Abstract
The mass spectrometric analysis of the impact of sulfur dioxide and dust emission on carbon and oxygen stable isotopic compositions of glucose hydrolysed from α-cellulose samples extracted from Scots pine growing in the vicinity of “Huta Katowice” steelworks was the main aim of this study. The annual rings covered the time span from 1975 to 2012 AD. The relationships between climatic conditions, sulfur dioxide, and industrial dust emission and oxygen and carbon isotopic compositions were analyzed using correlation function methods. This study shows the first analysis of carbon and oxygen stable isotopes in glucose as the bio-indicators of CO2, sulfur dioxide, and industrial dust emission. The anticoincidence trend of δ18O and δ13C and dust and sulfur dioxide confirms that the decreases of dust and sulfur dioxide industrial emission increase δ18O and δ13C values in glucose.
Highlights
The pollutant emission affects the health of the population (Absalon and Ślesak 2010) and quality of life (Absalon and Ślesak 2012)
The results show that sulfur dioxide and industrial dust emission may have an impact on the stable isotope composition
This study shows the first analysis of carbon and oxygen stable isotopes in glucose as the bio-indicators of CO2, sulfur dioxide, and industrial dust emission
Summary
The pollutant emission affects the health of the population (Absalon and Ślesak 2010) and quality of life (Absalon and Ślesak 2012). The exposure industrial dust emission can cause inter alia asthma bronchitis, lung damage, cancer, heavy metal poisoning, and cardiovascular effects including heart attack and premature death in human life. Sulfur dioxide emission can cause the eye irritation, wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and lung damage. The emission of pollution has an impact on the environment and the condition of the forests (Breymeyer 1998). It can cause the following changes in the environment: visibility impairment, plant and water damage, and aesthetic damage. In Poland, the monitoring of air pollution is generally limited to the last decades
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