Forests, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16(5), P. 761 - 761
Published: April 30, 2025
Dendrochemistry was applied to a small town, Taylorville, Illinois, which has superfund site and apparently more cases of cancer than expected based on background rates. As an ecologic study, dendrochemistry is not intended unequivocally associate particular elements specific illnesses, but rather serves generally characterize changes in element availability through time, then might lead follow-up epidemiological studies. In multiple measured decadal chunks tree rings 12 trees showed no trend though time going back several decades. This non-result important, demonstrating that concentrations can remain constant across rings. By contrast, other uptick concentration beginning by about 2000. Some these are known be harmful human health, while others not. More broadly, it could interest consider increases metals as combined burden public health. Spatially, sampling for often dense enough isolate sources availability. Other techniques environmental monitoring exist elucidating spatial patterns elements, leaf surface chemistry recommendable companion technique discover temporal patterns.
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