Information gain in environmental monitoring through bioindi-cation and biomonitoring methods ("B & B technologies") and phytoremediation processes : with special reference to the Biological System of Chemical Elements (BSCE) under specific consideration of Lithium

Different definitions for the concepts of information, information transfer, i.e. communication and its effect and efficiency of false, but also correct information, especially from the environmental sector, are given. "THE TEN ECOLOGICAL COMMANDMENTS"developed by Menke-Glückert at the end of the 1960s, the 9th commandment "Do not pollute information", in particular, is examined in more detail and understood practically as a currently unchanging law in our existing world societies. The "Ethics Consensus", derived from "THE TEN ECOLOGICAL COMMANDMENTS"and developed by Markert at the end of the 1990s, reflects both theoretical and practical levels of action that many people in our highly diverse world societies can support. From a scientific point of view, this article deals with the so-called B & B technologies, i.e. bioindication and biomonitoring of chemical elements, their chemical speciation as well as organic substances. B & B technologies, which deals with the biological detection of atmospheric deposition of chemical substances on a regional, national, and international level, are taken into account. From both an academic and a practical point of view, mosses have prevailed here in the last decades in addition to lichens. The use of mosses is a major focus of international air monitoring, especially in Europe. Furthermore, the phytoremediation of chemical substances in water, soil and air is described as a biological and sustainable biological process, which does not yet have the full scope as it is used in bioindication and biomonitoring, as shown in the example of mosses. However, the phytoremediation is considered to be an excellent tool to have the leading role in the sustainable pollutant "fight". In the future qualitative and quantitative approaches have been further developed to fit scientifically and practically B&B Technologies as well the different forms of phytotechnological approaches. Finally, the example of lithium, which is optionally derived from the Biological System of Chemical Elements (BSCE), becomes a chemical example that the administration of lithium to ALL mentally conditioned diseases such as manic depression to smoking cigarettes becomes one of the most valuable services for the recovery of human society on a global level. As a conclusion of these tremendous effects of lithium can be considered: Pulled out, to make clear that only this chemical element beside a psychiatric care and the involvement of family members, friends, physicians, psychologists and psychiatrists. In addition, it is a must that there is a strong relationship between patient, psychiatrist(s) and strongly related persons to the patient. First an intensive information transfer via communication must be guaranteed. After it, psychological support by doctors and, only if it seems necessary Lithium is to be given in a patient specific dose.RST/Applied Radiation & Isotope

Innovative observation of the environment. Bioindicators and biomonitors: definitions, strategies and applications

For a number of years “classical” programs for environmental monitoring are being supplemented by bioindication measures. Investigations on living organisms or their remains (e.g. peat) are used to indicate the environmental situation in either qualitative (bioindication) or quantitative (biomonitoring) terms. This provides pieces of information on environmental burdens of a region at a given point of time or on its changes with time (trend analysis). Classical bioindication often deals with observation and measurements of chemical noxae (both inorganic and organic ones) in well-defined bio-indicator plants or animals (including man). In terms of analytical procedures and results there are parallel developments between progresses in bioindication and innovation in analytical methods. After some 30 years of development in bioindication there are now the following newer lines for further development: 1) more frequent inclusion of multi-element total analyses for a thorough investigation of mutual correlations in the sense of the Biological System of Elements; 2) more work on (analytical) speciation issues to proceed into real effect-oriented environmental sciences; and 3) there should and must be a focus on integrative bioindication methods because for a large number of environmental monitoring problems a single bioindicator will not provide any meaningful information: a single bioindicator is about as good as none at all. Integrative concepts such as the Multi-Markered Bioindication Concept (MMBC) provide basic means to get into precautionary environmental protection effects drawing upon such a second-generation bioindication methodology. The selected case studies in Lithuania illiustrate some new aspects for the development of integrative bioindication consept. Article in Lithuanian. Aplinkos stebėsenos naujovės. Bioindikatoriai ir biomonitoriai: apibrėžtys, strategijos ir taikymas Santrauka. Jau keletą metų „klasikinės“ aplinkos stebėjimo programos yra papildomos bioindikacinėmis priemonėmis. Atliekami gyvųjų organizmų arba jų liekanų (pvz., durpių) tyrimai, siekiant nustatyti aplinkos būklę kokybiniu (bioindikacija) arba kiekybiniu (biostebėsena) požiūriu. Taip gáunama informacijos apie regiono aplinkos problemas tam tikru metu arba aplinkos pokyčius laikui bėgant (tendencijų analizė). Taikant klasikinę bioindikaciją dažnai stebimos ir organinės, ir neorganinės cheminės medžiagos, matuojamos jų koncentracijos tiksliai nustatytuose bioindikatoriniuose augaluose arba gyvūnuose (taip pat ir žmogaus organizme). Kalbant apie analizines procedūras ir rezultatus, pastebimos panašios bioindikatorių tobulinimo ir naujų analizinių metodų plėtojimo tendencijos. Bioindikacijos plėtrai vykstant jau beveik 30 metų, išskirtinos tam tìkros tolesnės plėtotės tendencijos: 1) atliekant išsamius elementų biologinės sistemos tarpusavio sąsajų tyrimus dažniau pasirenkama kelių elementų bendroji analizė; 2) daugiau dirbama (analizinis darbas) sprendžiant naujų rūšių atsiradimo klausimus siekiant pereiti prie aplinkos mokslų, nukreiptų į tikrąjį poveikį; 3) daugiau dėmesio skiriama kompleksiniams bioindikaciniams metodams, nes esant daugybei aplinkos stebėsenos problemų, pavienis bioindikatorius daug vertingos informacijos neteikia. Kompleksinės koncepcijos, pavyzdžiui, daugiaženklės bioindikacijos koncepcija, remdamosi antrosios kartos bioindikacijos metodika, numato paprastų aplinkos apsaugos prevencijos priemonių. Šiame straipsnyje pateikiami tyrimų, atliktų Lietuvoje, pavyzdžiai iliustruoja kelis naujus aspektus formuojant kompleksinę bioindikacijos koncepciją. Reikšminiai žodžiai: aplinkos stebėsena, biostebėsena, bioindikacija, elementų biologinė sistema, kompleksinė biostebėsena, daugiaženklės bioindikacijos koncepcij

