Heavy metals have been analyzed on the non-woven from the 24 kinds of wet wipes and 8 kinds of mask packs. The following materials used in the non-woven according to each product are: rayon+polyester for the 12 wet wipe products, rayon+PET for the 5 wet wipe products, and rayon, cotton, rayon+polyester+cotton, pulp+polypropylene for the rest of the wet wipe products. No further information on the materials was found on the 3 wet wipes and 8 mask packs. However, polyester may be applied for the non-woven in wet wipes, because PET is part of the polyester group. The heavy metals analysis in the 24 kinds of wet wipes and 8 kinds of mask packs revealed the following: arsenic was found from 47.14±1.13 to 71.75±1.64 ㎍/L on the 3 products, the amount of nickel in the 2 products were 261.26±5.14 and 1,242.63±43.71 ㎍ /L, 53.69±1.45 and 103.52±2.02 ㎍/L on the 2 mask packs. It was also revealed that lead was detected from 7.23±0.32 to 55.67±1.46 ㎍/L on the 6 wet wipes, antimony was ranged from 187.86±5.24 to 19,558.35±3,537.30 ㎍/L on the 12 wet wipes, and 5.25±0.25 and 8,936±55.22 ㎍/L on the 2 mask packs. No cadmium, mercury, or thallium were detected from all the products. A high concentration of antimony might come from antimony trioxide, which was used as a catalyst when manufacturing the polyester. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that a non-woven used for cosmetic purposes should not use heavy metals as a catalyst when manufacturing, and it’s important to clarify which materials are used in non-woven.

In recent years, consumers have become more interested in convenient lifestyles, leading to increased use of salted cabbages for preparation of kimchi. This study aimed to investigate the safety of heavy metals, pesticide residues, and foodborne pathogens in commercial salted cabbages in Seoul from August to November, 2014. The survey, which was conducted to determine whether or not salted cabbages were prepared under the highest sanitary conditions, showed that Seoulites are interested in purchasing hygienic and safe salted cabbages. The average amounts (range) of Pb and Cd found in 30 salted cabbage samples were 0.007 (0.000~0.063) mg/kg and 0.004 (0.000~0.012) mg/kg, respectively. The cabbages were analyzed for residues from 285 types of pesticides using the multiresidue method. Residues for pesticides were not detected. Major foodborne pathogens, specifically Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., Listeria monocytogenes, Campylobacter jejuni, Staphylococcus aureus, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli, Bacillus cereus, Clostridium perfringens and Norovirus, were also not detected.

