Mutagenicity of airborne particles from a nonindustrial town in Italy.

Abstract:

:The mutagenic activity of airborne particulate matter collected in Pisa, a small nonindustrial town located in Italy, has been monitored over 1 year using the Ames Salmonella Test. Airborne particulate was collected on fibreglass filters using a Hi-Vol sampler and extracted by sonication and Soxhlet acetone extraction in sequence. TA 98 and TA 100 salmonella strains gave positive results with the great majority of samples. The mutagenicity trend fits with a harmonic regression with a peak during December/January and inversely correlates with the temperature. No correlations were observed with other meteorological conditions such as wind, cloud, rainfall, atmospheric pressure, and humidity. The ratio between mutagenicity/microgram of particulate matter with S9 and that without S9 remains more or less constant regardless of seasonal fluctuations, suggesting that during cold months quantitative increases of mutagens onto particulate matter have probably occurred. The comparison of air mutagenicity in different sites suggests that motor vehicle exhaust fumes are the major source of air pollution. Finally, because of high-traffic volume, air mutagenicity at street level is comparable to that observed in several metropolitan areas all over the world.

journal_name

Environ Mol Mutagen

authors

Barale R,Zucconi D,Giorgelli F,Carducci AL,Tonelli M,Loprieno N

doi

10.1002/em.2850130306

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1989-01-01 00:00:00

pages

227-33

issue

3

eissn

0893-6692

issn

1098-2280

journal_volume

13

pub_type

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