Mingyu Park

In this study, the size distributions of airborne particulate matter (PM) associated ionic species (Cl-, NO3-, SO42-, Na+, NH4+, K+, Mg2+, and Ca2+) and pollution sources were investigated. PM samples were collected using two micro-orifice uniform deposit impactors (MOUDIs) with 11stage cut-sizes (0.056, 0.10, 0.18, 0.32, 0.56, 1.0, 1.8, 3.2, 5.6, 10.0, and 18.0 µm) at residential and industrial sites in Ulsan, Korea. At both sites, anthropogenic ions (SO42-, NO3-, and NH4+) contributed to over

Objectives : Cigarette smoking is an important factor in human exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Machine-smoking methods have been devised to evaluate inhalation exposure to mainstream cigarette smoke. However, there have been only a few studies that have employed these methods for PAH monitoring in Korea.Methods : Total particulate matter samples were collected from the mainstream smoke of five different cigarette types using the ISO 3308 standard smoking method. The samples

The levels, contamination degrees, and spatial distributions of 13 metals-aluminum (Al), arsenic (As), barium (Ba), cadmium (Cd), cobalt (Co), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb), vanadium (V), and zinc (Zn)-were investigated in soils from suburban, urban, and industrial sites in Ulsan, the largest multi-industrial city in South Korea. At the industrial sites, the mean concentrations of As (13.4 mg/kg), Cd (1.49 mg/kg), Cu (129 mg/kg), Ni (12.8 mg/kg), P