• 한국대기환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국대기환경학회 2004년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.112-113
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• 2004

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.454-466
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• 2013

To evaluate the organic matter and trace metal pollution in intertidal sediment of the coastal zone, various geochemical parameters (grain size, ignition loss [IL], chemical oxygen demand [COD], acid volatile sulfide [AVS], and metals [Al, Fe, Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, Cr, Mn, Hg, and As]) were measured for the intertidal surface sediment of the mainland and islands between Mokpo and Haenam in the southwestern coast of Korea. The surface sediments consist mainly of finer sediments, such as mud and silt. The concentrations of IL, COD, and trace metals in intertidal sediment were relatively high in the shoreline of the mainland than in that of islands and those in some stations exceeded the sediment quality guidelines (SQGs). Moreover, the concentrations of IL, COD, and trace metals (except As) in sediment showed relatively good positive correlations with mean grain size, indicating that the concentrations of organic matter and trace metals in intertidal sediment of the study region are dependent on grain size of sediment. Pollution evaluation for trace metals using geochemical assessment techniques, such as enrichment factor, geoaccumulation index, and SQGs, suggested that the intertidal sediments in the study region show light pollution with Cr and moderate pollution with As. More extensive interdisciplinary studies are required to determine the potential causes of As pollution in intertidal sediment.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제28권
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• pp.17.1-17.3
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• 2013

The fact that hazardous metals do not bio-degrade or bio-deteriorate translates to long-lasting environmental effects. In the context of evidently rapid global industrialization, this ought to warrant serious caution, particularly in developing countries. In the Republic of Fiji, a developing country in the South Pacific, several different environmental studies over the past 20 years have shown levels of lead, copper, zinc and iron in sediments of the Suva Harbor to be 6.2, 3.9, 3.3 and 2.1 times more than the accepted background reference levels, respectively. High levels of mercury have also been reported in lagoon shellfish. These data inevitably warrant thorough assessment of the waste practices of industries located upstream from the estuaries, but in addition, an exposure and health impact assessment has never been conducted. Relevant government departments are duty-bound, at least to the general public that reside in and consume seafood from the vicinities of the Suva Harbor, to investigate possible human effects of the elevated hazardous metal concentrations found consistently in 20 years of surface sediment analysis. Furthermore, pollution of the intermediate food web with hazardous metals should be investigated, regardless of whether human effects are eventually confirmed present or not.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.81-90
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• 2010

In this study, primary investigation for evaluation of abandoned metal mine effect on watershed has been done. 64 abandoned mines have been selected for primary investigation through literature and field survey. 216 soil and 90 water samples were collected and metal pollution concentrations were analyzed. 24 mines have mine water in the pits and acid water below pH 5 was not observed. Soils from 35 mines were over the soil basis of concern and 16 mines were over the soil basis of action. Arsenic average concentration was 188 times of average concentration of the natural background. Drinking water samples from 3 mines were over the drinking water standard and surface water samples from 12 mines were over the river water standard. Integrated pollution index, which was resulted from the integration of field survey, soil and water pollution concentration, showed that, abandoned metal mines had affected on watershed greatly in the order of Samgeum, Daedeok, Cheongdalgeum, Heungsin, Yeongdae and Myeongbong mines.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.724-734
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• 2019

This study selected a representative small arm firing range and analyzed the distribution of heavy metal pollutants such as Pb, Cu, Zn, etc. For this the concentrations of heavy metals in soils, roots and leaves of plants, and water of the small arm firing range were measured. The concentrations of heavy metals in the effluent were also checked during precipitation. The concentration of lead in the samples collected from the top soil(0-5 cm) and sub soil(5-50 cm) near the target in the small arm firing range exceeded the concern level of the Soil Environment Conservation Act of Korea, but not in other soil samples. Plants that grow in soil heavily contaminated with lead showed a high lead concentration, especially in roots. However, the concentration of lead in effluent from the small arm firing range was less than 0.02 ppm. The concentration of copper and zinc in the small arm firing range did not surpass the concern level of the Soil Environment Conservation Act of Korea. Through this study more accurate information on the distribution of heavy metal pollution in the soil of the small arm firing range was obtained. Based on this research, we can conclude that some facility improvements can reduce the spreading of pollutants in the currently used small arm firing range and contribute to the design and operation of advanced small arm firing ranges.

• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.121-144
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• 2002

