• 한국습지학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.407-413
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• 2015

나노물질이 포함된 다양한 제품들이 증가하고 있으며, 나노물질의 수생태계 노출에 대해서는 불가피하다. 따라서 우리는 금나노입자를 이용하여 국내 다양한 습지 환경에 널리 서식하는 북방산개구리에 대한 독성평가(부화율, 바디컨디션, 행동학적민감도)를 해보았다. 행동학적 민감도는 포식자 회피반응 정도를 이용하여 Ethvision XT 9으로 측정하였다. 금나노입자에 대한 부화율과 STL의 독성은 나타나지 않았다. 하지만 금나노입자에 노출된 올챙이들은 외부자극에 대한 행동학적 민감도가 감소하였다. 이러한 결과는 실험대상 동물의 행동학적 특성을 이용한 새로운 독성평가 방식을 제시한다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.5-11
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• 2012

본 연구의 목표는 전자빔 공정을 적용하여 Triclosan의 제거효율 및 독성평가를 하는 것이다. 이 실험에서는 전자빔 선량과 Triclosan의 초기 농도에 따른 저감 효율 및 스캐벤저 가스에 따른 무기화의 정도를 알아보았다. 또한 녹조류 중 하나인 Pseudokirohneriella Subcapitata를 이용하여 생물독성과 위해성 평가를 통한 독성저감기술을 시험하였다. 그 결과 Triclosan은 전자빔 조사량이 증가할수록 분해 효율이 향상되었고, 라디칼 스캐벤저 가스에 의한 TOC 제거는 $N_2O$나 $O_2$를 용해시켰을 때 효율이 증가된 것으로 나타났다. 4일(96hrs) 후 독성평가 결과 전자빔 조사 강도의 증가에 따라 독성 영향이 저감되는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제30권
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• pp.7.1-7.7
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• 2015

Objectives The widely promising applications of graphene nanomaterials raise considerable concerns regarding their environmental and human health risk assessment. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the toxicity profiling of graphene family nanano-materials (GFNs) in alternative in vitro and in vivo toxicity testing models. Methods The GFNs used in this study are graphene nanoplatelets ([GNPs]-pristine, carboxylate [COOH] and amide [$NH_2$]) and graphene oxides (single layer [SLGO] and few layers [FLGO]). The human bronchial epithelial cells (Beas2B cells) as in vitro system and the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as in vivo system were used to profile the toxicity response of GFNs. Cytotoxicity assays, colony formation assay for cellular toxicity and reproduction potentiality in C. elegans were used as end points to evaluate the GFNs' toxicity. Results In general, GNPs exhibited higher toxicity than GOs in Beas2B cells, and among the GNPs the order of toxicity was pristine > $NH_2$ > COOH. Although the order of toxicity of the GNPs was maintained in C. elegans reproductive toxicity, but GOs were found to be more toxic in the worms than GNPs. In both systems, SLGO exhibited profoundly greater dose dependency than FLGO. The possible reason of their differential toxicity lay in their distinctive physicochemical characteristics and agglomeration behavior in the exposure media. Conclusions The present study revealed that the toxicity of GFNs is dependent on the graphene nanomaterial's physical forms, surface functionalizations, number of layers, dose, time of exposure and obviously, on the alternative model systems used for toxicity assessment.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.272-280
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• 2018

기존의 독성평가는 생물의 생존가능성에 영향을 줄 수 있는 이상행동반응에 대한 평가를 거의 하지 않았다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 행동학적 이해를 바탕으로 양서류 유생들의 생존가능성과 직결되는 포식자회피반응 행동을 이용하여 fullerene nanowhisker(FNW)와 nanowhisker-silver nanoparticle composites(FNW-Ag복합체)의 독성을 평가해 보았다. 우리는 나노물질에 노출되지 않는 그룹과 5가지 농도에 따른 나노물질에 노출되는 그룹(FNW $10{\mu}g/ml$, $100{\mu}g/ml$, $500{\mu}g/ml$과 FNW-Ag복합체 $10{\mu}g/ml$, $50{\mu}g/ml$)으로 나누어 실험하였다. 그 결과, FNW-Ag복합체 $50{\mu}g/ml$농도에 노출된 유생들을 제외하고는 평소 활동량에는 차이가 없었지만, FNW $10{\mu}g/ml$농도에 노출된 유생들을 제외하고는 모두 포식자인식 반응에 따른 활동변화에서는 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 나타났다. 즉, 나노물질노출 유무는 평소 움직임에는 영향을 주지 않지만, 행동학적 이해를 바탕으로 한 분석결과 포식자회피반응에 영향을 준다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 생물을 대상으로 하는 독성평가연구에 행동학적 분석이 이루어져야 할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.103-118
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• 2022

