Munitions wastewater treatments: Does chlorination or ozonation of individual components produce microbial mutagens?

Simmon, VF; Eckford, SL; Griffin, AF; Spanggord, R; Newell, GW

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1065738

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Journal Article

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Abstract

Year

1977

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English

HERO ID 1065738
Material Type Abstract
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Year 1977
Title Munitions wastewater treatments: Does chlorination or ozonation of individual components produce microbial mutagens?
Authors Simmon, VF; Eckford, SL; Griffin, AF; Spanggord, R; Newell, GW
Journal Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
Volume 41
Issue 1
Page Numbers 197
Abstract A number of compounds present in wastewater from munitions plants were examined before an dafter ozonation of chlorination to dermine whether any were mutagenic before treatment and whether such activity was affected by the treatment. Several photolytic as well as metabolic products of trinitrotoluene (TNT) also were examined for mutagenic activity. Test materials included TNT, TNT production wastewater, and individual components of TNT wastewater (1,3-dinitrobenzene; 2,4-dinitrotoluene; 3,5-dinitrotoluene; hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-s-triazine (RDX); octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-s-tetrazine (HMX); components of photolysed TNT; pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN); and trinitroresorcinol. The in vitro mutagenic assays used were the Ames Salmonella/microsome assay (strains TA1535, TA1537, TA1538, TA98, and TA100) and mitotic recobination in the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae D3. A metabolic activation system using the posmitochondrial supernatant fraction of liver from rats pretreated with Aroclor 1254 was included in each assay procedure. Materials found to be mutagenic prior to and after treatment were trinitrobenzene, trinitrobenzaldehyde, trinitrobenzonitrile, and 50 and 100% photolysed TNT wastewater. Neither ozonation nor chlorination significantly altered the mutagenic activity of the materials tested.
Wosid WOS:A1977DR14000170
Url http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0041008X7790062X
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Language Text English
Keyword 118-96-7; 99-65-0; 121-14-2; 618-85-9; 121-82-4; 2691-41-0; 78-11-5; 82-71-3
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