In order to evaluate the pollution of heavy metals in offshore surface sediments around shipyards in Korea, surface sediment samples were collected at eleven stations around four major shipyards located in the southeastern coast of Korea in summer 2010 and nine kinds of heavy metals such as copper(Cu), zinc(Zn), cadmium(Cd), lead(Pb), chrome(Cr), arsenic(As), mercury(Hg), iron(Fe) and aluminum(Al) in sediments were analyzed. The concentrations of Cu at all sampling stations were in the range of 47.10 ~ 414.96 mg/kg and exceeded TEL(Threshold Effects Level) 20.6 mg-Cu/kg of Korean marine environmental standards for offshore sediments and ERL(Effect Range-Low) 34.0 mg-Cu/kg . The concentrations of Cu at seven stations around four shipyards were 65.18 ~ 414.96 mg/kg and exceeded PEL(Probable Effects Level) 64.4 mg-Cu/kg of Korean marine environmental standards for offshore sediments. The concentration of Cu at one station around B-shipyard was 414.96 mg/kg and exceeded ERM(Effect Range-Median) 270.0 mg-Cu/kg . The concentrations of Zn at all stations were in the range of 135.09 ~ 388.79 mg/kg which exceeded ERL 150.0 mg-Zn/kg . The concentrations of Zn at seven stations around four shipyards were 157.57 ~ 388.79 mg/kg and exceeded PEL 157.0 mg-Zn/kg . The concentration of Zn at one station around B-shipyard was 388.79 mg/kg and was approaching ERM 410.0 mg-Zn/kg . The concentrations of Cd at all stations were in the range of 0.11 ~ 0.54 mg/kg and were below TEL 0.75 mg-Cd/kg and ERL 1.2 mg-Cd/kg . The concentrations of Pb at all stations were in the range of 18.04 ~ 105.62 mg/kg . The concentrations of Pb at two stations around B-shipyard were 73.87 ~ 105.62 mg/kg which exceeded TEL 44.0 mg-Pb/kg and ERL 46.7 mg-Pb/kg , and were below PEL 119.0 mg-Pb/kg and ERM 218.0 mg-Pb/kg . The concentrations of Cr at all stations were in the range of 51.26 ~ 85.39 mg/kg. The concentration of Cr at one station around B-shipyard was 85.39 mg/kg and exceeded ERL 81.0 mg-Cr/kg . The concentrations of As at all stations were in the range of 8.70 ~ 22.15 mg/kg which exceeded ERL 8.2 mg-As/kg and were below ERM 70.0 mg-As/kg . The concentrations of As at eight stations around A-shipyard, B-shipyard and D-shipyard were 14.93 ~ 22.15 mg/kg which exceeded TEL 14.5 mg-As/kg and were below PEL 75.5 mg-As/kg . The concentrations of Hg at all stations were in the range of 0.02 ~ 0.35 mg/kg. The concentrations of Hg at three stations around A-shipyard were 0.11 ~ 0.13 mg/kg which were almost equal to TEL 0.11 mg-Hg/kg . Those at two stations around B-shipyard were 0.27 ~ 0.35 mg/kg which exceeded TEL 0.11 mg-Hg/kg and ERL 0.15 mg-Hg/kg, and were below PEL 0.62 mg-Hg/kg and ERM 0.71 mg-Hg/kg. The concentrations of Fe and Al at all stations were in the range of 2.90 ~ 3.66 % and 3.12 ~ 6.80 %, respectively. These results imply that heavy metals such as copper, zinc, lead, arsenic and mercury were likely to be transferred to marine environment from shipyards, especially from B-shipyard.

Chironomous is aquatic insect belonging to order Diptera, family Chironomidae. Their larval stage can be found mainly in aquatic benthic environment, hence good model organism to study environmental toxicology assessments and consider as useful bio indicators of contamination of the aquatic environment. In this study, Chironomus Heat Shock Proteins, Cytochrome 450, Glutathione S-transferase, Serine-type endopeptidase gene expressions were compared between polluted field areas (Chironomus plumosus) and under laboratory conditions (Chironomus riparious) to investigate molecular indicators for environmental contaminant stress assessment. Heavy metal (Al, Fe, Mn, Cu, Cr, Zn, Se, Pb, As, Cd) concentrations in sediments collected from three study areas exceeded the reference values. Moreover, HSPs, CYP450 and GST gene expression except SP for C. plumosus showed higher expression than C. riparious gene expression. Similar gene expression pattern was observed in C. riparious that exposed environment waters up to 96 h when compared to C. plumosus exposed to waters that grown in lab conditions. In summary, this comparative gene expression analysis in Chironomous between field and laboratory condition gave useful information to select candidate molecular indicators in heavy metal contaminations in the environment.

