Bursa is one of the largest cities of Turkey and it hosts 17 organized industrial zones. Parallel to the increase in population, rapidly growing energy consumption, and increased numbers of transport vehicles have impacts on the air quality of the city. In this study, regularly calibrated automatic samplers were employed to get the levels of air pollution in Bursa. The concentrations of CH₄ and N-CH₄ as well as the major air pollutants including PM₁₀, PM_2.5, NO, NO₂, NO_x, SO₂, CO, and O₃, were determined for 2016 and 2017 calendar years. Their levels were 1641.62 ± 718.25, 33.11 ± 5.45, 42.10 ± 10.09, 26.41 ± 9.01, 19.47 ± 16.51, 46.73 ± 16.56, 66.23 ± 32.265, 7.60 ± 3.43, 659.397 ± 192.73, and 51.92 ± 25.63 µg/m³ for 2016, respectively. Except for O₃, seasonal concentrations were higher in winter and autumn for both years. O₃, CO, and SO₂ had never exceeded the limit values specified in the regulations yet PM₁₀, PM_2.5, and NO₂ had violated the limits in some days. The ratios of CO/NO_x, SO₂/NO_x, and PM_2.5/PM₁₀ were examined to characterize the emission sources. Generally, domestic and industrial emissions were dominated in the fall and winter seasons, yet traffic emissions were effective in spring and summer seasons. As a result of the correlation process between O_x and NO_x, it was concluded that the most important source of O_x concentrations in winter was NO_x and O₃ was in summer.

G-In this study, the presence of OCP residues in the honeybee, pollen and honey samples in urban and semi-urban areas were investigated. A total of 10 OCP concentrations (∑₁₀OCP) in honeybee samples were 39.14 ± 11.06 ng g^-1 for the urban area and 39.93 ± 7.09 ng g^-1 for the semi-urban area, respectively. Similarly, ∑₁₀OCP concentrations in pollen and honey samples were estimated to be 21.72 ± 4.43 ng g^-1 and 41.83 ± 1.61 ng g^-1 for the urban area, 19.77 ± 2.86 ng g^-1 and 39.23 ± 3.90 ng g^-1 for the semi-urban area, respectively. Also, it was concluded that the existence of OCP residues in both sampling areas was due to the recent use of pesticides. Finally, the cancer risk caused by the consumption of pollen and honey samples was evaluated, and it was found that there was no cancer risk in both sampling areas.

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations in urban and semi-urban areas were determined in the honeybee, honey and pollen in Bursa, Turkey. The total of 14 PAH (∑₁₄PAH) concentrations measured in the honeybee in the urban and semi-urban areas were 267.65 ± 74.15 ng/g (mean ± standard deviation) and 109.11 ± 19.86 ng/g, respectively. Similarly, the ∑₁₄PAH concentrations measured in honey were 650.24 ± 97.60 and 464.32 ± 57.92 ng/g, respectively, and measured in pollen were 304.32 ± 184.73 and 329.62 ± 154.24 ng/g, respectively. The PAH sources were determined using diagnostic ratios. According to the diagnostic ratios, it was concluded that the sources generally originated from the combustion of coal and biomass. In addition, the PAHs in both sampling areas showed a more dominant distribution in honey samples. The Pearson correlation coefficient method was applied to determine the relationships among the samples. According to the correlation results, there was a strong correlation between the honeybee and pollen samples in both sampling areas, while there were lower correlation results for the honey samples. Finally, atmospheric PAH concentrations were estimated using the leaf/air partition coefficients available in the literature with the help of pollen samples. According to the results obtained, it was determined that pollen samples can be used to estimate atmospheric PAH concentrations.