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Isinkaralar O, Świsłowski P, Isinkaralar K, Rajfur M. Moss as a passive biomonitoring tool for the atmospheric deposition and spatial distribution pattern of toxic metals in an industrial city. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2024; 196:513. [PMID: 38709416 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-024-12696-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
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Anthropogenic pollution impacts human and environmental health, climate change, and air quality. Karabük, an industrial area from the Black Sea Region in northern Türkiye, is vulnerable to environmental pollution, particularly soil and air. In this research on methodological aspects, we analyzed the concentrations of six potential toxic metals in the atmospheric deposition of the city using the passive method of moss biomonitoring. The ground-growing terrestrial moss, Hypnum cupressiforme Hedw., was collected during the dry season of August 2023 at 20 urban points. The concentrations of Cr, Cu, Cd, Ni, Pb, and Co were determined in mosses by the ICP-MS method. Descriptive statistical analysis was employed to evaluate the status and variance in the spatial distribution of the studied metals, and multivariate analysis, Pearson correlation, and cluster analysis were used to investigate the associations of elements and discuss the most probable sources of these elements in the study area. Cd and Co showed positive and significant inter-element correlations (r > 0.938), representing an anthropogenic association mostly present in the air particles emitted from several metal plants. The results showed substantial impacts from local industry, manufactured activity, and soil dust emissions. Steel and iron smelter plants and cement factories are the biggest emitters of trace metals in the Karabük area and the primary sources of Cr, Cd, Ni, and Co deposition.
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- Oznur Isinkaralar
- Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Kastamonu University, 37150, Kastamonu, Türkiye.
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- Institute of Biology, University of Opole, Kominka St. 6, 6a, 45-032, Opole, Poland
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Kastamonu University, 37150, Kastamonu, Türkiye
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- Institute of Biology, University of Opole, Kominka St. 6, 6a, 45-032, Opole, Poland
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Caravanos J, Landrigan PJ, Nelson BK, Neisler JP, Chang HY. Measurement of Soil Lead Levels Adjacent to Lead-Sheathed Communications Cables. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2024; 132:37701. [PMID: 38466399 PMCID: PMC10926989 DOI: 10.1289/ehp14086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Revised: 01/19/2024] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
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- Jack Caravanos
- Department of Global and Environmental Health, School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, New York, USA
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- Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Earth & Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Global and Environmental Health, School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Global and Environmental Health, School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, New York, USA
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Ye J, Li J, Wang P, Ning Y, Liu J, Yu Q, Bi X. Inputs and sources of Pb and other metals in urban area in the post leaded gasoline era. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 306:119389. [PMID: 35523381 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Revised: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The contamination status of heavy metals in urban environment changes frequently with the industrial structure adjustment, energy conservation and emission reduction and thus requires timely investigation. Based on enrichment factor, multivariate statistical analysis and isotope fingerprinting, we assessed comprehensively the inputs and sources of heavy metals in different samples from an urban area that was less impacted by leaded gasoline exhaust. The road dust contained relatively high levels of Cr, Pb and Zn (with enrichment factor >2) that originated from both exhaust and non-exhaust traffic emissions, while the moss plants could accumulate high levels of Pb and Zn from the deposition of traffic exhaust emission. This suggest that the traffic emission is still an important source of metals in the urban area although gasoline is currently lead free. On the contrary, the occurrences of metals in the urban soils were controlled by natural sources and non-traffic anthropogenic emission. These findings revealed that different samples would receive different inputs of metals from different sources in the urban area, and the responsiveness and sensitiveness of these urban samples to metal inputs can be ranked as moss ≥ dust > soil. Taken together, our results suggested that in order to avoid generalizing and get detail source information, multi-samples and multi-measures must be adopted in the assessment of integrated urban environmental quality.
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- Jiaxin Ye
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Critical Zone Evolution, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Critical Zone Evolution, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Critical Zone Evolution, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Critical Zone Evolution, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Critical Zone Evolution, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Critical Zone Evolution, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Critical Zone Evolution, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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Jovan SE, Zuidema C, Derrien MM, Bidwell AL, Brinkley W, Smith RJ, Blahna D, Barnhill R, Gould L, Rodríguez AJ, Amacher MC, Abel TD, López P. Heavy metals in moss guide environmental justice investigation: A case study using community science in Seattle,
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USA. Ecosphere 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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- Sarah E. Jovan
- USDA Forest Service PNW Research Station Portland Oregon USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences University of Washington Seattle Washington USA
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- USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station Seattle Washington USA
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- USDA Forest Service Air Resource Management Program Washington District of Columbia USA
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- USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station Seattle Washington USA
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- Just Health Action Seattle Washington USA
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- Forest Environment Health Research & Consulting, LLC North Logan Utah USA
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- Department of Urban and Environmental Planning and Policy Western Washington University Bellingham Washington USA
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- Duwamish River Community Coalition Seattle Washington USA
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Ren X, Wang J, Zhong Q, Bi Q, Zhu R, Du J. Radionuclide and trace metal accumulation in a variety of mosses used as bioindicators for atmospheric deposition. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 797:149224. [PMID: 34346378 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Revised: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Mosses can be used as biological monitors to study metal pollution and the depositional fluxes of radionuclides. In this study, we analysed the concentrations of radionuclides (210Pb (210Pbex), 7Be, 137Cs, 40K, 238U, 226Ra, 228Ra and 228Th) and metals (Fe, Zn, Cu, Al, Pb, Cd, Cr, Ni, V and Mn) in moss and soil samples from two different regions. The metal concentrations were higher in mainland China than in the Arctic region, and this is likely associated with the comparatively lower rates of industrial production and human activity in the Arctic region. Principal component analysis and correlation results revealed two radionuclides sources types in mosses, i.e., soil (40K, 238U, 226Ra, 228Ra and 228Ra) and atmospheric (210Pb (210Pbex), 7Be 137Cs). Clustering and correlation analyses showed that different sources such as traffic (suspended dust), fossil fuels, dry and wet deposition (atmosphere and rainfall), and soil contributed to metal accumulation in mosses. The correlation between radionuclides and metals supported these observations, confirmed the accuracy of our results, and suggests that radionuclides are useful for identifying the source of metals in moss samples. The concentration ratios (CR) values of the radionuclides and the bioaccumulation factor (BCF) and enrichment factor (EF) values of metals in mosses helped identify the most environmentally sensitive moss, i.e., BS (Bryum paradoxum), which can be used for screening and monitoring radionuclides and metal pollution in urban atmospheres. These results support the use of analysing radionuclides in mosses to identify metal sources, and the potential use of mosses can to determine the atmospheric deposition fluxes of radionuclides.