국내 대형 조선소 주변해역의 중금속오염 현황을 밝히기 위하여 2010년 여름에 4개의 대형 조선소 주변 11개의 채수정점과 4개의 대조 정점에서 해수 시료를 채취하여 6종의 금속(Cu, Zn, Fe, Cd, Pb, Hg)을 분석하였다. 조선소별 주변해역 수중의 금속을 분석한 결과, (1) 구리(Cu)의 평균 농도는 0.817 ~ 1.638 ㎍/L로 해역환경기준(사람의 건강보호기준 20 ㎍/L, 해양생태계 보호 단기기준 3 ㎍/L)보다 낮았지만, 대조정점에 비하여 1.64 ~ 2.75배의 높은 값을 나타냈다. (2) 아연(Zn)의 평균 농도는 0.228 !~ 0.567 ㎍/L로 해역환경기준(사람의 건강보호기준 100 ㎍/L, 해양생태계 보호 단기기준 34 ㎍/L)보다 낮았지만, 대조정점에 비하여 1.62 ~ 5.91배의 높은 값을 나타냈다. (3) 철(Fe)의 평균 농도는 3.332 ~ 7.410 ㎍/L로 대조정점에 비하여 1.30 ~ 6.75배의 높은 값을 나타냈다. (4) 카드뮴(Cd)의 평균 농도는 0.013 ~ 0.028 ㎍/L로 해역환경기준(사람의 건강보호기준 10 ㎍/L, 해양생태계 보호 단기기준 19 ㎍/L)보다 낮았지만, 대조정점에 비해 1.18 ~ 2.33배의 높은 값을 나타냈다. (5) 납(Pb)의 평균 농도는 0.007 ~ 0.126 ㎍/L로 해역환경기준(사람의 건강보호기준 50 ㎍/L, 해양생태계 보호 단기기준 7.6 ㎍/L)보다 낮았다. (6) 수은(Hg)의 평균 농도는 0.002 ~ 0.004 ㎍/L로 해역환경기준(사람의 건강보호기준 0.5 ㎍/L, 해양생태계 보호 단기기준 1.8 ㎍/L)보다 낮았다. 비록 모든 중금속의 수중 농도가 해역환경기준보다 낮다고 할지라도, 선박 건조작업에 사용되는 구리, 아연, 철과 같은 중금속의 농도가 대조해역에 비해 조선소 주변해역에서 높다는 것은 조선소의 영향에 기인하는 것을 암시한다. 따라서 조선소로부터 각종 오염물질이 해양에 유입되지 않도록 통제하고 해양오염을 방지하는 국가적 차원의 해양환경관리가 필요하다.

국내 유통 중인 총 391건의 유리제, 도자기제, 법랑, 옹기류, 폴리에틸렌제 및 폴리프로필렌제 식품용 기구 및 용 기·포장 중 이행 우려가 있는 납, 카드뮴, 비소, 안티몬, 6가크롬 및 수은에 대하여 이행량을 조사하고 안전성 평가를 실시하였다. 29건의 도자기제 및 법랑 검체에서 현행 식품용 기구 및 용기·포장 공전상의 용출규격 이하인 납, 카드뮴 및 안티몬이 이행되었다. 이행량 결과를 토대로 안전성 평가 시나리오에 적용하여 이행된 납, 카드뮴 및 안티몬의 EDI를 산출한 후 TDI와 비교하여 위해도를 평가하였다. 도자기제 기구 이행 납 및 카드뮴의 위해도는 TDI 대비 0.25%, 0.11% 수준이었고 법랑 기구 이행 납, 카드뮴 및 안티몬의 위해도는 TDI 대비 0.33%, 1.52% 및 0.13% 수준이었다. 결론적으로 검토된 평가 항목들의 위해도는 TDI 대비 최대 1.52%에 불과한 것으로 조사되어 안전한 수준인 것으로 사료되었다. 이러 한 결과들은 앞으로 기구 및 용기·포장의 안전관리를 위한 과학적인 근거자료로 이용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

The potential ability of Button mushroom compost (BMC) to solubilize heavy metals was estimated with metal contaminated soils collected from abandoned mines of Boryeong area in South Korea. The bacterial strains in BMC were isolated for investigating the mobilization of metals in soil or plant by the strains and identified according to 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. When metal solubilization potential of BMC was assessed in a batch experiment, the BMC was found to be capable of solubilizing metals in the presence of metals (Co, Pb and Zn) and the results showed that inoculation of BMC could increase the concentrations of water soluble Co, Pb and Cd by 35, 25 and 45% respectively, than those of non-inoculated soils. BMC-assisted growth promotion and metal uptake in sunflower (Helianthus annuus) was also evaluated in a pot experiment. In comparison with non-inoculated seedlings, the inoculation led to increase the growth of H. annuus by 27, 25 and 28% respectively in Co, Pb and Zn contaminated soils. Moreover, enhanced accumulation of Co, Pb and Zn in the shoot and root systems was observed in inoculated plants, where metal translocation from root to the above-ground tissues was also found to be enhanced by the BMC. The apparent results suggested that the BMC could effectively be employed in enhancing phytoextraction of Co, Pb and Zn from contaminated soils.

