Mutagenicity of fly ash particles in Paramecium.
Paramecium, a protozoan that ingests nonnutritive particulate matter, was used to determine the mutagenicity of fly ash. Heat treatment inactivated mutagens that require metabolic conversion to their active form but did not destroy all mutagenicity. Extraction of particles with hydrochloric acid, but not dimethyl sulfoxide, removed detectable mutagenic activity.
D000818:Animals; D002244:Carbon; D060729:Coal Ash; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007220:Industrial Waste; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests / Q000379:methods*; D009153:Mutagens; D010247:Paramecium / Q000187:drug effects*; D052638:Particulate Matter
D060729:Coal Ash; D007220:Industrial Waste; D009153:Mutagens; D052638:Particulate Matter; D002244:Carbon