10. Conclusion
In recent years, plant biomonitoring methods have become increasingly relevant for monitoring, in particular, levels of micropollutants with high health risks, such as HPAs, heavy metals and dioxins. At the same time, however, increasingly autonomous physico-chemical sensors and passive diffusion tubes (airborne media) have taken on a growing role in air and water quality monitoring.
However, certain advantages of plant biomonitoring methods will always give them a role in the field of monitoring:
Their simple, rapid and cost-effective approaches are often indispensable for preliminary studies, or for studies over long periods or large areas;
Their cumulative information, providing integrated results over time, facilitates the detection of chronic, accidental or intermittent pollution...
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References
Regulations – Standardization
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In the air
Table 1 shows the main biomonitoring guidelines that have been revised in recent years, in particular by the VDI (Germany).
In France, based on the observation that nothing...
Biomonitoring program
ICP Vegetation – International Cooperative Programme on effects of air Pollution on natural vegetation and crops
Some examples of implementation
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Plant biomonitoring and bioremediation of indoor air pollutants in buildings
Over the past 20 years, buildings have become increasingly airtight, under pressure to minimize energy costs. Nevertheless, they are subject, whether voluntarily or not, to outside air generally referred to as "new air" or "fresh air".
Premises are therefore...
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