[Hygienic evaluation of genotoxic effects during artificial air ionization].
The study examined the potential genotoxic activity and the impact of artificial air ionization on lifespan. Experiments on Drosophila melanogaster demonstrated that exposure of the lung to negative (5 x 10(4), 5 x 10(5), and 10(6) ion/cm3) and slight positive (5 x 10(4), 5 x 10(5), and 10(6) ion/cm3) airoions generated on the electrodes at direct-current voltage failed to increase the frequency of dominant lethal mutations in the gametes and to affect the life-span of male flies. Exposure of the flies to deionized air increased the rate of early embryonic lethal mutations.
Gus'kov
A S
AS
Ingel'
F I
FI
Gubernskiĭ
Iu D
IuD
Korovin
V N
VN
Iurtseva
N A
NA
Malysheva
A G
AG
Bezzubov
A A
AA
Rastiannikov
E G
EG
Kozlova
N Iu
NIu
D000390:Air Ionization; D000818:Animals; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D005804:Genes, Lethal; D008136:Longevity; D008297:Male; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009154:Mutation