Photorhabdus is a bacterial symbiont of entomopathogenic nematodes of the genus Heterorhabditis in the family Heterorhabditidae. Photorhabdus is known to have nematicidal activity in addition to insecticidal activity. P. temperata isolated from Korean indigenous H. megidis Gwangju strain also produced high control efficacy against root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita and root-lesion nematode Pratylenchus penetrans. P. temperata has drawn interest as a potential bionematicide for the control of root-knot nematodes thereby. For the registration as an organic agricultural material, the toxicity of P. temperata was assessed by the acute toxicity test in carp (Cyprinus carpio) and acute oral and dermal toxicity tests in Sprague-Dawley rat (Rattus norvegicus) in compliance with the guidelines of the Rural Development Administration (RDA). In the acute toxicity test in fish, neither lethality nor abnormal responses of carp were observed. Body length and weight of carp and changes in DO concentrations and pH values were not significantly different between the treated group and the untreated control. In the acute oral and dermal toxicity tests, clinical signs, abnormal behavior, mortality, and pathological findings were not observed in all the experimental rats. The weight increment of all rats was normal. Acute toxicity results of P. temperata in fish and rats belonged to categories III, IV, and IV of RDA, respectively. Toxicity results of the present study indicated that P. temperata could be a safe and promising bionematicide against root-knot nematodes and root lesion nematode.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.99-104
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• 2003

This study was aimed to evaluate the effect of oxygen on motor activity and toxicity in male mice. The modified Porsolt forced swim test (FST) was used and the distance and time of movement by mice were analyzed in 15。C water bath for 20 minutes using the automatic Ethovision videotracking system. Analyses were carried out before and after 20 minutes of exposure to 10％-70％ concentration of normobaric oxygen. The effects of inspired oxygen tension on the distance and time of movement showed the similar trends, but changes in distance were more prominent. Both the distance and time of movement increased after exposure to 30％ and 40％ oxygen concentration. The distance and time of movement also increased upon exposure to 50％ and 60％ oxygen. In contrast, increases En movement and time under exposure to 21％ oxygen concentration were suppressed when exposed to over 50％ oxygen concentration. With exposure to 10％ oxygen, there was a significant decrease in the distance of movement and a slight suppression of movement time. During the swim test, 12.5％, 37.5％, and 87.5％ of the mice drowned after exposure to 10％, 60％, and 70％ oxygen concentration, respectively. These results suggest that motor activity can be enhanced by inspired oxygen up to 40％ concentration. When hypoxic and hyperoxic oxygen exposure over 50％, motor activity is reduced and toxicity may be induced.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.574-579
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• 2019

As interest in health issues increases, it is imperative to ensure good water quality from wastewater treatment plant effluent to preserve environmental health. In particular, currently there is a lack of water ecosystem risk assessment on pharmaceutical substances remaining in effluent. In this study, antidepressant escitalopram (ESC), antiepileptic carbamazepine (CBZ) and lead, which impact the behavior of aquatic organisms, were used to test their impact on the potential behavior of zebrafish. Zebrafish have been widely used in toxicological assessment studies due to the ease of handlinggenerically and genetically. It was possible to observe changes in the growth of organisms through monitoring the embryos' cognitive and behavior assessment. In this study, the embryo lethal dose test showed that the lethal concentration of ESC and CBZ was at 10 ppb, which is below the water quality criterion (100 ppb), increased by 32.5 % and 40 %, respectively. In the cognitive test, it was found that the cognitive ability function decreased by 22 % and 17% for ESC(500 ppb) and CBZ(1,000 ppb) respectively relative to control. Based on these results, it is necessary to initiate efforts to remove these trace pollutants from sewage treatment facilities to protect the health of aquatic organisms.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.241-248
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• 2017

