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Project Status: complete
Title: Methods development for assessment of vapor-phase mutagens and carcinogens in ambient air
Principal Investigator / Author(s): Hsieh, Dennis P H
Contractor: University of California, Davis
Contract Number: A6-174-32
Research Program Area: Atmospheric Processes
Topic Areas: Chemistry & Reactivity
Abstract:
Objectives: To develop methods of identifying potentially toxic and mutagenic compounds in the gaseous (vapor) phase of ambient air.
Findings: The feasibility of a new system to chemically characterize a complex volatile mixture was demonstrated and applied to diesel bus exhaust. Results indicated that mutagenic activity in vapor-phase exhaust gases was greater than that in particulate phase exhaust.
Importance to ARB’s Program: The Health and Safety Code requires the ARB to identify toxic air contaminants. The methods developed in this project will help the ARB determine which vapor-phase compounds are the most important candidate toxic air contaminants.
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