Abstract The aim of this study was passive biomonitoring the mountains southern Poland. Lichens Hypogymnia physodes were used for study. Concentrations heavy metals Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb determined in these lichens. concentrations measured by atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS). analysis lichen thallus allowed to determine places with highest lowest contamination a given metal area. It shown t...

Mussels are used as sentinel organisms and bioindicators to evaluate the toxic effects of chemical pollutants in marine organisms, especially heavy metals, representing an important tool for biomonitoring environmental pollution in coastal areas. Antioxidant defence enzymes play an important role in cellular antioxidant defence systems and protect from oxidative damage by reactive oxygen specie...

BACKGROUND Biomonitoring data reported in the National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals [NER; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2012)] provide information on the presence and concentrations of > 400 chemicals in human blood and urine. Biomonitoring Equivalents (BEs) and other risk assessment-based values now allow interpretation of these biomonitoring data in a publ...

In this review, a wide array of bioaccumulation markers and biomarkers, used to demonstrate exposure to and effects of environmental contaminants, has been discussed in relation to their feasibility in environmental risk assessment (ERA). Fish bioaccumulation markers may be applied in order to elucidate the aquatic behavior of environmental contaminants, as bioconcentrators to identify certain ...

Although the use of moss as biomonitor air pollution is relatively simple, interpretation data needs reference values. Background values for Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn accumulated in samples from Switzerland, collected every five years 1995 to 2015 framework European Moss Survey, were statistically estimated. These background can be used assessment spatial temporal trends, expressed terms bioaccumulati...

Emerging contaminants are distributed in to the environment from various anthropogenic activities. These Emerging contaminants (ECs) are mainly composed of products, such as pharmaceuticals, personal care products (PCPs), surfactants, plasticizers, pesticides etc. The present conventional system of waste treatment are not designed to treat these contaminants. Complex structure of these pollutan...

Marine ecosystems are constantly being threatened by contaminants produced by human activities. There is an urge to better understand their impacts on marine organisms and develop reliable tools for biomonitoring studies, while also assessing their potential impacts on human health. Given their position on top of food webs, sharks are particularly susceptible to bioaccumulation, making them pot...