In this paper, we present an analysis of the pollution surface water and air by heavy metals: Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd Pb in area smelter Ozimek (Opolskie Voivodeship, Poland). The marine algae Palmaria palmata was exposed Mała Panew River, three species forest mosses: Pleurozium schreberi, Sphagnum fallax Dicranum polysetum were also applied. Active biomonitoring carried out using P. schreberi m...

BACKGROUND Biomonitoring is a critical tool to assess the effects of chemicals on health, as scientists seek to better characterize life-course exposures from diverse environments. This trend, coupled with increased institutional support for community-engaged environmental health research, challenge established ethical norms related to biomonitoring results communication and data sharing betwee...

Advances in both sensitivity and specificity of analytical chemistry have made it possible to quantify substances in human biological specimens, such as blood, urine, and breast milk, in specimen volumes that are practical for collection from individuals. Research laboratories led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in its series National Report on Human Exposure to Environm...

The present study used the epilithic fruticose lichen Ramalina maciformis to investigate the occurrence of mineral elements, including heavy metals, at a distance of up to 50 km from the industrial region in Ramat Hovav in the Negev Desert, Israel. The major objective of this study was an analytical comparison of elemental content and physiological parameters of lichen vitality, apart from a te...

Urban gardening is a growing global phenomenon with a positive impact on society. Despite several associated benefits, growing vegetables in urban gardens that are localized in highly polluted areas poses questions about the safety of the produced food. Therefore, the identification of risk factors that result in possible deleterious effects to human health is important for realizing all of the...

The correlations between sampling sites situated in the close vicinity of copper smelter (Bor, Serbia) based on heavy metal (Pb, Cu, Zn) content in plant parts and soil of acacia (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) were determined. Very strong correlations (R>0.9) were observed between the sites Town park and Hospital in the urban-industiral zone due to high air pollution in this sampling area. The perfo...

The river Meuse, located in western Europe, is contaminated by different pollutants, of both organic and inorganic nature. The predominant sources of Meuse contamination in The Netherlands are agricultural activities and pollution derived from urban areas. Crayfish, water, and sediment samples were collected at four different locations of the river Meuse, in order to cover a large part of the c...

This paper describes a geostatistical approach for environmental data modeling based on value descriptive analysis, variographic analysis, estimation method and validation. It shows an application related to atmospheric pollutant dispersion (ozone) detected by active biomonitoring in the province of Livorno (Italy). This work proposes a two-stage approach based on: the computation of an index o...

The intertidal copepod Tigriopus japonicus has been recognized as a potential model species for toxicity testing of marine pollutants. In last five years or so sequence information and expression pattern of several genes critical in detoxification, stress, growth and reproduction have been described from T. japonicus. A number of genes, especially those representing antioxidant and detoxificati...