Trees are a great bank of data, named sometimes as the "silent witnesses" of the past. Due to annual formation of rings, which is normally influenced directly by of climate parameters (generally changes in temperature and moisture or precipitation) and other environmental factors. Using dendrochronological methods for obtaining samples of Pinus Nigra from the Catalonian PrePirineous region with total time spine of about 100 - 250 years were analyzed for the tree ring width (TRW) patterns and had quite high correlation between them (0.71 - 0.84), corresponding to a common behaviour for the...

Environmental problems associated with
the "Belaruskalij" potassium industry (Soligorsk,
Belarus) are mainly solid waste, land subsidence,
salinisation of soils, surface and underground
waters due to mining, and damages to nearby
vegetation and buildings due to air pollution from
its refinery plants.

As for occupational health of workers from the
industry, main problems are associated with dust,
vibration and noise pollution. Comparative analysis
of health of workers involved in the "Belaruskalij"
industry and workers from all collective farms in
the Soligorsk region (as a control...