A sample of 70 high school students (aged 16 to 20) studied from the Pendik District IstanbulTurkey in order to determine the levels of zinc in their hair. Levels of Zn were measured by using Varian AA200 model atomic absorption spectrometry. The student’s personal data such as age, sex, location, general state of health, diet habits, possible use of pharmaceuticals, alcohol, coffee and tobacco...

The intertidal clam, Glauconome virens, was collected in the northwestern portion of Peninsular Malaysia near Kuala Perlis, Sungai Layar, and Pantai Teluk Air Tawar. This research attempted to determine cadmium (Cd) lead (Pb) concentrations various G. virens’s organs. Cd (mg/kg dry weight) five distinct soft tissues ranged from 0.90 1.89, but shells 0.95 1.25. Pb 27.0 44.9, whereas shell 74.8 7...

Two areas affected by cement plant emissions, in an industrial district of Central Italy, were investigated foraging honeybees (Apis mellifera ligustica) on the return to their hives, as situ biomonitor. The contamination was compared with that a background reference area Apennine Mountains, quite far from sources. At all sites, bee colonies stationary. One hundred seventy-seven compounds belon...

the fouling barnacle amphibalanus improvisus is a cosmopolitan biomonitor of trace metal bioavailability in coastal waters of reduced salinity such as estuaries or the baltic sea. bioavailability of ag, as, cd, co, cr, cu, fe, mn, ni, pb, v and zn to a. improvisus was investigated in july 2014 at 15 sites along the iranian coast of the understudied, yet biologically unique, caspian sea. in gene...