Seasonal variations in the bacterial mutagenicity of airborne particulate organic matter in New York City

The New Jersey Project on Airborne Toxic Elements and Organic Substances (ATEOS): A Summary of the 1981 Summer and 1982 Winter Studies

“…This is consistent with most of the previous discussion for the organic extract analyses, since the wintertime levels were higher. Daisey et al 25 have also reported seasonal variations in mutagenic activity of EOM for samples collected in New York City with fall-winter maxima. However, the type of mutagens present were probably different during the two seasons, par-ticularly in the CX fraction.…”

Hygroscopic Growth of Assorted Indoor Aerosols

“…It also serves as a guide to the studies of their associated health effects. Many organic species found in fine aerosol are known to be carcinogenic and/or mutagenic (Daisey et al 1980;Pitts 1983;Schuetzle 1983;Gundel 1993). Inhalation of wood smoke leads to in-*Author to whom all correspondences should be addressed.…”

A Pilot Indoor-Outdoor Study of Organic Particulate Matter and Particulate Mutagenicity

“…14 In this connection, one of the particulate pollutants associated with photochemical smog-acetone EOM-was shown in the present summertime study to have readily penetrated into the indoor space of one poorly air conditioned urban home. Indoor-generated pollutants having mutagenic activity have also been detected by some workers.…”