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KMID : 1156220240500020146
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Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
2024 Volume.50 No. 2 p.146 ~ p.156
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Human Risk Assessment for Exposure to Heavy Metals within Finishing Materials of Playground Facilities for Children in Gwangju
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Yoon Sang-Hoon
Kim So-Young
Cho Eun
Nam Tae-Hui
Park Jin-Hwan
Kong Hwa-Jin
Lee Ki-Won
Seo Gwang-Yeob
Park Jeong-Hun
Min Kyoung-Woo
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Abstract
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Background: Children who use playground facilities are exposed to potential risks due to the high concentration of heavy metals contained in the finishing materials of facilities in children's playgrounds.
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the concentration of heavy metals in the finishing materials of outdoor children's playgrounds where harmful heavy metals exist in Gwangju and to conduct human risk assessment for children and adults by age to find the risks and limitations.
Methods: The bottom and top layers of double-painted paint were peeled off and collected together from the finishing materials of children's play facilities such as slides, swings, and seesaws in 147 children's parks in Gwangju. Heavy metals were analyzed using ICP-OES, etc., and human risk assessment was performed using the concentrations of heavy metals.
Results: Based on 1.0E-04, which requires legal regulation, CTE was found to pose a carcinogenic risk for preschool children and no carcinogenic risk for the rest of the age groups. However, RME showed that both men and women of all ages had a carcinogenic risk. For reference, when the carcinogenic risk was based on 1.0E-06, CTE was found to pose a carcinogenic risk from infants to elementary school students, and RME was found to have a carcinogenic risk in all age groups. It was judged that there is a non-carcinogenic risk if the non-carcinogenic risk exceeds 1 based on the hazard index (HI) 1. In CTE, there was no non-carcinogenic risk, and RME for preschooler males (1.49E+00) and females (1.56E+00) were found to have non-carcinogenic risk.
Conclusions: This study was meaningful in that it examines the differences in the current management of heavy metals concentration standards and potential carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risks to the human body and discusses the relationship between heavy metals and human health effects.
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KEYWORD
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Finishing materials, risk assessment, heavy metals, carcinogenic, non-carcinogenic
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