Air pollution is regarded as an increasingly threatening, major environmental risk for human
health. Seven million deaths are attributed to air pollution each year, 91% of which is due to …

This study presents concurrently sampled ambient air data for a range of persistent organic
pollutants at the continental scale. This was achieved using a passive air sampling system …

Plants play a key role in removing particulate matter and their associated Semi-volatile
Organic Compounds (SVOCs) from the atmosphere. Understanding the processes involved …

This study presents concurrently sampled ambient air data for a range of polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) at the continental scale …

For the first time, Araucaria heterophylla needles were used as a biomonitor to assess the
concentration of metals in urban areas. The samples were collected in the Andean city …

Tree leaves and needles are commonly used in biomonitoring as reliable indicators of
environmental pollution to monitor a wide range of mainly airborne contaminants such as …

Pine needles are employed as alternative biomonitoring agents in atmospheric studies. In
this study, pine (Pinus Pinea) components (needles and branches) and air samples were …

Nine polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were analysed in pine needles of different
ages (from 6 to 30 months) collected from two species, Pinus nigra and Pinus pinaster, in …

Pine needles are reliable passive bio-samplers that can be used to monitor atmospheric
pollution levels. This study applied Pb isotope and multivariate statistical analyses to pine …

Quercus ilex L. leaves were sampled at nineteen urban sites and two remote sites in order to
evaluate PAH contamination degree. One-, two-and three-year-old leaves were collected …