TY  - JOUR
AU  - Herceg Romanić, Snježana
AU  - Milićević, Tijana
AU  - Jovanović, Gordana
AU  - Matek Sarić, Marijana
AU  - Mendaš, Gordana
AU  - Fingler, Sanja
AU  - Jakšić, Goran
AU  - Popović, Aleksandar R.
AU  - Relić, Dubravka
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://cherry.chem.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6323
AB  - This review article summarizes our research of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in human milk from Croatian mothers over the last few decades. Our studies make up the bulk of all POPs research in human milk in Croatia and show a state-of-the art in the research area. The first investigations were made in 1970's. Aim of our review article is to document the comprehensive results over several decades as the best tool to: 1.) contribute to understanding of POPs and their potential health risks, 2.) evaluate effectiveness of legislative bans and restrictions on human exposure to POPs in Croatia, and 3.) to suggest further actions. In our review we discuss: 1.) Human milk between 2011 and 2014 - evaluation of interrelations of organochlorine pesticides (OCP) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) in human milk and their association with the mother's age and parity using artificial intelligence methods; and our yet unpublished research data on health risks for infants assessed through daily PCB and OCP intake. 2.) Time trends of PCB and OCP in human milk between 1976 and 2014. 3.) polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofuran (PCDD/F) in human milk in 2000., and yet unpublished data on PCDD/F and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) in 2014.
PB  - Elsevier
T2  - Food and Chemical Toxicology
T1  - Persistent organic pollutants in Croatian breast milk: An overview of pollutant levels and infant health risk assessment from 1976 to the present
VL  - 179
SP  - 113990
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Herceg Romanić, S., Milićević, T., Jovanović, G., Matek Sarić, M., Mendaš, G., Fingler, S., Jakšić, G., Popović, A. R.,& Relić, D.. (2023). Persistent organic pollutants in Croatian breast milk: An overview of pollutant levels and infant health risk assessment from 1976 to the present. in Food and Chemical Toxicology
Elsevier., 179, 113990.
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Herceg Romanić S, Milićević T, Jovanović G, Matek Sarić M, Mendaš G, Fingler S, Jakšić G, Popović AR, Relić D. Persistent organic pollutants in Croatian breast milk: An overview of pollutant levels and infant health risk assessment from 1976 to the present. in Food and Chemical Toxicology. 2023;179:113990.
doi:10.1016/j.fct.2023.113990 .

