Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), as the main components of petroleum
hydrocarbons (PHCs), are carcinogenic organic pollutants that occur widely in the …

Heavy metal air pollution poses a serious threat to human health and the environment in
Chinese tourist cities. In this study, we investigated the temporal and spatial variations of …

The use of biological indicators of environmental quality is an alternative method of
monitoring ecosystem pollution. Various groups of contaminants, including organic ones …

As airborne pollution is recognised as the single largest environmental health hazard in
Europe, the necessity to develop effective systems for monitoring and reducing the level of …

Despite its small size, a moss bag can reveal the different temporal and spatial deposition
patterns of pollutants at a particular site; therefore, researchers can use moss bags to …

Mosses are frequently used to monitor atmospheric metal contamination but few studies on
metal adsorption under controlled conditions are available. Here, the accumulation of the …

Biomonitoring with living organisms is most often used in order to gather quick information
about environmental quality–for example the level of heavy metals polluting the air …

Eight years after the Fukushima nuclear accident, mosses exposed in bags were used to
investigate their ability to accumulate radiocaesium and therefore to act as biointerceptors of …

Contamination control remains one of the greatest challenges for the reliable determination
of many trace elements in environmental samples. Here we describe a series of metal-free …

In light of growing concern and insufficient knowledge on the negative impact of aircraft
emissions on environmental health, this study strives to investigate the air burden of major …