Analysis of Tradescantia pallida plant exposed in different sites for biomonitoring purposes

Comparisons were made between the results obtained for elements accumulated by Tradescantia pallidaplant exposed in sites with different pollution levels: Cerqueira César and Congonhas districts, considered polluted areas of São Paulo city, and Caucaia do Alto county, considered a non polluted site. Statistical test applied to the results indicated that plant samples from polluted areas presented higher concentrations of Ba, Ce, Cr, Co, Fe, La, Sb and Sc than those found for ones from a non-polluted site. Discriminant analysis applied to the results obtained revealed three groups of results corresponding to sites with different levels of pollution.