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E. Bylinska & J. Sarosiek

Abstract

International Programme on chemical Safety (IPCS) introduced the environmental health criteria for beryllium (1990). General human population exposure today is mainly confined to low levels airborne beryllium from combustion of fossil fuels. Where coal of very high beryllium content is burned, health problems may arise. In industrial urban agglomerations, Wroclaw being one of them technical monitoring of beryllium should be complemented with biological monitoring (1). We propose bioindicators trees able to accumulate beryllium abilities: Populus nigra, Corylus colurna and Tilia cordata,. Concentration of Be measured by Atomic Absorption Spectophotometry was determined in leaves and in dust deposited on leaves collected from sampling sites with different degree of air pollution. Czaja Mnium

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