Concentrations of the elements Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, N, Ni, P, Pb, and Zn were measured in needles and bark of Taxus baccata from the urban environment of Wrocław, Poland, and from a control site relatively free from pollution. In Wrocław the concentrations of N, P, K, and Mg in needles were significantly higher than in bark, but concentrations of Cd, Co, Cr, Cu Fe, Ni, and Zn were...

1 Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, Bern Medical University 2 Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Inselspital, Bern Medical University 3 Institute of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Bern, Bern, 4 Swiss Toxicological Information Centre, Zürich, Switzerland 5 Department of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative and General Intensive Care Medicine, Salzburg General Hospit...