85 results match your criteria: "Institute of Environmental Protection - National Research Institute[Affiliation]"
J Air Waste Manag Assoc
September 2017
b Faculty of Building Services, Hydro and Environmental Engineering , Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw , Poland.
Unlabelled: The aim of this study is improving currently applied methodology for spatial disaggregation, as well as mapping air emission inventories by taking into account the auxiliary spatial data on population density. District heating infrastructure occurring in more populated areas changes distinctly the spatial distribution of estimated air emission; however, it does not change the initial estimate. That means the total, disaggregated value is constant.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPLoS One
August 2017
Institute of Environmental Protection - National Research Institute, Environmental Chemistry and Risk Assessment Department, Warsaw, Poland.
Phthalate diesters (PAEs) are used as plasticizer additives to polymer chains to make the material more flexible and malleable. PAEs are bonded physically, not chemically, to the polymeric matrix and can migrate to and leach from the product surface, posing a serious danger to the environment and human health. There have been a number of studies on PAE concentrations in landfill leachate conducted in the EU and around the world, though few in Poland.
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March 2017
Institute of Environmental Protection-National Research Institute, Krucza 5/11d St., Warsaw, 00-548 Poland.
The present and future air contamination by mercury is and will continue to be a serious risk for human health. This publication presents a review of the literature dealing with the issues related to air contamination by mercury and its transformations as well as its natural and anthropogenic emissions. The assessment of mercury emissions into the air poses serious methodological problems.
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August 2017
Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
The study was focused on assessing the presence of arabinogalactan proteins (AGPs) and pectins within the cell walls as well as prenyl lipids, sodium and chlorine content in leaves of Tilia x euchlora trees. The leaves that were analyzed were collected from trees with and without signs of damage that were all growing in the same salt stress conditions. The reason for undertaking these investigations was the observations over many years that indicated that there are trees that present a healthy appearance and trees that have visible symptoms of decay in the same habitat.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnviron Monit Assess
November 2016
Department of Freshwater Assessment Methods and Monitoring, Institute of Environmental Protection-National Research Institute, Kolektorska 4, 01-692, Warsaw, Poland.
Herein, we report the response of indices based on phytoplankton and zooplankton and their combination to different nutrient concentrations in lakes. The study was carried out in ten lakes in northeastern Poland. Integrated samples were collected from the epilimnion during the summer of 2012-2013.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWater Air Soil Pollut
September 2016
Institute of Environmental Protection-National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland.
Mercury contamination in water has been an issue to the environment and human health. In this article, mercury in marine and oceanic waters has been reviewed. In the aquatic environment, mercury occurs in many forms, which depend on the oxidation-reduction conditions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe study investigations were focused on assessing the influence of a 35-year-old municipal waste landfill on environmental mercury pollution. The total Hg content was determined in the soil profile, groundwater, and the plants (Solidago virgaurea and Poaceae sp.) in the landfill area.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of the study was to define the relationship between the concentration of PAHs in sewage sludge at a particular location and their amount in various plant materials growing on it. The credibility of the results is enhanced by the fact that sewage sludge from two separate sewage-treatment plants were selected for their influence on the content of PAHs in three plant species growing on them. The investigations were carried out for a period of three years.
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August 2013
Institute of Environmental Protection - National Research Institute, Krucza 5/11d, 00-548 Warsaw, Poland.
The paper presents the influence of a municipal waste landfill on the pollution of soil, plants and groundwater by polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDDs/Fs). Analysis of their migration in the environment was made in relation to the direction of groundwater flow in the study area. Determination of PCDDs/Fs was performed by isotope dilution high resolution chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (ID-HRGC/MS-MS) on a Thermo Scientific GCQ-1100/Trace2000 system equipped with an Xcalibur data acquisition and analysis software.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Hazard Mater
October 2012
Institute of Environmental Protection-National Research Institute, Krucza 5/11, 00-548, Warsaw, Poland.
The presented study was focused on soils developed from fluvioglacial sands from the Puszcza Borecka forest complex. The mobility of chromium, nickel and vanadium was evaluated with regard to litho- and pedogenic factors. The aim of the study was to determine with which soil constituents fractions of heavy metals are bound with particular attention drawn on the mobile fractions (F1+F2).
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