본 연구는 최근 RNAi 기반 LMO의 연구 개발이 활발히 진행됨에 따라 향후 이러한 기술을 이용한 LMO의 유해성 및 자연생태계 위해성평가가 필요할 때 실험실 수준에서 dsRNA를 대량으로 발현시키는 시스템을 확립하고, 수분(화분)매개 곤충인 꿀벌을 대상으로 유해성평가 시험을 수행하는 방법을 제시하고자 하였다. L4440 vector에 Snf7과 GFP 유전자를 클로닝한 plasmid를 HT115 (DE3) 대장균에 형질 전환한 후 온도, 배양시간, IPTG 농도를 각기 다르게 하여 최적의 발현조건을 탐색한 결과 $37^{\circ}C$, 0.4 mM IPTG, 4시간의 배양시간에서 가장 많은 양의 dsRNA가 발현됨을 확인하였다. 국내 외 제시된 꿀벌 위해성평가 가이드라인을 바탕으로 대장균에서 분리한 dsRNA를 꿀벌 성충에 급성섭식으로 처리한 결과 생사율과 일반중독증상에서 차이를 보이지 않는 것으로 보아 대장균으로부터 분리한 Snf7 dsRNA와 GFP dsRNA는 꿀벌 성충에 유해하지 않음을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구를 통해 dsRNA 물질의 유해성평가 및 자연생태계 위해성 평가를 위한 대량 추출 방법과 위해성평가 대상종의 사육 및 물질 처리 방법을 확립하여 향후 이뤄질 dsRNA의 꿀벌 위해성평가에 활용될 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국환경독성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경독성학회 2003년도 추계국제학술대회
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• pp.91-93
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• 2003

It has been estimated that the equivalent of approximately $US 50 billion has been spent on research on the behavior and fate of pesticides in the environment since Rachel Carson published “Silent Spring” in 1962. Much of the resulting knowledge has been summarized explicitly in computer algorithms in a variety of empirical, deterministic, and probabilistic simulation models. These models describe and predict the transport, degradation and resultant concentrations of pesticides in various compartments of the environment during and after application. In many cases the known errors of model predictions are large. For this reason they are typically designed to be “conservative”, i.e., err on the side of over-prediction of concentrations in order to err on the side of safety. These predictions are then compared with toxicity data, from tests of the pesticide on a series of standard representative biota, including terrestrial and aquatic indicator species and higher animals (e.g., wildlife and humans). The models' predictions are good enough in some cases to provide screening of those compounds which are very unlikely to do harm, and to indicate those compounds which must be investigated further. If further investigation is indicated a more detailed (and therefore more complicated) model may be employed to give a better estimate, or field experiments may be required. A model may be used to explore “what if” questions leading to possible alternative pesticide usage patterns which give lower potential environmental concentrations and allowable exposures. We are currently at a maturing stage in this research where the knowledge base of pesticide behavior in the environmental is growing more slowly than in the past. However, innovative uses are being made of the explosion in available computer technology to use models to take ever more advantage of the knowledge we have. In this presentation, current developments in the state of the art as practiced in North America and Europe will be presented. Specifically, we will look at the efforts of the ‘Focus’ consortium in the European Union, and the ‘EMWG’ consortium in North America. These groups have been innovative in developing a process and mechanisms for discussion amongst academic, agriculture, industry and regulatory scientists, for consensus adoption of research advances into risk management methodology.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.188-195
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• 2016

$17{\alpha}$-Ethynylestradiol (EE2) has gotten growing concerns due to its widely detected in the environment and high estrogenic potency. However, the knowledge on the photochemical behaviors of EE2 in natural waters is still limited. Herein, the photodegradation and estrogenic potency variation of EE2 induced by nitrate were studied using a sunlight simulator consisted by a 300 W medium pressure mercury lamp and 290 nm cut-off filters. It was found that EE2 could be photodegraded at a rate of $0.0193h^{-1}$ in pure aqueous solutions, and the photodegradation of EE2 could be significantly promoted by nitrate. The photodegradation removal rate of EE2 was increased from 9% in Milli-Q water to 85% in 2.0 mM nitrate solutions. Reactive species scavenging experiments demonstrated that the photogenerated $HO{\bullet}$ contributed about 55% to EE2 degradation. Fe(III), Cl- and dissolved humic acid (DHA) could inhibit the photodegradation of EE2 by competing the incident light and photogenerated $HO{\bullet}$, while $HCO_3{^-}$ had no influence on EE2 photodegradation. EE2 was determined to be phototransformed into organic chemicals without estrogenic potency by GC-MS and MCF-7 cell proliferation toxicity tests. These findings could extend our knowledge on the photochemical behaviors of steroid estrogens and provide information for ecological risk assessment.