Bioindication of trace metal pollution in the atmosphere of Baku city using ligustrum japonicum, olea europea, and pyracantha coccinea leaves

The leaves of Ligustrum japonicum (Oleaceae), Olea europaea (Oleaceae), and Pyracantha coccinea (Rosaceae) were evaluated with the aim of using them as bioindicators for trace metal contamination in Baku city, Azerbaijan, one of the most highly polluted cities worldwide. These species of trees are the most abundant in urban and rural areas of Azerbaijan, because of high tolerance against climatic influences due to their modesty and adaptability. Concentrations of Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, and Pb were determined in the leaves by AAS method. The samples were collected at three locations with different degrees of trace metal pollution (industrial, high traffic, and reference [botanical garden] site). The highest element concentrations were detected at sites of high traffic. Up to 70 times higher Pb concentrations could be found in the leaves of the trees that reflect the known Pb problem around Baku. The results presented give a first impression of a correlation between the degree of trace metal contamination in the environment and the trace metal concentration in the leaves of L. japonicum and O. europae

Multilingual education of students on a global scale and perspective - international networking on the example of bioindication and biomonitoring (B&B technologies).

Living or formerly living organisms are being used to obtain information on the quality of the general health status of our environment by bioindication and biomonitoring methods for many decades. Thus, different roads toward this common scientific goal were developed by a lot of different international research groups. Global cooperation in between various scientific teams throughout the world has produced common ideas, scientific definitions, and highly innovative results of this extremely attractive working field. The transdisciplinary approach of different and multifaceted scientific areas—starting from biology, analytical chemistry, via health physics, up to social and economic issues—have surpassed mental barriers of individual scientists, so that “production” of straightforward common results related to the influence of material and immaterial environmental factors to the well-being of organisms and human life has now reached the forefront of international thinking. For the further sustainable development of our common scientific “hobby” of bioindication and biomonitoring, highest personal energy has to be given by us, being teachers to our students and to convince strategically decision makers as politicians to invest (financially) into the development of education and research of this innovative technique. Young people have to be intensively convinced on the “meaning” of our scientific doing, e.g., by extended forms of education. One example of multilingual education of students on a global scale and perspective is given here, which we started about 3 years ago.Fil: Markert, Bernd. Environmental Institute of Scientific Networks; AlemaniaFil: Baltrėnaitė, Edita. Vilnius Gediminas Technical University; LituaniaFil: Chudzińska, Ewa. Adam Mickiewicz University; PoloniaFil: De Marco, Silvia. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; ArgentinaFil: Diatta, Jean. Poznań University of Life Sciences; PoloniaFil: Ghaffari, Zahra. Islamic Azad University; IránFil: Gorelova, Svetlana. Pedagogical University; RusiaFil: Marcovecchio, Jorge Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Bahía Blanca. Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (i); Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Sur; ArgentinaFil: Tabors, Guntis. University of Latvia; LetoniaFil: Wang, Meie. Chinese Academy Of Sciences; República de ChinaFil: Yousef, Naglaa. Sohag University; EgiptoFil: Fränzle, Stefan. Technical University of Dresden; AlemaniaFil: Wünschmann, Simone. Environmental Institute of Scientific Networks; Alemani

Teaching Green Analytical Chemistry on the Example of Bioindication and Biomonitoring (B & B) Technologies

Teaching of Green Analytical Chemistry (GAC) requires a not inconsiderable willingness on the part of the lecturer to familiarize himself with a relatively new field in analytical chemistry. Although there is much that can be derived from Green and Sustainable Chemistry, the GAC’s forward-looking perspectives in particular are independent approaches that must not be neglected. In the first chapter of this article, approaches are pursued “how (teachers) learn to learn,” ultimately based on a consensus on ethics, which allows dealing with people, society and the environment to become an interdisciplinary unit. The end of all this is a smart method of conflict management which provides solutions of problems. Available tools include Regions concerned with education (learn how to learn) Think tanks (to define integrative solutions for problems) and Turbodemogracy (to get faster results) In the second part of the chapter, GAC and nature merge completely, in which mechanical sample collectors are replaced by mosses within the framework of bioindication and biomonitoring (B & B) technologies during atmospheric deposition measurement of chemical elements. Definitions of bioindicators and biomonitors, active and passive B & B technologies and interdisciplinary connections between bioindicative sampling and scientific interpretations of natural systems are given. Mosses are distinguished by a rather large resistance toward enhanced levels of various anthropogenic air pollutions permitting their use also in polluted areas