• 한국환경과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경과학회 2005년도 봄 학술발표회지 제14권(제1호)
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• pp.327-328
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• 2005

Trace anions in high-sulfate wastewater from mainly derelict mines were determined by ion chromatography with on-line preconcentration and preelution technique. As the sample was preconcentrated and more strongly held ions were preeluted to the principal separation system, this approach was highly effective in removing large concentration of sulfate in high-sulfate wastewater. With this practical on-line preelution treatment, the peaks of fluoride and chloride showed good resolution even when the sulfate concentration was as high as 2000 mg/L and the analyzed total metal concentration was above 500 mg/L.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2003년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.352-355
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• 2003

27 passive systems in 21 mines constructed by The Coal Industry Promotion Board since 1996 were investigated to evaluate the treatment efficiency of systems and find problems in each system, which will eventually lead to the improvement or suggesting the alternative method of the passive treatment system. Problems in operation include overflow, leakage, inefficiency and unusablness. The efficiency of systems which has been evaluated by metal(Fe) removal rate and/or by acidity removal rate do not reflect the poor removal rate of S $O_4$$^{2-}$. Especially high concentration of S $O_4$$^{2-}$ and high COD in the beginning of the operation would decrease the bacteria activity due to the lack of the nutrition. To solve the problem of overflow the upflow-type SAPS is being considered.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.553-565
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• 2002

본 연구는 시흥 동연아연 및 나주 덕음 금은 폐광산 주변 오염 논토양을 대상으로 시기별 중금속의 수직적 분포 및 함량변화를 실내 microcosm실험을 통하여 조사하였으며 산화환원 환경 변화에 따른 중금속의 지구화학적 거동 양상을 평가하고자 하였다. 두 지역의 원 논토양은 광물학적 구성, 중금속 함량 및 pH와 같은 지구화학적 특성이 차이를 나타내었으며 특히 덕음에서 상대적으로 낮은 중금속 함량에 비해 높은 교환성 형태의 비율로 중금속 용출이 높을 것으로 예상되었다. 18주의 침수기간동안 microcosm토양 상하부는 산화환원 환경 차이를 유지하였으며 pH의 경우 시흥의 상하부 토양 및 덕음의 하부 토양에서는 중성-알칼리성을 유지하였으나 덕음 상부는 3.2-3.8의 강산성을 나타내었다. 용존 Fe, Mn은 상부에 비해 하부에서 높은 농도를 보여 환원성 용해현상에 의한 용출거동을 나타내었다. Pb 및 Zn는 산화환경인 상부에서 그 용출이 높게 나타나며 pH가 높은 시흥의 경우 상층수/토양 경계면에 철 및 망간이 풍부한 층이 형성되고 중금속의 이동을 억제하는 트랩역할을 하여 용출정도가 낮았다. 반면 pH가 낮은 덕읍에서는 원 토양의 상대적으로 낮은 중금속 함량에 비해 그 용출정도가 높았으며 침수 및 배수의 시기별 화학적 존재 형태의 변화도 나타났다. 강산성의 논토양에서는 침수기에 토양 상층부에서 벼작물의 중금속 흡수도가 증가할 수 있으며 배수후에는 교환성 형태의 증가로 역시 그 흡수도가 높아질 것으로 예상된다.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.157-165
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• 2023

