Abstract
Monitoring air, water and soil contamination by means of animals,
plants, fungi and bacteria is increasingly in demand for assessing
environmental quality, environmental impacts, and health and safety. It
is essential that environmental monitoring by bioassays is credibly
based on standardized procedures and on substantial scientific evidence
which should include background measurements to establish baseline data.
Cites case studies involving the use of organisms for monitoring heavy
metals and radionuclides in order to demonstrate such procedural
pre‐requisites in environmental surveillance.