title: Mutagenicity and PAH contents of soil in forests or planted areas in Japan.
abstract: We investigated the behavior of mutagenic substances in the soil of forests or planted areas. Mutagenicity and concentration was examined for 16 types of PAHs in soil samples collected at a depth of 1 m in 10 forests in Iwate, Ibaraki, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures in Japan. Mutagenicity and PAHs were detected mostly in soil from the surface to a depth of 30 cm when strains TA100, TA98 and YG1024 were used. In addition, a significant correlation was not found between the concentration of BaP, and specific mutagenic activity (TA98 without S9mix, r = 0.285).
authors.affiliation: Azabu University, Kanagawa 229-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Sumio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nagaosa
authors.forename: Shiho
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kageyama
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mineki
authors.forename: Takaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamura
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Ken-Ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kohzaki
authors.forename: Yukihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takagi
mesh_terms: D007564:Japan; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000235:genetics; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000633:toxicity*; D014197:Trees
chemical_list: D012989:Soil Pollutants