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Development of a biological screening method to detect potential exposure of synfuel plant workers to carcinogenic substances. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5025361
The purpose of this project was to determine the feasibility of using the Ames assay as a biological monitoring tool to evaluate exposure to mutagens/carcinogens, which may be possibly generated by a synfuel plant. Phase I of this project consisted of analyzing urine samples of cigarette smokers and non-smokers for mutagenicity in order to establish that this assay can reproducibly detect mutagens present in smokers' urine, as well as to distinguish smoking-related mutagenic urine samples from work-related ones. This was necessary to develop a standardized protocal for urine screening. Phase II consisted of an extension of Phase I to examine mutagen activity as cake-oven workers, exposed to known carcinogens and known to have increased cancer risks. Phase II consisted of an analysis of mutagenic activity in urine samples from volunteer workers at the H-coal pilot plant at Catlettsburg, Ky.
Research Organization:
Kentucky Dept. of Energy, Lexington (USA)
OSTI ID:
5025361
Report Number(s):
PB-82-192709
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English