보건학회지
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    • 제19권4호
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    • pp.336-346
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    • 2009
  • As a follow-up survey of A Study of Monitoring Method on Exposure Level and Biomarkers of Environmental Pollutants-Focused on Ulsan Industrial Comlpex Area, published in 2005, a close examination of the health status was conducted for selected Ulsan residents. Based on the previous study, a total number of 129 subjects were divided into two groups: the exposure group consisted of 39 residents whose blood levels of lead, mercury and/or cadmium were higher than international reference values, and 90 residents of control group with normal levels. Environmental exposure level and its association with health condition were examined by various methods such as questionnaire, analyses of lead, mercury and cadmium in blood and medical examinations. The geometric mean concentrations of lead, mercury and cadmium in blood were respectively $2.07{\mu}g/d{\ell}$ (exposure $2.54{\mu}g/d{\ell}$, control $1.90{\mu}g/d{\ell}$), $5.94{\mu}g/L$ (exposure $8.57{\mu}g/L$, control $5.07{\mu}g/L$), $1.32{\mu}g/L$ (exposure $1.30{\mu}g/L$, control $1.33{\mu}g/L$). The concentrations of the three heavy metals in blood showed lower levels than internationally recommended values except for blood mercury. Also, any abnormal or, peculiar disease, or target tissue damage related to the heavy metals was not observed among the all subjects. Therefore, it can be said that no significant difference of heavy metal concentrations and health conditions was found between the two groups.

연안환경 괭이갈매기(Larus crassirostris) 알의 DDTs 및 수은 농도분포 조사 (Distribution of DDTs and Hg in Eggs of Black-Tailed Gulls (Larus crassirostris) in the Coastal Environment)

  • 최정희;정다위;이종천
    • 한국환경과학회지
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    • 제27권12호
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    • pp.1279-1290
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    • 2018
  • Sea gulls are high trophic level consumers in the coastal environment, and thus, which have been widely used to monitor contamination biomagnified through a food web. However, such monitoring studies using sea gulls have been rare in the Korean literature. The National Environmental Specimen Bank chose eggs of a black-tailed gulls (Larus crassirostris) to serve as an environmental specimen for the long-term monitoring of the coastal ecosystem affected by terrestrial pollutants. Black-tailed gull eggs were collected from Baengnyeongdo, Hongdo and Uleungdo, and their DDTs and total mercury content were determined. The highest concentration of ${\Sigma}DDTs$ was $231.6{\pm}106.1{\mu}g/kg$ wet in Baengnyeongdo, followed by $230.0{\pm}123.8{\mu}g/kg$ wet in Ulleungdo, and $117.7{\pm}18.3{\mu}g/kg$ wet in Hongdo. In addition, total mercury was detected at $414.5{\pm}97.6{\mu}g/kg$ wet in Ulleungdo, $363.9{\pm}123.6{\mu}g/kg$ wet in Hongdo, and $237.5{\pm}42.3{\mu}g/kg$ wet in Baengnyeongdo. Relatively high concentrations of the target pollutants were recorded in specimens from Ulleungdo. Additional comprehensive and prolonged studies are required to elucidate spatial and temporal patterns of contamination in black-tailed gull eggs with regard to monitoring contaminant trends in eggs and prey.

수은에 의한 마우스의 면역반응 조절장애 ($HgCl_2$ Dysregulates the Immune Response of Balb/c Mice)

  • 기노석;고대하;김종서;이정상;김남송;이황호
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • 제27권1호
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    • pp.11-24
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    • 1994
  • 수은($HgCl_2$)이 마우스의 면역계에 미치는 영향을 밝히고자 Balb/c 마우스를 대상으로 시험관내 및 생체내 단계적 시험을 실시하였다. Lipopolysaccharide, pokeweed mitogen 및 phytohemagglutinin 등의 미토겐(mitogen)에 대한 비장세포의 반응성은수은농도에 의존적으로 억제되었다. 수은에 의한 비장세포의 증식반응억제는 배양기간 중 수은 노출시기에 관계 없었으며 수은 전처치에 의해서도 그 증식반응은 억제되었다. 그러나 수은은 pokeweed mitogen으로 유도한 비장세포의 항체생산은 항진시켰다. 실험동물을 음용에 의하여 수은에 3주간 노출시켰을 때 투여기간 중 체중의 증가는 현저히 둔화되었으나, 흉선 및 비장의 무게, 신장, 골수, 비장 및 슬와 림프절의 병리학적 변화는 유발되지 않았다. 그러나 혈청 면역 글로불린(immunoglobulin) 농도는 현저히 증가되었다. 증가된 혈청 $IgG_1$및 IgE농도는interleukin-4 (IL-4)에 대한 항체투여로 현저히 감소되었다. 수은투여 마우스의 면양적혈구(SRBC)에 대한 항체반응을 측정한 결과 면양적혈구에 대한 총응집소가에는 대조군의 그것과 차이가 없었으나 혈청 IgM 및 IgG농도는 오히려 대조군의 그것보다 현저히 높았다. 이상의 성적들은 수은의 면역계에 대한 독작용은 그 측정방법에 따라 다를 수 있으며, 수은노출에 따른 림프조직의 병변이 발생하기 전에 면역계의 기능적 변화가 일어나고, 수은에 의한 혈청 면역 글로불린 농도의 증가는 특정항원에 대한 항체반응과는 무관할 수 있는 등 수은이 면역반응에 이상을 초래함을 시사한다.

