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Moss Biomonitoring in Former Sovet Union Countries: A Review

Moss Biomonitoring in Former Sovet Union Countries: A Review
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Author(s): Inga Zinicovscaia (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Russia & Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Romania & The Institute of Chemistry, Moldova), Nikita Yushin (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Russia), Konstantin Vegel (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Russia)and Dmitrii Grozdov (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Russia)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 19
Source title: Handbook of Research on Emerging Developments and Environmental Impacts of Ecological Chemistry
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Gheorghe Duca (Institute of Chemistry, Moldova State University, Moldova & Academy of Science of Moldova and Romanian Academy, Romania.)and Ashok Vaseashta (International Clean Water Institute, USA & New Jersey City University, USA & Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Moldova)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1241-8.ch024

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Abstract

Air pollution is a worldwide environmental and health issue. Among environmental pollutants, heavy metals are the most dangerous due to their persistence and bioaccumulation in food chain. Assessment of heavy metal deposition using moss biomonitors is a cheap and effective technique, which was successfully applied in different European counties. The present work revises application of passive biomonitoring in former Soviet Union countries: Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine. The air pollution sources in each country were identified. The mean concentration of elements considered as environmental pollutants were compared in order to detect the most polluted countries on the post-Soviet space.

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