| Title | Mutagenicity and PAH Contents of Soil in Forests or Planted Areas in Japan. | | Author(s) | Goto S, Nagaosa D, Kageyama S, Nakajima D, Mineki S, Yamamura T, Endo O, Kohzaki KI, Takagi Y | | Institution | Azabu University, 1-17-71 Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 229-8501, Japan. | | Source | Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 2009 Jul 22. | | 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). | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19626264 |
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