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Mutagenic changes in dilute wood smoke as it ages and reacts with ozone and nitrogen dioxide: an outdoor chamber study

Journal Article · · Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/es00125a008· OSTI ID:6313672

Dilute wood smoke from a residential wood stove was added to two 25-m/sup 3/ outdoor Teflon film chambers. The smoke was permitted to age by itself or react with sub-ppm levels of NO/sub 2/, NO/sub 2/ + O/sub 3/, or O/sub 3/ in the presence and absence of natural sunlight. Most wood smoke particles fell into the 0.07-0.23 ..mu..m size range. The shape of the particle size distributions did not subsequently change during a 4-h reaction period. After reaction with O/sub 3/ + NO/sub 2/, the direct-acting bacterial mutagenicity (TA98-S9) of wood smoke extracts increased 2-10-fold. These changes occurred very rapidly. Increases were also observed when wood smoke was exposed to NO/sub 2/ alone, but these increases were not as great as those resulting from combined effects of O/sub 3/ + NO/sub 2/. Preliminary experiments with wood smoke aged in the dark or in the light in the presence of low levels of NO/sub 2/ and O/sub 3/ (i.e. < 0.06 ppm) did not show increases in bacterial mutagenicity.

Research Organization:
Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
OSTI ID:
6313672
Journal Information:
Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States), Journal Name: Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States) Vol. 18:7; ISSN ESTHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English