Affiliation:
1. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Russia & Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Romania & The Institute of Chemistry, Moldova
2. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Russia
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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