Jung Dawoon, Kim Jung-Ah, Park Myung-Sook, Yim Un Hyuk, Choi Kyungho
School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea; Institute of Health and Environment, School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea; Korea Environment Institute, Sejong 30147, Republic of Korea.
School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea; Taean Environmental Health Center, Taean 32148, Republic of Korea.
Chemosphere. 2017 Apr;173:180-189. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.12.153. Epub 2017 Jan 2.
Hebei Spirit oil spill (HSOS) of December 2007 is one of the worst oil spill accidents that occurred in Yellow Sea. The affected coastline along the west coast of Korean Peninsula hosts one of the largest tidal flats worldwide, and is home to tens of thousands of human residents. Based on nation-wide concerns on ecosystem damages and adverse human health effects, two separate surveillance programs on ecosystem and human health were initiated: a 10-year follow-up program by Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries to assess ecological impacts of the oil spill, and an exposure and health effect assessment program by Ministry of Environment for the residents of Taean and its vicinity. For the past eight years, extensive monitoring and surveillance data on ecosystem and humans have been accumulated through these programs. But these studies have been conducted mostly independently, and collaborations were seldom made between two programs. The lack of communication resulted in gaps and overlaps between the programs which led to loss of critical information and efficiency. As oil spill can affect both humans and ecosystem through various pathways, collaboration and communication between human and ecosystem health surveillance programs are necessary, and will synergize the success of both programs. Such concerted efforts will provide better platform for understanding the status of impact, and for developing approaches to address human and ecosystem health challenges that may be faced following environmental disasters like HSOS.
2007年12月发生的“河北精神号”油轮漏油事件（HSOS）是黄海发生的最严重的漏油事故之一。朝鲜半岛西海岸受影响的海岸线拥有全球最大的潮滩之一，也是数万人的家园。基于全国对生态系统损害和对人类健康的不利影响的关注，启动了两个关于生态系统和人类健康的独立监测项目：由海洋和渔业部开展的一项为期10年的跟踪项目，以评估漏油事件对生态的影响；以及由环境部针对泰安及其周边地区居民开展的暴露与健康影响评估项目。在过去八年里，通过这些项目积累了大量关于生态系统和人类的监测与监视数据。但这些研究大多是独立进行的，两个项目之间很少开展合作。缺乏沟通导致了项目之间的差距和重叠，进而导致关键信息的丢失和效率低下。由于漏油事件可通过多种途径影响人类和生态系统，因此人类健康和生态系统健康监测项目之间的合作与沟通是必要的，这将使两个项目都取得成功。这种协同努力将为了解影响状况以及制定应对像“河北精神号”油轮漏油事件这样的环境灾难之后可能面临的人类和生态系统健康挑战的方法提供更好的平台。