폐석탄광산 주변 농경지의 주요 토양오염물질은 비소이며, 폐금속광산과는 달리 그 오염수준이 관련 환경기준을 경미하게 초과하는 특성을 가진다. 이에 선행연구에서는 폐석탄광산 농경지의 토양개량·복원사업(안정화 처리 및 복토층 조성) 시 복토층 두께를 기존 40 cm에서 20 cm 두께로 낮추는 방안의 적용성을 실내 포트실험으로 확인한 바 있다. 금번 후속연구에서는 본 방안을 실제 농경지에서 벼 재배를 통해 실증하였다. 4개월이 넘는 벼 재배기간 중 쌀알로 전이된 비소의 농도는 20 cm 두께의 복토 시 44% 이상의 전이감소율을 보였다. 특히 오염된 원지반을 안정화 처리한 후 복토한 경우엔 이의 감소율이 56%까지 증가하였다. 따라서 본 실증연구를 통해 복토층 두께 20 cm의 적용성을 확인하였고, 이는 곧 복토재 사용량 감소로 인한 사업비 절감도 가능함을 시사한다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제32권4B호
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• pp.261-266
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 중금속에 의한 토양환경영향평가 시 노출농도 기반의 평가와 위해성 기반의 평가를 비교하였다. 이를 위해서 폐광산 지역에서 중금속 오염노출을 조사하였다. 발암위해도와 비발암위해도 평가 결과, 토양섭취의 영향이 토양접촉의 영향보다 지배적이었고, 우려기준을 초과하는 경우에는 총 위해도도 기준을 초과하였다. 우려기준을 초과하지 않는 경우도 대부분 총 위해도 기준을 초과하였으므로, 위해도 기반의 평가가 노출농도 기반의 평가보다 더 민감한 기준이라는 기존 인식을 확인하였다. 하지만 토양접촉 경로의 비발암위해성 결과들의 심층 분석 결과, 우려기준을 초과함에도 위해도 기준을 초과하지 않는 경우들이 검출되었다. 본 연구에서는 신뢰성 있는 폐광산지역의 토양오염정화사업 타당성 평가를 위해서는 현재 노출농도기반의 평가 위주에서 위해성 기반 평가로의 정책 전환의 필요성이 확인되었고, 위해도 원단위 및 판단기준의 객관적 설정을 위한 연구 필요성이 제시되었다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.817-821
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• 2012

Soil samples collected from abounded mines of Boryeong area in South Korea were used in isolating bacterial strains and their capacity to solubilize inorganic phosphates and heavy metal tolerance were assessed in vitro. Three different inorganic phosphate sources (Ca phosphate, Fe phosphate, and Al phosphate) and four different heavy metals (Co, Cd, Pb and Zn) each with three concentrations ($100{\mu}g\;mL^{-1}$, $200{\mu}g\;mL^{-1}$, and $400{\mu}g\;mL^{-1}$) were used. The bacterial isolates PSB-1, PSB-2, PSB-3, and PSB-4 solubilized significantly higher amount of Ca phosphate during the first five days of incubation though subsequent drop in soluble phosphorus level in the medium was observed at the later stage (after 5 days) of the incubation. Solubilization of Ca phosphate and Fe phosphate was concomitant with the acidification of the culture medium compared to the control where it remained constant. Isolated strains could solubilize Fe phosphate to certain extent ($25-45{\mu}g\;mL^{-1}$) though solubilization of Al phosphate was found negligible. All the isolates were tolerant to heavy metals (Cd, Pb, and Zn) up to the concentration of $400{\mu}g\;mL^{-1}$ except PSB-1 and PSB-8, which were shown to be vulnerable to Co even at $100{\mu}g\;mL^{-1}$. Heavy metal tolerant strains should be further evaluated for plant growth promoting activities also under field conditions in order to assess their agricultural and environmental significance.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.389-394
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• 1995

Yugu-Kwangcheon Au-Ag Province is connected to the southwestern part of the Cheonan Province and includes the Gubong (one of the biggest gold mine in past), Daebong and Samgwang mines. Cadmium concentrations in sphalerite of Yugu-Kwancheon Province is higher than those of other Au-Ag provinces and could be the source of the heavy metal contaminations. Heavy metals are present in rock-soil-plant-human system from natural geological materials, and dietary intake through this system makes a significant contribution to the ingestion of heavy metals by man. In order to examine the degree and extent of heavy metal contaminations in the Gubong, Daebong and Samgwang mine areas of Yugu-Kwangcheon Province, soil, stream water, sediment and crop plant samples were taken and analyzed for Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS) and Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES). Cadmium and Pb concentrations in paddy/farm soils and stream sediments from the Gubong and Samgwang mine areas are higher than those in uncontaminated soils. Lead concentrations in crop plants cultivated in these soils are high up to $0.38{\mu}g/g$ in rice grain and $4.5{\mu}g/g$ in sesame. In these mine areas, regular consumption of crop plants by the local population would seem to pose a potential health problems from long-term Pb exposure. The biological absorption coefficient in rice grain for heavy metals varies in the order $C_d=Zn>Cu>Pb$ and the relationship between Cd concentrations in soils and crop plants is expressed by the equation $Cd_{plant}=0.11245\;Log\;Cd_{soil}+0.13472$.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.231-238
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• 2021

