• 한국환경보건학회지
• /
• 제46권4호
• /
• pp.470-479
• /
• 2020

Objectives: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused the death of 740,000 people around the world as of August 12, 2020. Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Avian Influenza, and African Swine Fever are serious livestock diseases. Government agencies in Korea have provided ingredient information and usage instructions for disinfectants used to counter those infectious diseases. The purpose of this study was to provide information on the chemical ingredients in disinfectant products used against COVID-19 and certain livestock diseases. Methods: We collected information from the Korean government. The Central Disaster Management Headquarters and Central Disease Control Headquarters provided information on disinfectant products used against COVID-19. The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency of Korea provided information on efficacy-certified disinfectant products for use against selected livestock diseases. Health hazard and environmental hazard information on the ingredients in the disinfectants was collected from the Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency's Material Safety Data Sheets, and toxicity value information was collected from United States Environmental Protection Agency's CompTox Chemicals Dashboard. Results: There were 76 COVID-19 disinfectant products in use, and the most common ingredients were benzalkonium chloride (51%), alkylbenzyl dimethyl ammonium (30%), and ethanol (3%). There were 216 livestock disease disinfectant products comprised of 89 acidic, 88 oxidic, 30 aldehydic, three alkaline, and six other products. Among the 49 active ingredients used in the disinfectants that were investigated, health and environmental hazard information was provided for many of them, but only 20 chemicals had official toxicological information. Conclusion: Since the disinfectants included numerous chemicals, an understanding of their chemical characteristics could be critical to prevent unintended human or environmental exposure.

• 한국안광학회지
• /
• 제1권1호
• /
• pp.57-63
• /
• 1996

Soft contact lens 착용자 40명의 lens 관리체계와 결막의 미생물 오염을 조사하였다. Contact lens 착용자의 연령은 19-27세(평균22세)로 대부분 hydrogel contact lens를 1년 이하 착용하고 있었고 lens case의 사용기간은 1주-3개월 43%, 4-6개월 52%였다. lens의 소독은 27명(67%)이 화학소독을 실시하고 있었고, hydrogen peroxide와 열소독은 각각 8명(20%), 5명 이었다. Rinsing solution의 경우 14명이 시판되는 nonpreserved saline을, 26명(65%)은 preserved saline을 사용하고 있었다. Lens case 및 결막의 세균오염률은 각각 62%, 17%로 lens case의 세균오염률이 가장 높고 unpreserved saline(8/14), chemical(5/27), 그리고 결막순이었다. 진균 오염율은 lens case 및 결막에서 각각 67%, 15%이였고, 주로 lens case, unpreserved saline, 결막에서 오염이 심했다. Hydrogen peroxide 소독은 화학소독의 경우보다 hydrogen peroxide 용액 자체는 오염률이 현저하게 낮았으나 hydrogen peroxide 소독에 의한 contact lens 관리체계는 오염률에 있어서 다른 소독방법을 사용하는 관리체계와 유의성 있는 차이가 없었다. Pseudomonas aeruginosa는 각각 5개의 lens case(l3%)와 2개의 결막(5%)에서 또 Candida albicans는 11개의 lens case(27%)와 5개의 결막(12%)에서 각각 분리되었으며, 오염원 lens case와 결막으로부터 각각 Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Candida dlbicans, Aspergillus fumigatus와 Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Aspergillus fumigatus가 분리 확인되었다. 조사대상중 Acanthamoeba의 오염은 확인되지 않았다.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
• /
• 제23권3호
• /
• pp.199-211
• /
• 2019

The sterilization effects of methylene blue (MB), formalin, and iodine on the egg of marine medaka, Oryzias dancena, were investigated for disinfecting naididae worm, Chaetogaster diastrophus through sterilization. To determine harmfulness of MB, formalin, and iodine, lethal concentrations 50 ($LC_{50}$) of three chemicals were analyzed in the eggs of marine medaka. The sterilized periods of each chemical were set at 1 hr. Sterilized rates of naididae worm in each chemical were significantly affected and increased drastically as the concentration of each chemical increased (p<0.05). Sterilization abilities of naididae worm were most effective for formalin, but survival rates of egg and hatched rates for formalin were lowest among each chemical. The $LC_{50}$ of MB over 96 hrs were 185.26, 103.84, and 127.15 ppm for adults, juveniles, and eggs respectively. The toxic effects of MB were clearly dose dependent for each life stage (p<0.05). The toxicity sensitivity of juveniles to MB was dramatically higher than that of other groups. In 48 hrs after sterilization, cortisol and glucose concentrations of the adult group with MB treatment were significantly higher than those of the adult group with no treatment (p<0.05). This research provides useful data on sterilization effect of MB, formalin, and iodine, acute toxicity in marine medaka egg and toxicity, sensitivity of life stage of MB in marine medaka.