TY - JOUR
T1 - Screening level ecological risk assessment of abandoned metal mines using chemical and ecotoxicological lines of evidence
AU - Son, Jino
AU - Kim, Jeong Gyu
AU - Hyun, Seunghun
AU - Cho, Kijong
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education ( NRF-2017R1D1A1B03036474 ). This work was also supported by the Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute (KEITI) through “The Chemical Accident Prevention Technology Development Project ( 2016001970003 ).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - In the present study, a screening level site-specific ecological risk assessment (ERA)was conducted on 10 abandoned metal mines in Korea to determine the ecological risk and prioritize the mines requiring further investigation. A cost-saving approach was adopted by combining both the chemical (ChemLoE)and the ecotoxicological (EcotoxLoE)lines of evidence for the evaluation of integrated risk (IR), rather than applying the full spectrum of Triad, including ecological LoE. The risk values for ChemLoE were derived by calculating the toxic pressure based on the total and 0.01 M CaCl2 extractable metal(loid)concentrations. The risk values for EcotoxLoE were based on the mortality and reproduction of the collembolan species Paronychiurus kimi in the mine soils. A response surface model with a central composite design (CCD)was constructed to standardize the effects of soil physicochemical properties (i.e., organic matter content, clay content, and soil pH)on the reproduction of P. kimi. The predicted number of offspring was used as a reference for the calculation of risk value for reproduction. The ChemLoE and EcotoxLoE values ranged from 0.34 to 1.00 and 0.12 to 0.49, respectively, in the surveyed mines. The contribution of the ChemLoE value to the IR was higher than that of the EcotoxLoE value for all mines. Overall, two of the 10 mines were classified as high-risk soils with high IR values (IR > 0.76), but large deviations were also observed between the LoEs in these mines, suggesting the need for further studies to confirm the potential risks. The future investigations of these mines should focus particularly on providing additional evidence to reduce the degree of uncertainty for risk assessment.
AB - In the present study, a screening level site-specific ecological risk assessment (ERA)was conducted on 10 abandoned metal mines in Korea to determine the ecological risk and prioritize the mines requiring further investigation. A cost-saving approach was adopted by combining both the chemical (ChemLoE)and the ecotoxicological (EcotoxLoE)lines of evidence for the evaluation of integrated risk (IR), rather than applying the full spectrum of Triad, including ecological LoE. The risk values for ChemLoE were derived by calculating the toxic pressure based on the total and 0.01 M CaCl2 extractable metal(loid)concentrations. The risk values for EcotoxLoE were based on the mortality and reproduction of the collembolan species Paronychiurus kimi in the mine soils. A response surface model with a central composite design (CCD)was constructed to standardize the effects of soil physicochemical properties (i.e., organic matter content, clay content, and soil pH)on the reproduction of P. kimi. The predicted number of offspring was used as a reference for the calculation of risk value for reproduction. The ChemLoE and EcotoxLoE values ranged from 0.34 to 1.00 and 0.12 to 0.49, respectively, in the surveyed mines. The contribution of the ChemLoE value to the IR was higher than that of the EcotoxLoE value for all mines. Overall, two of the 10 mines were classified as high-risk soils with high IR values (IR > 0.76), but large deviations were also observed between the LoEs in these mines, suggesting the need for further studies to confirm the potential risks. The future investigations of these mines should focus particularly on providing additional evidence to reduce the degree of uncertainty for risk assessment.
KW - Abandoned mines
KW - Bioassays
KW - Line of evidence
KW - Screening level assessment
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U2 - 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.03.019
DO - 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.03.019
M3 - Article
C2 - 31146314
AN - SCOPUS:85064882691
VL - 249
SP - 1081
EP - 1090
JO - Environmental Pollution
JF - Environmental Pollution
SN - 0269-7491
ER -