천수만 내 어장해역과 비어장해역의 해저퇴적물에 대한 지화학적 특성을 파악하기 위하여 입도 및 유기물오염의 특성과 중금속 오염도를 평가하였다. 천수만 퇴적물은 Sand, Silt, Clay가 혼재된 퇴적 특성을 나타내었으며, 어장해역인 만내에는 세립질이 우세하고, 비어장해역인 만외는 조립질이 우세한 것으로 나타났다. 퇴적물의 유기물(COD, TOC, I.L.) 오염정도는 양식어장해역이 비양식어장해역보다 유기물 오염도가 더 심한 것으로 나타났으며, 퇴적물 총질소 농도도 양식어장이 더 높은 것으로 나타났다. 퇴적물중의 중금속 함량을 양식어장인 내측과 비양식어장인 외측과 비교해 보면, 모든 항목에서 양식어장에서 높은 평균농도를 나타내고 있었다. 퇴적물의 입도와 이화학적 성분, 중금속과의 상관성에서 평균입도, Sand, Clay는 유기물 인자와 높은 상관성을 보였고, 유기물 지표와 중금속간의 상관성도 대체적으로 높게 나타났다. 중금속 오염도의 평가에서 농축계수는 Cu를 제외한 모든 중금속 항목에서 1 이상의 값을 보여 인위적인 영향이 있는 것으로 나타났고, 중금속 과잉량은 Cd와 Cr이 0에 가까운 값을 보였으나, 나머지 항목은 높은 값을 나타내어 중금속 과잉량이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 농집지수에 의한 평가에서는 Cu, Pb, Al은 0등급의 오염되지 않은 수준이었고, Hg, Cr은 10개 이내의 자료에서 0~1등급 이상이었고, 나머지는 0등급이었다. 그리고 Cd은 18개 자료에서 0~1등급 이상을 나타내었고, As의 경우 모든 자료에서 0~1등급 이상이었다. 미국해양대기청(NOAA) 퇴적물 기준과 비교하면 모든 중금속 항목에서 ERL 이하의 오염수준을 보였고, 한국환경정책평가연구원 퇴적물 기준과 비교에서도 목표수준 이하의 농도를 나타내었다.

산업 및 도시 개발로 오염이 심화되고 있는 진해만에서 생물을 이용한 오염도 모니터링을 위하여 부착성 이매패류인 진주담치를 이용하여 중금속 분석을 실시하였다. 중금속 농도는 원소 및 정점에 따라 차이가 있었는데 내만해역 또는 하수처리장 방류지역에 인접한 정점에서 높게 나타나는 원소가 있었다. 국내 및 국외 과거 자료와의 비교에서는 전체적으로 본 조사 결과가 낮은 값을 보였다. 특히 진해만의 소형만의 하나인 고현만의 조선소 주변해역 진주담치 중..

Heavy metals such as cadmium and mercury are a highly toxic metal that affects a variety of cellular events, such as cell proliferation, differentiation and survival in animals as well as in human. The exposed heavy metals significantly affected the development and health in pubertal period. However, it is not clear how the toxicity of heavy metals in pubertal affects comparing in adults. To determine the effects of heavy metals on pubertal and adults, heavy metals such as cadmium and mercury were exposed to in pubertal and adults mice for 48 and 72h. Results showed that mice exposed to heavy metals for several hours induced overall tissue and organ damage. Especially, blood vessels of the most organ were more increased in adult mice compared to pubertal mice. And for morphologic alteration, secretary organs such as salivary gland and kidney were affected the most. Taken together, exposing to heavy metal in mice altered the blood vessels. In addition, the adverse effects of cadmium and mercury were more severe in adult mouse than puberty mouse. Further study is needed to focus on endothelial cells for more precise its mechanism

