Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues worldwide
since the vast majority of post-consumer plastics are hard to degrade in the environment …

Although ambient particulate matter or particles have been found to be associated with
morbidity and mortality all over the world, specific health effects of particles from different …

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 …

Long-term trends in air quality by studying the criteria pollutants (PM2. 5, PM10, CO, O3,
NO2, and SO2) and climate variables (temperature, surface pressure, and relative humidity) …

To characterize the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in PM2. 5 (particles with an
aerodynamic diameter≤ 2.5 µm) in Delhi, the national capital of India and one of the most …

The Fenhe River basin is the main agricultural and industrial developed area in Shanxi
province, China. In recent years, agricultural non-point source pollution in the Fenhe River …

Trace elements in atmospheric particulate matter play a significant role in air quality, human
health, and biogeochemical cycles. In this study, the trace elements (Ca, Al, K, Fe, Na, Mg …

Paddy rice, one of the most important food crops in Southeast Asia, is considered a main
source of human exposure to heavy metal contamination because it efficiently accumulates …

The distal lung (G14–G 23), which are composed of alveoli and bronchi, are responsible for
almost all gas exchange and micro-and nanoparticle deposition in the lungs. In the existing …

We evaluated heavy metal deposition in Parmotrema arnoldii and Tillandsia usneoides in
response to air pollution in Loja city, Ecuador. We assessed heavy metal (cadmium, copper …