BACKGROUND: Metal contamination of farmlands nearby abandoned mines is a serious environmental problem. This study was conducted to evaluate the efficiency of stabilizers on different type of the soils contaminated with metals. METHODS AND RESULTS: The texture of silt loam soil initially contaminated with heavy metal was artificially adjusted to loam and sandy loam by adding sand, and the soil organic matter content (1.5%) was also altered by adding peat to the soils at 3.5 and 8.0%. The soils were mixed with 3% (w/w) of each limestone, dolomite, and steel slag. For the soils with different textures, the bioavailability of As was found to be the lowest in sandy loam compared to others metals such as Cu, Pb, and Zn. The efficacy of limestone and dolomite was not significantly different compared to the soils having different organic matter contents, but the stabilization efficiency of steel slag increased as the soil organic matter content increased. Moreover, stabilizers showed inhibition effect on the uptake of metals to plant. CONCLUSION: The stabilizers were found as effective materials to immobilize metals in soil and to decrease plant uptake of metals. Studies are needed to deeply elucidate the interaction between influencing factors and various stabilizers.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.31-35
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• 2019

Andong-dam was built up in 1967 and it is one of the biggest dams in Korea. Previous studies showed that the sediments are highly contaminated with heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium, and lead. Many research projects are going on to find out the source of the contamination, to evaluate the toxicities to ecosystem, to estimate the volume of sediment to be treated and to find out a good remediation method. Reports show that the sediment is highly contaminated and the main contamination source is supposed to be abandoned mines and a zinc refinery located upper stream of the river. A magnetic separation has been tested as a treatment method for the dredged sediment. Lab scale test showed that the magnetically captured portion is about 10% in weight but the contamination of heavy metal is much higher than the contamination of the passed portion. This indicates that a magnetic separation could be applied for the purpose of reduction of sediment to be treated and for increasing the volume of low toxic sediments which can be dumped as general waste. A magnetic separation using a HGMS has been tested for the sediment with variable magnetic field and the results showed the higher magnetic field increase the captured portion but the concentrating effect of heavy metal was weakened. Further study is needed to establish a useful technology and optimization between decontamination and reduction of sediment volume.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.618-622
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• 2010

본 연구는 비소에 대한 만성노출이 의심되는 일부 폐금속광산 주변 지역 주민 중 여성들을 대상으로 요중 비소 농도와 산화적 유전자 손상지표인 요중 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) 농도와의 관련성을 평가하기 위해 시행되었다. 충청북도에 위치한 두 폐금속광산 지역 주민 중 여성 165명을 대상으로 요중 비소농도와 요중 8-OHdG의 농도를 측정하고 SPSS 12.0 통계프로그램을 이용하여 분석하였다. 조사 대상자들의 요중 비소농도는 기하평균이 $5.65\;{\mu}g/g$ creatinine으로 나타났으며 요중 비소와 8-OHdG 농도와의 관련성 분석에서는 상관계수 0.399 (p<0.001)의 유의한 상관성을 보였다. 이러한 관련성은 비소노출 농도가 낮은 경우가 노출농도가 높은 경우에 비해 상대적으로 높은 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 요중 8-OHdG 농도가 저농도의 비소에 만성적으로 노출된 여성에서 산화적 유전자 손상을 평가하는 좋은 지표가 될 수 있음을 시사한다.