부산, 경남 지역의 8개 친환경농산물인증 지역에서 카드뮴, 구리, 비소, 수은, 납, 6가크롬, 아연, 니켈 등 8개 중금속의 토양 함량을 조사하였다. 카드뮴은 그 햠량의 순으로 보면 산청, 하동, 사천, 부산순으로 함량이 높았으며, 구리는 김해, 사천, 부산, 고성 순으로, 비소는 사천, 부산, 김해, 고성 순으로, 수은은 고성, 사천, 부산, 김해 순으로, 납은 김해, 사천, 고성, 부산 순으로, 6가크롬은 김해, 부산, 하동, 산청 순으로, 아연은 김해, 부산, 사천, 함양 순으로, 니켈은 사천, 하동, 고성, 산청 순으로 각각 함양이 많았다. 전체적인 함량을 보았을 경우 김해, 사천, 부산 등 낙동강 주변의 평야지대에서 높은 수치를 보였다. 한편 하동, 진주 산청 등 중산간지에서는 전체 중금속 함량이 대체로 낮았다.

본 연구는 인쇄회로기판(PCB) 제조 시 에칭공정에서 발생되는 구리이온(Cu+2)을 고농도로 함유한 황산 폐에칭액을 NF 막분리법을 사용하여 에칭액 회수와 구리이온 처리를 효율적으로 수행하기 위한 NF 막여과 공정의 운전 조건을 설정하기 위한 기본 자료를 확보하는데 있다. 이를 위해 미국 Koch사의 SelRO MPS-34 4040 NF 막을 대상으로 구리이온을 고농도(5~25 g/L)로 함유한 모의 황산 폐에칭액의 회분식(dead-end) 나노여과 실험을 수행하여 투과 플럭스와 구리이온의 총괄 배제도를 측정하였다. 이 결과 황산용액에의 막 보관기간이 길수록, 황산용액의 pH가 낮을수록 황산에 의한 NF 막의 손상이 더 크게 발생하여 순수 투과 플러스가 증가하였다. 황산 폐에칭액의 투과 플럭스는 황산용액 내 구리이온의 농도가 증가할수록 막 표면에의 구리이온 농축(농도분극)의 증가에 따라 감소하였으며, 구리이온의 배제도는 구리이온의 농도가 높을수록, pH가 낮을수록, 황산용액 내의 막 보관기간이 길수록 낮아져 초기 37%에서 최소 15% 수준으로까지 감소하였다.

This study was carried out as a survey on the level of lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As) and mercury (Hg) in 5 items of agricultural products (lettuce, pumpkin, head lettuce, cabbage and crown daisy) for which safety guidelines are not yet established in Korea. The 407 samples were collected from local markets in 9 regional places and the levels of metals were measured by ICP-MS and mercury analyzer. The average levels of Pb, Cd, As and Hg were 0.026, 0.018 ,0.008 and 0.003 mg/kg for lettuce, 0.002, 0.001, 0.001 and 0.0006 mg/kg for pumpkin, 0.002, 0.005, 0.001 and 0.0005 mg/kg for head lettuce, 0.001, 0.002, 0.0002 and 0.0006 mg/kg for cabbage and 0.022, 0.014, 0.006 and 0.004 mg/kg for crown daisy. For risk assessment, the daily dietary exposures of Pb, Cd and Hg by intake of these agricultural products were calculated and compared with PTWI (provisional tolerable weekly intake) established by JECFA. The daily dietary exposure of heavy metals by intake of these agricultural products were 0.13, 0.56 and 0.09% of PTWI, respectively. These monitoring results will be utilized as fundamental data for the establishment of Korean standards of Pb, Cd, As and Hg in 5 items of agricultural products and valuable source for DB construction for science-based safety control of heavy metals in foods including agricultural products.

