Moss-bag technique as an approach to monitor elemental concentration indoors
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RAJFUR, Malgorzata, ZINICOVSCAIA, Inga, YUSHIN , Nikita, SWISLOWSKI, Pawel, ZABKOWSKA-WACLAWEK, Maria. Moss-bag technique as an approach to monitor elemental concentration indoors. In: Environmental Research, 2023, vol. 238, p. 0. ISSN 0013-9351. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.117137
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Environmental Research
Volumul 238 / 2023 / ISSN 0013-9351 /ISSNe 1096-0953

Moss-bag technique as an approach to monitor elemental concentration indoors

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.117137

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Rajfur Malgorzata1, Zinicovscaia Inga23, Yushin Nikita45, Swislowski Pawel1, Zabkowska-Waclawek Maria6
 
1 University of Opole,
2 Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering,
3 Institute of Chemistry, MSU,
4 Doctoral School of Biological, Geonomic, Chemical and Technological Sciences,
5 Moldova State University,
6 Society of Ecological Chemistry and Engineering, Opole
 
 
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The moss-bag technique has been used for many decades to monitor outdoor pollution. More recently, however, the method has been used to monitor indoor air pollution (IAP), as humans spend the majority of their time indoors. The purpose of the research conducted was to evaluate indoor air pollution using active moss biomonitoring. Pleurozium schreberi moss bags were exposed for two seasons (summer and winter), hanging over tile stoves and coal stoves. The selected elements: Al, Cu, Cd, Co, Pb, Zn, V, Ba, Cr, Fe, Mn, Sr, P, Ni, and S were determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES) and, for Hg, by a direct mercury analyzer. The study found the exposure season affected the concentrations of selected elements in 62.5% of cases, and their source was identified. The average concentrations of Co, Ba, Cr, and Sr were higher, and statistically significant, in winter, after a 12-week exposure period of the mosses, regardless of the type of heating or cooking stove owned. The higher phosphorus concentrations obtained in summer indicate physiological stress caused by unfavorable winter exposure conditions. In the future, the number of species used to assess indoor air pollution should be increased and the range of pollutants expanded, along with the identification of their sources, taking residents’ lifestyles into account. 

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Active biomonitoring, air pollution, biological indicator, indoor, Moss