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- Xu Ren
- State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
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- Laboratory of Marine Isotopic Technology and Environmental Risk Assessment, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resource, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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Toward Environmental Justice in Civic Science: Youth Performance and Experience Measuring Air Pollution Using Moss as a Bio-Indicator in Industrial-Adjacent Neighborhoods. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17197278. [PMID: 33027991 PMCID: PMC7579114 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17197278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Revised: 09/19/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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This article reports on an interdisciplinary evaluation of the pilot phase of a community-driven civic science project. The project investigates the distribution of heavy metals in air pollution using moss growing on street trees as a bio-indicator in two industrial-adjacent neighborhoods in Seattle, Washington (USA). One goal of the ongoing project is to meaningfully engage local urban youths (eighth to twelfth grade) in the scientific process as civic scientists, and teach them about environmental health, environmental justice, and urban forestry concepts in a place-based, urban-oriented environmental research project. We describe the collaborative context in which our project developed, evaluate the quality of youth-collected data through analysis of replicate samples, and assess participants’ learning, career interests, and overall appraisal of the pilot. Our results indicate that youth scientists collected usable samples (with acceptable precision among repeated samples), learned project content (with statistically significant increases in scores of test-style survey questions; p = 0.002), and appraised their engagement favorably (with 69% of participants reporting they liked the project). We observed few changes in career interests, however. We discuss our intention to use these preliminary insights to further our community-driven education, research, and action model to address environmental injustices.
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García-Carmona M, Arcenegui V, García-Orenes F, Mataix-Solera J. The role of mosses in soil stability, fertility and microbiology six years after a post-fire salvage logging management. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2020; 262:110287. [PMID: 32090888 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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After a wildfire, moss crust develops in early post-fire stages revealing important roles related to soil erosion prevention and increase of soil fertility. However, the post-fire management selected could determine the capacity of soil to recover and the active role of mosses in the ecosystem recovery. Salvage logging (SL) was performed in the wildfire that occurred in July 2012 in "Sierra de Mariola Natural Park" (E Spain), with detrimental consequences to soils in the short-term. The aim of the study is to assess if the presence of a biocrust dominated by mosses six years after the wildfire improved the soil quality and functions, and if the salvage logging management influenced the process. Our results showed that the SL management affected in a medium-term to the percentage of soil covered by mosses, reaching 78.4% in control soils compared to 56% in SL soils. Regarding the influence of mosses in soils, our results did not show greater differences in the physical parameters measured, hydraulic conductivity, water repellency and soil penetration resistance, possibly related to the lower developmental stages of the biocrust. However, it was observed that the presence of mosses played a significant role in both the soil fertility and the microbial activity. The improvement in soil fertility was registered mainly in the organic carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorous contents, and for the microbial parameters, for which higher values for the microbial biomass carbon and basal soil respiration were reached in soils under mosses. In conclusion, we can suggest that mosses had an important role in the functional recovery of degraded ecosystems after wildfires, and therefore we encourage considering the presence of mosses in the post-fire managements.
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- Minerva García-Carmona
- GEA (Grupo de Edafología Ambiental), Department of Agrochemistry and Environment, University Miguel Hernández, Avda. de La Universidad s/n, Elche, 03202, Alicante, Spain.
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- GEA (Grupo de Edafología Ambiental), Department of Agrochemistry and Environment, University Miguel Hernández, Avda. de La Universidad s/n, Elche, 03202, Alicante, Spain
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- GEA (Grupo de Edafología Ambiental), Department of Agrochemistry and Environment, University Miguel Hernández, Avda. de La Universidad s/n, Elche, 03202, Alicante, Spain
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- GEA (Grupo de Edafología Ambiental), Department of Agrochemistry and Environment, University Miguel Hernández, Avda. de La Universidad s/n, Elche, 03202, Alicante, Spain
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