Is Active Moss Biomonitoring Comparable to Air Filter Standard Sampling?

• DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19084706
• Publication Date: 2022-04-14T01:33:42Z
• Authors: Paweł Świsłowski; Arkadiusz Nowak; Stanisław Wacławek; Zbigniew Ziembik; Małgorzata Rajfur
• Keywords: Exposure Assessment

Recently, significant attention has been paid to air quality awareness and its impact on human health, especially in urban agglomerations. Many types of dust samplers for monitoring are used by governmental environmental agencies. However, these techniques associated with high costs; as a consequence, biological methods such active moss biomonitoring being developed. The main disadvantages the lack standardization preparation procedures reliable comparisons results data from instrumental analyses. Our study aimed compare obtained use three species: Pleurozium schreberi, Sphagnum fallax Dicranum polysetum. Samples were exposed via moss-bag technique measure concentrations analytes (Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Cd, Hg Pb) which had accumulated among total suspended particulates (TSP) collected filters collector city Opole (Opole voivodeship, Poland). With regard physicochemical traits mosses, their assessed lifetime actual photochemical efficiency (yield) following exposure meagre, may have related change environment pollutants. When comparing two monitor pollution, method was found be incompletely consistent reference method. Biological using mosses must carefully considered depending objectives, required level sensitivity measurement type pollutant.