A review on the use of lichens as a biomonitoring tool for environmental radioactivity

J Anderson, N Lévesque, F Caron, P Beckett… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lichens have been widely used as a biomonitoring tool to record the distribution and
concentration of airborne radioactivity and pollutants such as metals. There are limitations …

Specific sources of health risks induced by metallic elements in PM2. 5 during the wintertime in Beijing, China

MY Fan, YL Zhang, YC Lin, F Cao, Y Sun, Y Qiu… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - Elsevier
Haze pollution occurs frequently over northern China Plain (NCP) during winter, resulting in
great threats to human health. So far, limited studies have linked between emission sources …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of urban vehicle traffic on heavy metal contamination in road sweeping waste and bottom sediments of retention tanks

N Nawrot, E Wojciechowska, S Rezania… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Diffuse pollution formed during a surface runoff on paved surfaces is a source of heavy
metals (HMs) of various origin. This research study indicates the connection between bottom …

Blending characteristics of isooctene, MTBE, and TAME as gasoline components

MA Ershov, DA Potanin, SV Tarazanov… - Energy & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Currently, one of the most important problems in Russian refineries is the lack of production
of high-octane gasoline that meets current and future environmental requirements. One …

High contribution of vehicular exhaust and coal combustion to PM2. 5-bound Pb pollution in an industrial city in North China: An insight from isotope

H Chen, Y Yan, D Hu, L Peng, C Wang - Atmospheric Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Although industrial emissions are the major pollution source of PM 2.5-bound Pb, which
affects air quality in cities, their influence has gradually decreased with the enhancement of …

[HTML][HTML] Road-side dust from central Jakarta, Indonesia: Assessment of metal (loid) content, mineralogy, and bioaccessibility

AR Wijaya, IK Kusumaningrum, L Hakim… - … Technology & Innovation, 2022 - Elsevier
Road-side dust is one of the media for tracing atmospheric pollution, especially in the big
cities including Jakarta. Therefore, this study aims to determine the metal (loid) …

Identifying the sources of air pollution in an urban-industrial setting by lichen biomonitoring-A multi-tracer approach

M Kousehlar, E Widom - Applied Geochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
This study applies a multi-tracer biomonitoring approach for identifying the sources of
atmospheric toxic metals in Middletown, Ohio, a mixed-use urban-industrial setting with …

Lead exposure in brown bears is linked to environmental levels and the distribution of moose kills

L Brown, B Fuchs, JM Arnemo, J Kindberg… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lead (Pb) is heterogeneously distributed in the environment and multiple sources like Pb
ammunition and fossil fuel combustion can increase the risk of exposure in wildlife. Brown …

Combination of stearic acid coated magnetic nanoparticle based sonication assisted dispersive solid phase extraction and slotted quartz tube-flame atomic absorption …

BT Zaman, AF Erulaş, DS Chormey, S Bakirdere - Food chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
This study describes the determination of lead at trace levels by slotted quartz tube flame
atomic absorption spectrophotometry (SQT-FAAS) after preconcentration by the help of …

Lead isotopic ratios in the Arctic environment

F Ardini, A Bazzano, M Grotti - Environmental Chemistry, 2019 - CSIRO Publishing
Environmental context Lead is a toxic trace element, widely distributed in the Arctic
environment as the result of both natural and anthropogenic processes. High-precision …