title: In situ biomonitoring of the genotoxic effects of mixed industrial emissions using the Tradescantia micronucleus and pollen abortion tests with wild life plants: demonstration of the efficacy of emission controls in an eastern European city.
abstract: Aim of the study was to monitor changes of genotoxic activity of urban air caused by an incinerator and a petrochemical plant in Tradescantia micronucleus (Trad-MCN) and pollen fertility assays with wild plants (Chelidonium majus, Clematis vitalba, Cichorium intybus, Linaria vulgaris, Robinia pseudoacacia). While in the first sampling period (1997-2000) significantly (on average 80%) more MN were found at the polluted site in comparison to controls from a rural area, no significant effects were observed during a later period (between 2003 and 2005). A similar pattern was observed in the pollen abortion assays in which the most pronounced effects were found in chicory and false acacia. The differences of the results obtained in the two periods can be explained by a substantial reduction of air pollution by use of new technologies. In particular the decrease of SO(2) emissions may account for the effects seen in the present study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Révová 39, SK 811 02 Bratislava 1, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Miroslav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Misík
authors.forename: Karol
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Micieta
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Solenská
authors.forename: Katarína
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Misíková
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pisarcíková
authors.forename: Siegfried
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Knasmüller
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D028281:Chelidonium / Q000737:chemistry; D002617:Chemical Industry; D018651:Cichorium intybus / Q000737:chemistry; D039324:Clematis / Q000737:chemistry; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005306:Fertilization / Q000502:physiology; D017745:Incineration; D032221:Linaria / Q000737:chemistry; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000737:chemistry*; D015162:Micronucleus Tests; D009153:Mutagens / Q000032:analysis*; D011058:Pollen / Q000502:physiology; D031301:Robinia / Q000737:chemistry; D018154:Slovakia; D034823:Tradescantia / Q000737:chemistry; D014504:Urban Health
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D009153:Mutagens