HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT POSED TO HEAVY METALS IN THE LANDS AND PLANT CULTIVARS OF ZENICA MUNICIPALITY, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Estmating the risk to pulic health from heavy metals can help solve the basic questions about the potential dangers of exposure to them. This is the first study aimed to assess the health risk for the residents of the municipality of Zenica, on the land closest to the steel industry by examining the heavy metals Zn, Ni, Pb, Cd, Cr and Cu in t...
By Aida Šapčanin, Farzet Bikić, Muvedet Šišić, Vedran Stuhli
EXAMINATION OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ENHANCING THE PHYTOREMEDIATION POTENTIAL OF PLANTS THROUGH COMPLEXATION OF ALKALINE SOIL
This study presents the results of applied phytoextraction as a soil phytoremediation method, based on the analysis of selected heavy metal content in soil and plant material. The selected locations where phytoextraction was applied as a phytoremediation method (Gradišće, Podbrežje, and Tetovo) are situated in the city of Zenica, in proximit...
By Farzet Bikić, Muvedet Šišić, Sanela Beganović, Amira Pašalić, Adnan Mujkanovic, Aida Šapčanin, Vedran Stuhli, MIrnesa Čorbić