| Main Title |
Mutagenicity of combustion emissions from a biomedical waste incinerator / |
| Author |
Driver, J. H. ;
Rogers, H. W. ;
Claxton, L. D.
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| Other Authors |
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| CORP Author |
Health Effects Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC. ;North Carolina Univ. at Chapel Hill. Biohazard Science Program.;National Cancer Inst., Bethesda, MD. |
| Publisher |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Health Effects Research Laboratory, |
| Year Published |
1989 |
| Report Number |
EPA/600/D-89/093 |
| Stock Number |
PB89-222798 |
| Additional Subjects |
Air pollution ;
Incinerators ;
Mutagens ;
Salmonella typhimurium ;
Fly ash ;
Combustion products ;
Hospital solid wastes ;
Polycyclic compounds ;
Mutagenicity tests ;
Air pollution sampling ;
Boilers
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| NTIS |
PB89-222798 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
15 pages ; 28 cm |
| Abstract |
The Ames Salmonella typhimurium (TA98) assay was used to determine the mutagenicity of stack fly ash from a medical/pathological waste incinerator. Stack fly ash also collected from a boiler plant adjacent to the incinerator and ambient air particles (upwind and downwind of the incinerator and boiler facilities) were collected and bioassayed. Downwind particulate mutagenicity (revertants per cubic meter of air) was significantly greater than upwind particulate mutagenicity. Mutagenic emission rate estimates (revertants per kilogram waste feed) for the incinerator and boiler were less than estimates for ash and downwind ambient air particulate samples collected during incinerator auxiliary burner failure and demonstrated significant increase in mutagenicity compared to samples collected during routine incinerator operation. |
| Notes |
"PB89-222798." "EPA/600/D-89/093." Microfiche. |
