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The Nitrogen Plant (Zakłady Azotowe) has a well developed system of the sewage treatment. However, slow progress has been made in the field of air protection. Therefore, the environment of the Plant has been polluted by dusts and the heavy metals contained in these dusts. As it results from the investigations, cultivated plants in the, so-called, protective zone are contaminated (mainly by lead and...
The content of nitrates and nitrites in the Polish foodstuffs varies to a great extent. The highest levels have been noted in vegetables. Spinach, radish, lettuce, parsley, carrot, celery, beets, cabbage and potatoes belong to these vegetables which assimilate a high content of nitrates. It has been stated that the admissible daily level of nitrates and nitrites has been exceeded in the daily food...
The tasks and current activities of the Seym Commission for Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry during the present term of office are discussed in detail. So far the Commission has elaborated desiderata for various institutions. They concern, among others, indolence in realization of the round table ascertainments, solution of the ecological conflicts at the border with Czechoslovakia...
The monitoring applied in Poland and resulting from international and national regulatons has been discussed in detail. The international monitoring covers: monitoring of the Southern Baltic Sea, an evaluation of the transfer of the polluted air over long distances, monitoring of the land environment against the background level, monitoring of ozone, background monitoring of the Man and Biosphere...
In the Federal Republic of Germany one can observe stronger and stronger protests against the incinerating plants which not so long ago were considered as the best method of getting rid of wastes. It has been proved, however, that incinerating plants are an imminent source of the emission of very dangerous substances — dioxins and furans. Moreover, they are becoming more and more expensive. In the...
The author has discussed such problems as: sources of fluorine in the biosphere, assimilation and accumulation of fluorine in plants, distribution of fluorine in a plant, phytotoxicity of fluorine and the application of the phyto-physiological index in the monitoring bioindication. The investigations were carried out in a period of the full operation of the Aluminium Works at Skawina near Cracow and...
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