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Botanical environmental monitors for zinc pollution resulting from vehicular traffic

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Botanical samples were used as monitors for zinc pollution resulting from vehicular traffic. Euphorbia terracina and Calotropis procera were the botanical monitors used in this work. Zinc concentrations were reported alongside a motorway stretch of 50 km. Variations in concentration with respect to the perpendicular distance from the roadside were also reported. The effect of wind turbulence and the wind direction on the concentrations is discussed. In addition, differences between open areas and confined areas with respect to the elemental uptake were also discussed. INAA, using reactor neutrons, was employed for the determination of Zn concentrations in the samples.

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Altaf, W.J. Botanical environmental monitors for zinc pollution resulting from vehicular traffic. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 271, 665–670 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-007-0323-x

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