Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.

Science 6 January 1978:
Vol. 199. no. 4324, pp. 73 - 75
DOI: 10.1126/science.199.4324.73
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

Articles

Mutagenicity of Filtrates from Respirable Coal Fly Ash

C. E. CHRISP 1, G. L. FISHER 1, and J. E. LAMMERT 1

1 Radiobiology Laboratory, University of California, Davis 95616

Incubation of histidine-requiring auxotrophs of the bacterium Salmonella typhimurium with cyclohexane-, saline-, and serum-soluble surface components of respirable fly ash particles produced an increased number of revertants in two frame-shift tester strains. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that both organic and inorganic mutagens are present in coal fly ash.

Submitted on June 17, 1977
Revised on August 15, 1977


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Mutagenicity of fly ash particles in Paramecium.
J Smith-Sonneborn, R. Palizzi, C Herr, and G. Fisher (1981)
Science 211, 180-182
   Abstract »    PDF »
"Atmospheric" Epoxidation of Benzo[a]pyrene by Ozone: Formation of the Metabolite Benzo[a]pyrene-4,5-Oxide.
J. N. PITTS JR., D. M. LOKENSGARD, P. S. RIPLEY, K. A. VAN CAUWENBERGHE, L. VAN VAECK, S. D. SHAFFER, A. J. THILL, and W. L. BELSER JR. (1980)
Science 210, 1347-1349
   Abstract »    PDF »
Oxidative transformations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons adsorbed on coal fly ash.
W. Korfmacher, D. Natusch, D. Taylor, G Mamantov, and E. Wehry (1980)
Science 207, 763-765
   Abstract »    PDF »
Dimethyl and monomethyl sulfate: presence in coal fly ash and airborne particulate matter.
M. Lee, D. Later, D. Rollins, D. Eatough, and L. Hansen (1980)
Science 207, 186-188
   Abstract »    PDF »
Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin quantitation in stack-collected coal fly ash.
B. Kimble and M. Gross (1980)
Science 207, 59-61
   Abstract »    PDF »
Physical factors affecting the mutagenicity of fly ash from a coal-fired power plant.
G. Fisher, C. Chrisp, and O. Raabe (1979)
Science 204, 879-881
   Abstract »    PDF »


To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)