6. Original use to raise public awareness
When it comes to airborne environments, exposure-indicating plants provide us with information on how dangerous pollutants are for living beings. When their damage is visible, such as the appearance of leaf necrosis, these plants become real tools for communicating and raising public awareness of air quality issues
They are of enormous educational interest to users in both urban and rural areas, because :
they visualize the presence and impact of pollutants;
they provide information on pollution levels that can be understood more quickly than the measurements provided by physico-chemical sensors;
they raise awareness of the environmental and health risks incurred by living organisms...
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Original use to raise public awareness
Current and future developments in plant biomonitoring
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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