Sava River (source: Division for Environmental Hygiene, IMROH)
According to the report of the European Environment Agency (EEA Report/No 21/2021), anthropogenic environmental pollution significantly affects the frequency of various diseases in Europe. Given that air pollution is considered a major environmental factor in Europe because it affects both ecosystem health and human health, which is consequently inseparably linked, this project investigates air pollution and other environmental components as well as risk to human health.
- PhD Dissertation Defense – Nikolina Račić
On 2 September 2026, Nikolina Račić, a staff member of the Department of Environmental Hygiene, successfully defended her doctoral dissertation entitled “Spatio-temporal Analysis and Source Apportionment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Metals in Airborne Particulate Matter and Soil Using Machine Learning” at the Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering. The dissertation was completed as …
Continue reading PhD Dissertation Defense – Nikolina Račić - Interview with Nikolina Račić on air quality in Zagreb, sources of pollution, and health risks
On 14 June 2026, project collaborator Nikolina Račić gave an interview to tportal on air pollution in the Zagreb area, presenting part of her research conducted as part of her doctoral dissertation. She discussed the main sources of air pollution in Zagreb, such as traffic and heating, as well as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and potentially …
Continue reading Interview with Nikolina Račić on air quality in Zagreb, sources of pollution, and health risks - Master’s thesis defense at the Faculty of Science (PMF)On 3 September 2026, Dora Vuraić successfully defended her master’s thesis entitled “Seasonal differences in the elemental composition of the PM1 particulate matter” at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. The thesis was prepared under the supervision of Silva Žužul, PhD, from the Division of Environmental Hygiene at the Institute for Medical Research and …
Continue reading Master’s thesis defense at the Faculty of Science (PMF) - 12th International Symposium on Flame Retardants (BFR 2026)
From 15 to 19 September 2026, the international scientific conference 12th International Symposium on Flame Retardants – BFR 2026 was held in Riva del Garda, Italy (https://www.dioxin2026.org/). As part of the first joint organization of the two international scientific conferences, Dioxin and BFR, the three-day joint scientific programme featured 101 oral presentations, including three plenary …
Continue reading 12th International Symposium on Flame Retardants (BFR 2026) - 3rd International Scientific and Professional Conference “Green Touch of Medvednica”From 8 to 9 September 2026, the 3rd International Scientific and Professional Conference “Green Touch of Medvednica” was held at the Medvedgrad Visitor Centre in Zagreb. The conference was organised by the Medvednica Nature Park Public Institution, with the Class for Natural Sciences of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts as co-organiser. Participants presented …
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