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통영지역 임산부의 생선섭취가 제대혈의 수은 농도에 미치는 영향 (The Influence of Fish Consumption on Umbilical Cord Blood Mercury Level in Pregnant Women in the City of Tongyeong, Korea)

  • 장철원;김상현;최종덕
    • 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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    • 제27권1호
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    • pp.74-80
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    • 2012
  • 어류는 두뇌발달에 중요한 영양소이기도 하지만 신경독인 메틸수은을 함유하고 있는 것으로 알려져 있다. 메틸수은은 임산부가 임신 중에 태아의 두뇌에 치명적인 손상을 유발하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 따라서 연구자들은 생선소비와 임산부 제대혈 중의 메틸수은 함량을 확인하기 위하여 통영지역 임산부 159명을 대상으로 2010년 10월부터 2011년 3월 사이에 임산부의 생선소비와 제대혈의 수은농도의 관계를 조사하였다. 어류소비 관련자료는 설문조사를 통하여 수집하였고 통계처리는 one way ANOVA 를 이용하였다. 조사에 참여한 임산부의 평균나이는 30.1세이었고 임산부 제대혈의 수은 함량은 0.01-14.80 ppb 범위에 평균 $2.69{\pm}2.50ppb$이었다. 제대혈의 평균 수은함량은 WHO 기준인 5.0 ppb를 초과하지는 않았지만 159명 중 17명(10.7%)이 WHO 기준을 초과하였다. 연령별로는 30세 이상이 0.01-14.8 ppb 범위, 평균 $3.18{\pm}2.74ppb$로 29세 이하에서 0-8.00 ppb 범위, 평균 $2.04{\pm}2.00ppb$ 보다 1.6배 높았으며 유의적 차이가 있었다. 이 연구에서 생선섭취가 제대혈의 수은농도에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 1주일에 3회 이상 섭취군이 평균 $4.15{\pm}4.02ppb$로 주 1-2회 섭취군의 $2.63{\pm}2.22ppb$, 먹지 않는 군의 $1.60{\pm}1.44ppb$ 보다 2.6배와 1.6배 각각 높게 나타났으며 적게 먹는 군과 먹지 않는 군과의 사이에는 유의적 차이가 없었고, 많이 섭취하는 군과는 유의적 차이 (p < 0.05)가 있었다. 이상의 결과에서 제대혈의 수은 농도는 생선섭취량과 관련이 있는 것으로 판단되며 가임기 여성이나 임산부에게 생선섭취를 제한하는 것이 제대혈의 수은 농도를 낮출 수 있고 향후 있을지도 모를 신생아의 신경발달 장애나 뇌 신경학적 손상을 줄일 수 있는 방법이라고 생각되었다.

국내 3-7세 어린이의 혈중 납, 수은, 카드뮴 농도와 관련요인 (Lead, Mercury and Cadmium Concentration in Blood and Related Factors among Korean Preschoolers)

  • 서주희;김병권;김유미;김록범;정진용;홍영습
    • 한국환경보건학회지
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    • 제40권4호
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    • pp.279-293
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    • 2014
  • Objectives: Children are more susceptible to heavy metal toxicity than adults. The purpose of this study was to evaluate heavy metal concentrations in the blood of Korean preschoolers and investigate the association between metals in blood and related factors. Methods: A total of 512 subjects from 36 to 83 months of age were sampled. A questionnaire survey was performed and the levels of lead, mercury and cadmium were measured in the blood samples of all subjects. Their parents were interviewed in order to obtain information on basic characteristics, dietary patterns, socio-economic factors, and indoor/outdoor environment of the preschoolers. Multiple linear regression was used to analyze the association between the above factors and lead, mercury or cadmium concentrations. Results: The geometric mean concentrations of lead, mercury and cadmium in the blood were $1.45{\pm}1.58{\mu}g/dL$, $2.14{\pm}1.74{\mu}g/dL$ and $0.23{\pm}1.91{\mu}g/dL$, respectively. Results from multiple linear regression analysis showed that blood lead levels were associated with birth weight and paternal smoking status. Daily mercury intake from food and maternal education were also shown to influence mercury concentrations in blood. Also, blood cadmium concentrations were associated with maternal age and having a bus garage near the place of residence. Conclusion: This study suggests that smoking status, dietary patterns and the environmental status near the residence should be considered as important factors for preventable sources of heavy metal exposure in preschoolers.