Mutagenicity of airborne particulates from combustion of electric cables in a waste metal retrieval area.

doi:10.1016/0165-7992(94)90071-x

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Mutagenicity of airborne particulates from combustion of electric cables in a waste metal retrieval area.

Mutation research - 1 Jun 1994

Lee H, Lin T L, Shieh R L, Bian S S

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The disposal of massive quantities of synthetic materials has become a very serious environmental problem around the world. When synthetic polymers are burnt or smolder in air, the combustion products are extremely complex, often consisting of several hundred compounds. In Taiwan, a serious envir...

Topics

Air Pollution
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
Metals
Mutagenicity Tests
Mutation
Pyrenes
Salmonella typhi
Waste Products

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