Journal
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 593, Issue -, Pages 567-570Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.196
Keywords
Air quality; Decision-making; Passive moss biomonitoring
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- Comision Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CICYT) of the Spanish government [CGL2008-01132/BOS]
- FEDER
- Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion within the Programa de Formacion de Profesorado Universitario
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The passive moss biomonitoring technique has been proved a useful environmental tool for the study of the air quality. However, after more than 40 years of its discovery, it has not been used yet in decision making when dealing with atmospheric pollution. Scientific efforts and funding are wasted when these sort of findings do not have a meaningful impact on society. Thus, the aim of this review is to showcase the reasons preventing the worldwide application of the moss technique. The results showed that the possible reasons underlying this problem are the lack of standardization of the technique, transmission of a false idea of robustness, and the lack of a theoretical background. Knowing and accepting these problems is the first step to encourage scientists and funding bodies to invest their efforts in really improving the technique for its application in environmental policies and not only in scientific circles. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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