Herceg Romanić, Snježana, Milićević, Tijana, Jovanović, Gordana, Matek Sarić, Marijana, Mendaš, Gordana, Fingler, Sanja, Jakšić, Goran, Popović, Aleksandar R., Relić, Dubravka, "Persistent organic pollutants in Croatian breast milk: An overview of pollutant levels and infant health risk assessment from 1976 to the present" in Food and Chemical Toxicology, 179 (2023):113990,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2023.113990 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Herceg Romanić, Snježana
AU  - Jaćimović, Nenad
AU  - Mendaš, Gordana
AU  - Fingler, Sanja
AU  - Stipičević, Sanja
AU  - Jakšić, Goran
AU  - Popović, Aleksandar R.
AU  - Jovanović, Gordana
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://cherry.chem.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6331
AB  - This article investigated the multi-year polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) burden of the sediment collected along the Kupa River flow in Croatia using the bedload sediment transport model. Kupa, as the natural border between Croatia and Slovenia, belongs to the water system Krupa (Slovenia) → Lahinja (Slovenia) → Kupa (Croatia) → Sava → Danube → Black Sea. From 1962 to 1985, the total quantity of waste calculated for pure PCBs, released by a capacitor manufacturer into the environment within various locations of the Krupa River in Slovenia, was 70 tons. Krupa River (Slovenia) has become one of the most PCB-polluted rivers in Europe, and consequently, PCBs have been detected in the Kupa River (Croatia). Model application revealed that contamination of the Kupa River (Croatia) started significantly earlier than 1983, when a high concentration of PCB was detected for the first time in the Krupa River (Slovenia), with probably significantly higher sediment concentrations at the upstream boundary of the Kupa. A slow concentration changes and PCB accumulation in the sediment should be expected downstream compared to the upstream boundary, governed mainly by high flow events. The PCBs in sediments from 2020/2021 are markedly different after the Lahinja confluence with Kupa (0.2–0.6 μg kg−1 vs. 1.4–34.3 μg kg−1). Measurements of PCBs in Kupa sediment suggest that the intake of PCB has not yet been completely stopped, which should be confirmed by detailed monitoring in the future. The contamination situation observed in the Kupa River represents an excellent example of the persistency of PCBs in the environment.
PB  - Springer
T2  - Environmental Geochemistry and Health
T1  - Bedload sediment transport model for revealing the multi-year trend of polychlorinated biphenyl contamination in the river sediment (Kupa, Croatia)
VL  - 45
IS  - 11
SP  - 8473
EP  - 8487
DO  - 10.1007/s10653-023-01733-2
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Herceg Romanić, S., Jaćimović, N., Mendaš, G., Fingler, S., Stipičević, S., Jakšić, G., Popović, A. R.,& Jovanović, G.. (2023). Bedload sediment transport model for revealing the multi-year trend of polychlorinated biphenyl contamination in the river sediment (Kupa, Croatia). in Environmental Geochemistry and Health
Springer., 45(11), 8473-8487.
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Herceg Romanić S, Jaćimović N, Mendaš G, Fingler S, Stipičević S, Jakšić G, Popović AR, Jovanović G. Bedload sediment transport model for revealing the multi-year trend of polychlorinated biphenyl contamination in the river sediment (Kupa, Croatia). in Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 2023;45(11):8473-8487.
doi:10.1007/s10653-023-01733-2 .

Herceg Romanić, Snježana, Jaćimović, Nenad, Mendaš, Gordana, Fingler, Sanja, Stipičević, Sanja, Jakšić, Goran, Popović, Aleksandar R., Jovanović, Gordana, "Bedload sediment transport model for revealing the multi-year trend of polychlorinated biphenyl contamination in the river sediment (Kupa, Croatia)" in Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 45, no. 11 (2023):8473-8487,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-023-01733-2 . .

TY  - CHAP
AU  - Jovanović, Gordana
AU  - Aničić Urošević, Mira
AU  - Herceg Romanić, Snježana
AU  - Mendaš, Gordana
AU  - Janković, Milan
AU  - Popović, Aleksandar R.
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://cherry.chem.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5677
AB  - Air pollution represents a key environmental hazard to human health and disease burden worldwide. Emissions of air contaminants by human activities refer to different classes of organic compounds including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), which are widely known for numerous adverse effects. Characterized as hydrophobic, the pollutants bind to particles in soil and sediment, which can act as a secondary source of pollution for environmental media (water, air and living organisms). Although monitoring of organic pollutants (OPs) is a mandatory and on-going process across Europe and the United States, investigating the behavior of OPs is still challenging, as the available databases lack extensive geographical coverage and appropriate temporal periodicity. Biomonitoring using mosses has been highlighted as an emerging method for the assessment of air pollution, but extensive research has been devoted to the moss biomonitoring of trace elements, whereas less attention has been paid to OPs.
In this chapter, we present our research, which aimed to: i) investigate how exposure time affects the moss bag uptake of PAHs; ii) compare different chromatographic techniques for the determination of PAHs in moss samples and iii) provide an overview of the applicable advantages of moss bags over other (bio)monitors and the methodology aspects concerning moss biomonitoring of PAHs. We also present our experience regarding biomonitoring of organochlorines by another frequently used plant species – pine needles. The presented findings could serve as a valuable base for further research supporting moss biomonitoring as a suitable method for the spatio-temporal screening of OP presence in air as well as air quality management in general.
PB  - Nova Science Publishers, New York, USA
T2  - Advances in Environmental Research
T1  - Moss Biomonitoring of Organic Pollutants: Up-to-date Achievments, Needs and Potentials
VL  - 90
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_cherry_5677
ER  - 

