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- Title
Assessment of Metal Uptake and Genetic Damage in Small Mammals Inhabiting a Fly Ash Basin.
- Authors
Peles, J. D.; Barrett, G. W.
- Abstract
The article examines the metal uptake in cotton rats and rice rats in a fly ash contaminated site and the extent of DNA damage in small mammals between the contaminated and the reference site. It is said that fly ash comes from a coal being burned for electrical power purposes and has been found that it contains a high concentration of heavy metals. It aims to assess the biological consequences of exposure to fly ash as the metals found in it are potential mutagens, genetic biomarkers that proves to be useful for the assessment. Several processes have been undertaken during the experimentation. Result shows an increase in metal uptake for rice rats collected from Ash Basin compared to Ellenton Bay. No evidence found on organism of genetic damaged after fly ash exposure.
- Subjects
FLY ash; COTTON rats; COAL ash; HEAVY metals; BIOMARKERS; DNA damage; COAL-fired power plants; MUTAGENICITY testing; MUTAGENS
- Publication
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, 1997, Vol 59, Issue 2, p279
- ISSN
0007-4861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s001289900476