250 Int. J. Environment and Health, Vol. 4, Nos. 2/3, 2010 Copyright © 2010 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Effects of air pollution on production of essential oil in Feijoa Sellowiana Berg. grown in the ‘Italian Triangle of Death’ Adriana Basile* Department of Biological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy Email: adbasile@unina.it *Corresponding author Bruno Botta Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza University of Roma, Rome, Italy Email: bruno.botta@uniroma1.it Maurizio Bruno Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Parco d’Orleans II, 90128 Palermo, Italy Email: maurizio.bruno@unipa.it Daniela Rigano Department of Chemistry of Natural Products, University of Naples Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy Email: drigano@unina.it Sergio Sorbo CISME Interdepartmental Service Centre for Electron Microscopy, University of Naples Federico II, via Foria 223, Naples, Italy Email: sersorbo@unina.it