Heavy metals content in ashes of wood pellets and the health risk assessment related to their presence in the environment

M Pazalja, M Salihović, J Sulejmanović, A Smajović… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Efforts to reduce air pollution in developing countries may require increased use of biomass
fuels. Even biomass fuels are a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels there is limited …

Chemical and toxicological studies on black crust formed over historical monuments as a probable health hazard

N Islam, K Roy, P Barman, S Rabha, HK Bora… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Studies to date have mostly investigated environmental factors responsible for deterioration
of historical monuments. Black crusts formed on historical monuments are considered as …

Health risk assessment of heavy metal contamination in street dust of federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Š Delibašić, N Đokić-Kahvedžić, M Karić… - … and Ecological Risk …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this study was to assess contamination and potential human health risks of heavy
metals in street dust from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FB&H). In total, 117 …

Air pollution in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, assessed by plant comet assay

M Hasanovic, T Cetkovic, B Pourrut… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) is among the European countries with the highest
rate of air pollution-related death cases and the poorest air quality. The main causes are …

Variabilities of biochemical properties of the sea surface microlayer: Insights to the atmospheric deposition impacts

A Milinković, A Penezić, AC Kušan, V Gluščić… - Science of the total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Atmospheric deposition (AD) of nutrients and its impact on the sea surface requires
consideration of interfacial processes within the sea surface microlayer (SML), the ocean …

A pilot biomonitoring study of air pollution in the urban area of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: genotoxicity assessment in buccal cells

T Cetkovic, A Haveric, S Behmen… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Air pollution, recognized as a human carcinogen, is a significant cause of death in industrial
and developing countries, and Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) is one of the leading …

New insight into the measurements of particle-bound metals in the urban and remote atmospheres of the Sarajevo Canton and modeled impacts of particulate air …

S Žero, S Žužul, J Huremović… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
The Sa rajevo Canton Winter Fi eld Ca mpaign 2018 (SAFICA) was a project that took place
in winter 2017–2018 with an aim to characterize the chemical composition of aerosol in the …

Spatial and Temporal Volatility of PM2. 5, PM10 and PM10-Bound B [a] P Concentrations and Assessment of the Exposure of the Population of Silesia in 2018–2021

D Kaleta, B Kozielska - … Journal of Environmental Research and Public …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Air pollution both indoors and outdoors is a major cause of various diseases and premature
deaths. Negative health effects are more frequently observed in a number of European …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical composition and sources of organic aerosol on the Adriatic coast in Croatia

R Casotto, AC Kušan, D Bhattu, T Cui… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - Elsevier
Air pollution studies are still scarce in some areas in Europe like around the Adriatic Sea.
Source apportionment of the fine particulate (PM 2.5) organic aerosol (OA) was conducted …

The effect of PM2.5-related hazards on biomarkers of bronchial epithelial cells (A549) inflammation in Karaj and Fardis cities

T Rahmatinia, M Kermani, M Farzadkia… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Fine particles (especially PM 2.5 particles) in ambient air can cause irreversible
effects on human health. In the present study, seasonal variations in toxicity PM 2.5 (cell …