Evaluation of the potential for groundwater transport of mutagenic compounds released by spent oil shale. Water quality series report

Technical Report · Fri Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5337239

Hinchee, R E; Adams, V D; Curtis, J G; Seierstad, A J

The potential mutagenicity of aqueous leachates from coal, raw oil shale, and the spent shale resulting from two processes was tested. Specifically, an Ames salmonella microsomal bioassay was used to test for chemical mutagenicity. Spent oil shales from the Paraho and TOSCO II processes, a raw shale from Anvil Points, and a composite coal sample from the Wasatch plateau were extracted with double deionized water and organic solvents. Of the tests, only organic solvent extraction of the TOSCO spent shale resulted in a mutagenic response.

• Research Organization: Utah State Univ., Logan (USA). Utah Water Research Lab.
• OSTI ID: 5337239
• Report Number(s): PB-84-111699
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ANVIL POINTS RESEARCH FACILITY
BIOASSAY
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CARCINOGENS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
COAL
DISPERSIONS
DISSOLUTION
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GROUND WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
LABORATORY ANIMALS
LEACHATES
LEACHING
MATERIALS
MIXTURES
MUTAGEN SCREENING
MUTAGENESIS
MUTAGENS
OIL SHALE PROCESSING PLANTS
OIL SHALES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARAHO PROCESS
POLLUTION
SCREENING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLUTIONS
SPENT SHALES
TOSCO PROCESS
TOXICITY
WATER
WATER POLLUTION