The objective of this study is investigation of contamination levels and assessment of health risk effects of heavy metals in herbal pills. 31 Items and 93 samples were obtained for this investigation from major herbal medicine producing areas, herbal markets and on-line supermarkets from Jan to Jun in 2010. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer method was conducted for the quantitative analysis of Pb, Cd and As. In addition, the mercury analyzer system was conducted for that of Hg without sample digestion. The average contents of heavy metals in samples were as follows : 0.87 mg/kg for Pb, 0.08 mg/kg for Cd, 2.87 mg/kg for As and 0.16 mg/kg for Hg, respectively. In addition, the average contents of heavy metals in different parts of plants, including cortex, fructus, herba, radix, seed, algae and others were 0.63 mg/kg, 3.94 mg/kg, 1.42 mg/kg, 1.05 mg/kg, 0.16 mg/kg, 22.31 mg/kg and 10.17 mg/kg, respectively. After the estimations of dietary exposure, the acceptable daily intake (ADI), the average daily dose (ADD), the provisional tolerable weekly intake (PTWI) and the relative hazard of heavy metals were evaluated. As the results, the relative hazards compared to PTWI in samples were below the recommended standard of JECFA as Pb 3.1%, Cd 0.9%, Hg 0.5%. Cancer risks through slope factor (SF) by Ministry of Environment Republic Korea and Environmental Protection Agency was 4.24 × 10−7 for Pb and 3.38 × 10−4 for As (assuming that the total arsenic content was equal to the inorganic arsenic). Based on our results, possible Pb-induced cancer risks in herbal pills according to parts used including cortex, fructus, herba, radix, seed, algae and others were 1.95 × 10−7, 1.45 × 10−6, 2.14 × 10−7, 6.27 × 10−7, 1.99 × 10−8, 3.61 × 10−7 and 9.64 × 10−8, respectively. Possible As-induced cancer risks in herbal pills by parts used including cortex, fructus, herba, radix, seed, algae and others were 1.54 × 10−5, 7.24 × 10−5, 1.23 × 10−4, 2.02 × 10−5, 3.25 × 10−6, 2.18 × 10−3 and 5.67 × 10−6 respectively. Taken together, these results indicate that the majority of samples except for some samples with relative high contents of heavy metals were safe.

To evaluate the biological response of sea squirt Halocynthia roretzi with different body size to heavy metals and its suitability for ecotoxicity assays, the effects of Cr, Cu and Zn on its clearance and oxygen consumption rates were investigated. Clearance and oxygen consumption rates of H. roretzi with various body sizes were calculated at different metal concentrations. Both clearance and oxygen consumption rate were negatively correlated with body sizes. Clearance rate of H. roretzi decreased gradually with increasing concentration of heavy metal, the decreasing rate was in an order of Cr¤Cu¤Zn. The oxygen consumption rate first increased at low metal concentration (below 100 μg L-1) and then decreased rapidly with increasing metal concentrations. The decreasing rate was in an order of Cu¤Cr=Zn. There was a trend that the clearance rate and oxygen consumption rate decreased drastically under a concentration of 400 μg L-1, and then decreased smoothly when the metal ion concentration increased continually. So the oxygen consumption and clearance rate at a concentration of 400 μg L-1 Cu could be thought as a suitable biological tool for exotoxicology analysis.

지구적으로 양서류가 감소하고 있다. 오래전부터 중금속은 양서류 군집 감소의 원인 중 한가지로 지목받고 있다. 수정 후 변태에 이르는 생활사를 수중에서 진행하는 양서류는 수환경 내의 오염물질에 1차적으로 노출되며 독성효과에 대한 감수성이 높아 수환경의 오염에 특히 취약하다. 양서류는 수서생태계의 건강도 지표로서 유용할 뿐 아니라 분자 및 개체수준의 다양한 생체지표를 이용한 다양한 환경오염물질의 독성평가 모델로서도 유용하다. 양서류에서 얻어진 독성자료는 수환경 오염물질의 관리와 안전관리기준으로 사용될 수 있다. 본 논문에 서는 기존에 보고된 중금속이 양서류의 다양한 독성종말점에 미치는 영향들에 대해 검토하고 분석하였다.

In this study, voltammetry system for realizing high sensitivity nano-labeled sensor of detecting heavy metals was designed, and optimal system operating conditions were determined. High precision digital to analog converter (DAC) circuit was designed to control applied unit voltage at working electrode and analog to digital converter (ADC) circuit was designed to measure the current range of at counter electrode. Main control unit (MCU) circuit for controlling voltammetry system with 150 MHz clock speed, main memory circuit for the mathematical operation processing of the measured current value and independent power circuit for analog/digital circuit parts to reduce various noise were designed. From result of voltammetry system operation, oxidation current peaks which are proportional to the concentrations of Zn, Cd and Pb ions were found at each oxidation potential with high precision.