The purpose of this study is to test pollution-heaven hypothesis on the korean pollution-intensive industries, that is, textile and clothing, petrochemical and primary metal industry. The empirical study examines that foreign direct investment(FDI) of korean pollution-intensive industries regresses on couple of exogenous variables and the environmental regulation on FDI. As the environmental regulation is not directly observed, it uses $CO_2$ emissions as the pollutant. The results of the study show that the environmental regulation in a host country is an insignificant determinant of FDI for the korean polluting industries. That is, they do not support Leonard (1988), Xing and Kolstad (2000) that the hypothesis is a significant for heavily polluting industries.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.535-547
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 조력발전소 가동 이후 퇴적물 내 공간적 중금속 오염변화 특성을 알아보기 위하여, 2015년 표층퇴적물, 퇴적물 코어, 입자성 침강물질 내 중금속 농도를 분석하고 가동 이전인 2009년과의 비교를 실시하였다. 2015년에 채취한 표층퇴적물 내 중금속의 평균 농도는 조력발전소 가동 이전인 2009년에 비해 8% (Cd)~31% (Zn, Hg) 감소하였다. 본 연구에서 분석된 8개 원소를 모두 포함한 오염부하지수(PLI)를 계산한 결과, 2015년 자료가 2009년에 비해 중금속 오염도가 18% 감소하였다. 하지만 2015년에도 산업단지에 인접한 상류지역에서는 여전히 Cu, Zn, Pb가 주의기준(TEL)을 초과하였다. 조력발전소 가동 이전에 비해 2015년 중금속에 오염된 퇴적 깊이는 S6 정점에서는 15 cm, S7 정점에서는 12 cm 증가하였으나 중금속의 평균농도는 감소하였다. 입자물질의 총 침강속의 평균은 2009년에 32.5 g/㎡/d에서 2015년 103.5 g/㎡/d로 입자의 침강량이 3.2배 높아졌다. 수층의 입자물질 증가는 조력발전소 가동에 따라 저층 퇴적물이 재부유된 것으로 판단된다. 코어 시료에서 오염 퇴적 깊이와 입자물질의 침강속 증가는 조력발전소 가동으로 인해 발생한 해류의 영향으로 저층 퇴적물이 재부유되어 다른 지역으로 이동/퇴적된 사실을 나타내고 있다. 표층퇴적물과 마찬가지로 상류지역 코어에서는 여전히 Cr, Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd이 주의기준을 초과하고 있었으며, 중금속 오염 퇴적물이 40 cm 이상 축적되어 있어 여전히 산업단지를 통한 중금속 오염이 심각한 것으로 나타났다. 조력발전소 가동에 의한 해수 유통량의 증가로 시화호 중금속 오염은 다소 감소하였으나, 산업활동을 통한 중금속의 오염은 여전히 존재하고 있으며 퇴적물 재이동을 통해 오염된 퇴적물이 시화호 외측으로 방류되어 환경 혹은 생태계에 악영향을 미칠 가능성이 있다. 따라서 금속 안정동위원소를 활용한 오염원 추적과 같은 과학적 조사와 오염원을 줄이기 위한 정책적인 결단이 필요한 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2015년도 추계 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.34-35
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• 2015

Recently, introduction of Advanced water treatment facilities has been increasing due to serious domestic water pollution. Ozone is a strong oxidizing materials in the advanced water treatment facilities. However, due to such a strong oxidation, Ozone eroded waterproofing/corrosion on the concrete surface and caused performance degradation. Therefore, in this study, permeability experiment of metal spraying system by concrete surface treatment was conducted.

• 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국작물학회 2017년도 9th Asian Crop Science Association conference
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• pp.245-245
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• 2017

Heavy metal pollution of agricultural soils affects land productivity and has impact on the quality of surrounding ecosystem. Soil microbial community parameters are used as reliable indices for assessing quality of agricultural lands under metal stress. This study investigated bacterial community structure of polluted and undisturbed paddy soils to elucidate soil factors that are related to alteration of bacterial communities under conditions of metal pollution. No obvious differences in the richness or diversity of bacterial communities were observed between samples from polluted and control areas. The bacterial communities of three locations were distinct from one another, and each location possessed distinctive set of bacterial phylotypes. The abundances of several phyla and genera differed significantly between study locations. Variation of bacterial community was mostly related to soil general properties at phylum level while at finer taxonomic levels concentrations of arsenic and lead were significant factors. According to results of bacterial community functional prediction, the soil bacterial communities of metal polluted locations were characterized by more abundant DNA replication and repair, translation, transcription and nucleotide metabolism pathway enzymes while amino acid and lipid metabolism as well as xenobiotic biodegradation potential was reduced.Our results suggest that the soil microbial communities had adapted to the elevated metal concentrations in the polluted soils as evidenced by changes in relative abundances of particular groups of microorganisms at different taxonomic resolution levels, and by altered functional potential of the microbial communities.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.347-360
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• 2007

고성군에 위치한 폐구리광산의 중금속 오염범위와 정도 및 환경위해성을 평가하기 위하여 광산지역으로부터 토양과 벼를 채취하여 중금속 함량을 분석하였다. 중금속 함량은 논토양에 비해 산토양에서 훨씬 높았다. 중금속 전함량은 산토양에서 Cu>Zn>Pb>As>Cr>Cd, 논토양에서 Zn>Pb>Cu>Cr>As>Cd 순으로 감소하였으며, 0.1/1N HCl에 의한 중금속 용출량은 산토양에서 Cu>Pb>Zn>As>Cd>Cr, 논토양에서 Pb>Cu>Zn>As>Cd>Cr 순으로 나타났다. 중금속 용출비는 시료채취지점에 따라 매우 다양하였지만 평균적으로는 Cd(16%)>Pb(10%)>Cu(9%)>As(4.5%)>Zn-Cr(${\le}2.5%$)의 순이었다. 조사대상 토양들은 지각평균값에 비해 중금속이 부화되어 있으며 그 순서는 $As{\ge}Cd>Pb>Zn>Cu>Cr$이었다. 토양의 중금속 전함량 또는 용출량으로부터 계산한 오염지수는 중금속 오염이 폐구리광산 특히 삼산제일광산 주변의 산토양에 국한되어 있음을 나타내었다. 현미 중의 중금속함량은 As $nd{\sim}0.87mg/kg,\;Cd\;0.02{\sim}0.34mg/kg,\;Cu\;1.01{\sim}6.25mg/kg,\;Mn\;13.4{\sim}43.2mg/kg,\;Pb\;0.09{\sim}2.83mg/kg$ 및 $Zn\;16.5{\sim}79.1mg/kg$으로 심각하게 오염된 수준은 아니었다. 토양 pH와 함께 중금속의 용출 및 분포특성들은 이 지역 중금속 오염의 대부분이 중금속의 용해 순환보다는 폐광석과 맥석광물의 쇄설성 이동에 의해 진행되고 있음을 시사하였다.