Contribution of wood combustion to indoor air pollution as measured by mutagenicity in Salmonella and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentration

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984 · Environ. Mutagen.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/em.2860060203· OSTI ID:6733402

Alfheim, I; Ramdahl, T

Samples of airborne particles have been collected in the same room when the room was heated by electricity and when heating was done by woodburning. These samples were compared with respect to mutagenic activity and concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). The effects of the various heating conditions were examined in the presence and absence of tobacco smoking. Whereas wood heating in an airtight stove was found to cause only minor changes in the concentration of PAH and no measurable increase of mutagenic acitivity of the indoor air, both these parameters increased considerably when wood was burned in an open fireplace, yielding PAH concentrations comparable to those of ambient urban air. The effects of wood burning in an open fireplace on the mutagenic activity of indoor air could still be considered moderate when compared to those resulting from tobacco smoking in the room.

• Research Organization: Central Inst. of Industrial Research, Oslo, Norway
• OSTI ID: 6733402
• Journal Information: Environ. Mutagen.; (United States), Journal Name: Environ. Mutagen.; (United States) Vol. 6:2; ISSN ENMUD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
AEROSOLS
AIR POLLUTION
APPLIANCES
AROMATICS
BACTERIA
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
COLLOIDS
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
DISPERSIONS
HYDROCARBONS
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
MICROORGANISMS
MUTAGEN SCREENING
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
RESIDUES
SALMONELLA
SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM
SCREENING
SMOKES
SOLS
STOVES
TOBACCO SMOKES
WOOD BURNING APPLIANCES