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EVALUATION OF THE MUTAGENICITY OF MUNICIPAL SEWAGE SLUDGE
Citation:
Hopke, P. AND M. Plewa. EVALUATION OF THE MUTAGENICITY OF MUNICIPAL SEWAGE SLUDGE. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/1-83/016 (NTIS PB83264077), 1983.
Description:
Samples of five municipal sewage sludges from Illinois cities have been subjected to a multiorganism testing program to determine the presence or absence of mutagenic activity. Chicago sludge has been the most extensively tested using the Salmonella/microsomal activation assay, the micronucleus test Tradescantia, the wx locus assay in Z. mays, and sister chromatid exchange induction in human lymphocytes. Mutagenic activity has been observed in the sludges from Chicago and Sauget, Illinois. Sludges from primarily domestic sewage do not apparently contain mutagens.
Record Details:
Record Type:DOCUMENT( REPORT )
Product Published Date:09/30/1983
Record Last Revised:12/22/2005
Record ID:
47840