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Main Title

Mutagenicity of emissions from the simulated open burning of scrap rubber tires

Author

Lemieux, P. M.; DeMarini, D. M.

CORP Author

Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Air and Energy Engineering Research Lab.

Publisher

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Place Published

Washington, D.C. :

Year Published

1992

Report Number

EPA-600/R-92-127

Stock Number

PB92-217009

OCLC Number

33037276

Subjects

Waste disposal; Air pollution effects(Humans); Public health; Tires; Air pollution detection; Bioassay; Mutagens; Combustion products; Gas chromatography; Chemical analysis; Elastomers; Mass spectroscopy; Extraction; Scrap tires

Subject Added Ent

Mutagenicity testing; Tires; Combustion

Internet Access

Description	Access URL
	http://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=9100CCS0.txt

Holdings

Library	Call Number	Additional Info	Location	Date Modified
EKBD	EPA-600/R-92-127		Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC	04/26/2002
ESAD	EPA 600-R-92-127		Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA	03/23/2010
NTIS	PB92-217009	Most EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. Check with individual libraries about paper copy.	NTIS	01/01/1988

Collation

vi, 47 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Abstract

The report describes a follow-up to a small-scale combustion study to collect, identify, and quantify products emitted during the simulated open combustion of scrap tires. The initial study found that total estimated emissions of semi-volatile organics ranged from 10 to 50 g/kg of tire material burned. Mono- and poly-aromatic hydrocarbons were the predominant emission products identified. The follow-up study subjected the extracts from the initial study to bioassay-directed fractionation to determine mutagenic potencies of the extracts. The results from the bioassay studies were then compared to data from other conventional combustion sources to indicate the relative potencies of the emissions from uncontrolled burning of tires. The fractionated extracts were then subjected to further gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy (GC/MS) analysis to determine the classes of compounds giving the highest mutagenic potencies. In addition, a sample from an actual tire burn was subjected to the same bioassay analyses to determine the relevance of the initial small-scale simulations to actual field samples from a full-scale tire fire.

Notes

"EPA 600/R-92-127." "July 1992." "Office of Research and Development."

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