ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING IN THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN ON THE CONTENT OF HEAVY METALS AND RADIONUCLIDES

Omarova Nuria Moldagalievna, Candidate of Biological Sciences, associate professor of the Department of Chemistry of the Eurasian National University n.a. L.N. Gumilev (ENU)

Nurgalieva Diana Zhanybekovna, Master of the Department of Chemistry of the Eurasian National University n.a. L.N. Gumilev (ENU)

Nurkasimova Mahabbat Ulanovna, lecturer of the Department of Chemistry of the Eurasian National University n.a. L.N. Gumilev (ENU)

Frontasyeva Marina Vladimirovna, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Head of the Neutron Activation Analysis and Applied Research Sector, Nuclear Physics Division, Neutron Physics Laboratory n.a. I.M. Frank at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Morzhukhina Svetlana Vladimirovna, Candidate of Chemistry, Head of the Department of Chemistry, New Technologies and Materials of the State University “Dubna”

Kabdulkarimova Kulbanu Kabdulkarimovna, Candidate of Chemical Sciences, lecturer at the State University. n.a. Shakarim

Abstract

The moss biomonitor method was used to assess the atmospheric deposition of heavy metals and other trace elements in the Southeast, North-East, North and Central parts of Kazakhstan within the framework of the UNECE ICP Vegetation program. Seventy-eight moss samples were collected in summer and autumn 2015, and thirty-five moss samples in summer 2016. 46 elements were determined by neutron activation analysis at the IBR-2 reactor in the Neutron Physics Laboratory of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR). For the prediction and assessment of the state of the environment in recent decades, methods based on bioindication are becoming increasingly widespread. This topic is relevant, since the assessment of air pollution is an important task of protecting the environment. The main goal of the work is to determine the degree of contamination by toxic elements with the help of moss-bioindicators of the regions of Kazakhstan.

KEYWORDS: biomonitoring, moss-bioindicators, heavy metals, radionuclides.

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