Chemical and biological characterization of emissions from a fireperson training facility.
Firefighters are routinely exposed to a wide variety of combustion products. To examine health-related aspects of their exposure to combustion products from specific sources, samples from oil fire plumes at a fireperson training facility were collected for chemical characterization of organic compounds and for Ames microbial mutagenesis biological testing. Chemical characterization of particulate and vapor-phase samples demonstrated the existence of a complex mixture of organics containing a series of alkanes, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons and other compounds. The Ames bioassay showed an average mutagenic response of 0.4 rev/microgram with most of the activity observed in strain TA98 with metabolic activation.
D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000032:analysis* / Q000633:toxicity; D005374:Filtration / Q000295:instrumentation; D005390:Fires; D006801:Humans; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009153:Mutagens; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000235:genetics; D012906:Smoke / Q000032:analysis
D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D009153:Mutagens; D012906:Smoke