An assessment of the genotoxic effects of landfill leachates using bacterial and plant tests

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-62

  Kwasniewska, J ^a   Nalecz Jawecki G ^b   Skrzypczak, A ^b   Plaza G A ^c   Matejczyk, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ECOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL AREAS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allium test; Ames test; Genotoxicity; Landfill leachates; Umu test

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHLOROFORM; DICHLOROMETHANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROBUTADIENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE; NITROGEN; PENTACHLOROBENZENE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PHOSPHORUS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TRICHLOROBENZENE;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH RISK; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; LEACHING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PLANT; TOXICITY TEST;

ALLIUM TEST; AMES TEST; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; GENOTOXICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LANDFILL LEACHATE; MICRONUCLEUS; MITOSIS; MITOSIS INDEX; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POLAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLANTS; POLAND; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

POLAND;

ALLIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80655124563     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.08.020     Document Type: Article

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