A critical review on plant biomonitors for determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in air through solvent extraction techniques

S Mukhopadhyay, R Dutta, P Das - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are hydrocarbons having two or more fused
aromatic rings, released from natural (like forest fires and volcanic eruption) as well as man …

Emerging contaminants in the atmosphere: Analysis, occurrence and future challenges

PJ Barroso, JL Santos, J Martín, I Aparicio… - Critical reviews in …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The presence of emerging contaminants (EC) in the atmospheric environment of urban, rural
or even remote areas has become a significant issue for environmental science. This has …

Relationships between air particulate matter capture efficiency and leaf traits in twelve tree species from an Italian urban-industrial environment

G Sgrigna, C Baldacchini, S Dreveck, Z Cheng… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Air pollution in the urban environment is widely recognized as one of the most harmful
threats for human health. International organizations such as the United Nations and the …

The use of vegetation, bees, and snails as important tools for the biomonitoring of atmospheric pollution—a review

J Al-Alam, A Chbani, Z Faljoun, M Millet - Environmental Science and …, 2019 - Springer
The continuous discharge of diverse chemical products in the environment is nowadays of
great concern to the whole world as some of them persist in the environment leading to …

Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in soils and plants from Svalbard, Arctic: Levels, distribution, and potential sources

C Dong, S Xiong, R Yang, Z Pei, Y Li, Q Zhang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
As persistent organic pollutants (POPs) newly banned by the Stockholm Convention,
polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) have been widely detected in various environmental …

Plant-air partition coefficients for thirteen urban conifer tree species: Estimating the best gas and particulate matter associated PAH removers

P Giráldez, JR Aboal, JÁ Fernández, A Di Guardo… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are an important class of pollutants
which mostly come out from incomplete combustion of organic materials including fossil …

Levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in honeybees and bee products and their evaluation with ambient air concentrations

MF Sari, F Esen, Y Tasdemir - Atmospheric Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Both quantitative and qualitative evaluation of pollutants can be achieved by biomonitoring,
enabling the determination of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) with a natural substance …

Conifers as environmental biomonitors: A multi-residue method for the concomitant quantification of pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polychlorinated …

F Baroudi, J Al-Alam, S Chimjarn, O Delhomme… - Microchemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
The conifer is a natural vascular land plant composed of very particular leaves called
needles that are able to accumulate, throughout years, a wide range of non-volatile, semi …

Use of XAD®-2 passive air samplers for monitoring environmental trends of PAHs, PCBs and pesticides in three different sites in Strasbourg and its vicinity (east of …

M Lévy, J Al-Alam, C Ridacker, S Massemin… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - Elsevier
The continuous release of hazardous chemicals to the atmosphere leads to the importance
of their analysis in order to understand ambient air quality. In this study, polycyclic aromatic …

Passive air samplers based on ceramic adsorbent for monitoring of organochlorine pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polychlorinated biphenyls in …

J Al-Alam, M Lévy, H Ba, C Pham-Huu… - … Technology & Innovation, 2020 - Elsevier
Carbon based foams have recently gained attention in environmental fields and in pollutants
adsorption in particular. Therefore, in this work, three carbon-based foams were compared …