Biomonitoring as a Nature-Based Solution to Assess Atmospheric Pollution and Impacts on Public Health

In this study, biomonitoring with Tillandsia usneoides was applied as a NbS tool to evaluate air quality in an important port urban area in the city of Guarujá, Brazil, affected by industrial and vehicular emissions. It was observed that cadmium mass fractions were at least forty times higher than the control area with one-month exposition.PMID:33877373 | DOI:10.1007/s00128-021-03205-8

Source: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology - April 20, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Carolina Yume Sawamura Theophilo Andreza Portella Ribeiro Edson Gon çalves Moreira Sidnei Aranha Harry Alberto Bollmann Cleiton Jord ão Santos Anderson de Oliveira Sidney Dos Santos Mitiko Saiki Paulo Hil ário Nascimento Saldiva Maur ício Lamano Ferre Source Type: research