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Jovanović, G., Aničić Urošević, M., Herceg Romanić, S., Mendaš, G., Janković, M.,& Popović, A. R.. (2022). Moss Biomonitoring of Organic Pollutants: Up-to-date Achievments, Needs and Potentials. in Advances in Environmental Research
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Jovanović G, Aničić Urošević M, Herceg Romanić S, Mendaš G, Janković M, Popović AR. Moss Biomonitoring of Organic Pollutants: Up-to-date Achievments, Needs and Potentials. in Advances in Environmental Research. 2022;90.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_cherry_5677 .

Jovanović, Gordana, Aničić Urošević, Mira, Herceg Romanić, Snježana, Mendaš, Gordana, Janković, Milan, Popović, Aleksandar R., "Moss Biomonitoring of Organic Pollutants: Up-to-date Achievments, Needs and Potentials" in Advances in Environmental Research, 90 (2022),
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_cherry_5677 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Mendaš, Gordana
AU  - Herceg Romanić, Snježana
AU  - Jovanović, Gordana
AU  - Urošević-Aničić, Mira
AU  - Ilić, Miloš
AU  - Milićević, Tijana
AU  - Popović, Aleksandar R.
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://cherry.chem.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4795
AB  - Following up-to-date initiatives of the Stockholm Convention, its global monitoring plan, and the International Cooperative Programme on Natural Vegetation and Crops (ICP Vegetation 2015) under the convention on long-range transboundary air pollution, this study examined 17 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and seven organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in the moss Hypnum cupressiforme Hedw. and topsoil sampled across Serbia. In the topsoil, OCPs ranged from 0.0158 to 9.6804 ng g−1 while concentrations of individual PCB congeners were in the range between 0.0185 and 0.3107 ng g−1. The levels of OCPs and PCBs in the moss H. cupressiforme ranged from 2.7785 to 23.9501 ng g−1, and from 0.4325 to 15.8013 ng g−1, respectively. POP relationships between topsoil and moss investigated by fugacity model equations indicated that the moss POP enrichment was a result of atmospheric long-range transport rather than secondary reemissions from soil.
PB  - Springer
T2  - Environmental Geochemistry and Health
T1  - Organochlorines burden in moss H. cupressiforme and topsoil across Serbia
VL  - 43
IS  - 1
SP  - 273
EP  - 283
DO  - 10.1007/s10653-020-00704-1
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Mendaš G, Herceg Romanić S, Jovanović G, Urošević-Aničić M, Ilić M, Milićević T, Popović AR. Organochlorines burden in moss H. cupressiforme and topsoil across Serbia. in Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 2021;43(1):273-283.
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Mendaš, Gordana, Herceg Romanić, Snježana, Jovanović, Gordana, Urošević-Aničić, Mira, Ilić, Miloš, Milićević, Tijana, Popović, Aleksandar R., "Organochlorines burden in moss H. cupressiforme and topsoil across Serbia" in Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 43, no. 1 (2021):273-283,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-020-00704-1 . .

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AU  - Milićević, Tijana
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Mendaš, Gordana, Herceg Romanić, Snježana, Jovanović, Gordana, Urošević-Aničić, Mira, Ilić, Miloš, Milićević, Tijana, Popović, Aleksandar R., "Supplementary data for the article: Mendaš, G.; Herceg Romanić, S.; Jovanović, G.; Aničić Urošević, M.; Ilić, M.; Milićević, T.; Popović, A. Organochlorines Burden in Moss H. Cupressiforme and Topsoil across Serbia. Environ Geochem Health 2021, 43 (1), 273–283. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-020-00704-1." in Environmental Geochemistry and Health (2021),
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