The level of environmental contamination can vary according to different types of land use.
The aim of the present study was to determine the relations among Cd, Pb, Ni and Cr …

Nanoparticles are rising worries because of recent reports about potential toxicity amid the
incorporation of these emerging materials into consumer products, and industrial and …

The accumulation of heavy metals in plant pollen and nectar exposes pollinators to
environmental contaminations. Although honeybees act as biofilters and impede the transfer …

Studies on particulate air pollution indicate that a new type of pollutant should be considered
from mainly fossil fuel combustion and automobile exhaust emissions, ie, environmentally …

Plants can be used as effective bioindicators of the quality of the urban habitat. In this study,
physiological traits were examined in plants growing outdoors, in the proximity of a road. All …

Effective biomonitoring strategies are essential for identifying and assessing the sources
and levels of contamination of heavy metal pollutants in urban areas, given their negative …

Abstract The Dzungarian Alatau in Central Asia and the Western Carpathians in Central
Europe are exposed to anthropogenic sources of pollution that are impacting high-altitude …

Kielce and Olsztyn are two different urban ecosystems. They differ from each other in terms
of geological and climatic conditions, as well as spatial development and industrial past. The …

The genus Taraxacum is used in the assessment of soil contamination with heavy metals.
There are relatively few studies using sections or species representing this genus. The …

The aim of the presented study was to assess the heavy metal burden in biotopes of wild
living animals of two distinct industrially exploited areas in Slovakia. 411 samples of various …