Mutagenicity and PAH contents of soil in forests or planted areas in Japan

Sumio Goto; Daisuke Nagaosa; Shiho Kageyama; Daisuke Nakajima; Shigeru Mineki; Takaki Yamamura; Osamu Endo; Ken-Ichi Kohzaki; Yukihiko Takagi

doi:10.1007/s00128-009-9824-3

Mutagenicity and PAH contents of soil in forests or planted areas in Japan

Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 2009 Nov;83(5):742-6. doi: 10.1007/s00128-009-9824-3. Epub 2009 Jul 22.

Authors

Sumio Goto¹, Daisuke Nagaosa, Shiho Kageyama, Daisuke Nakajima, Shigeru Mineki, Takaki Yamamura, Osamu Endo, Ken-Ichi Kohzaki, Yukihiko Takagi

Affiliation

¹ Azabu University, Kanagawa 229-8501, Japan.

PMID: 19626264
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-009-9824-3

Abstract

We investigated the behavior of mutagenic substances in the soil of forests or planted areas. Mutagenicity and concentration was examined for 16 types of PAHs in soil samples collected at a depth of 1 m in 10 forests in Iwate, Ibaraki, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures in Japan. Mutagenicity and PAHs were detected mostly in soil from the surface to a depth of 30 cm when strains TA100, TA98 and YG1024 were used. In addition, a significant correlation was not found between the concentration of BaP, and specific mutagenic activity (TA98 without S9mix, r = 0.285).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Japan
Mutagenicity Tests
Salmonella typhimurium / genetics
Soil Pollutants / analysis*
Soil Pollutants / toxicity*
Trees*

Substances

Soil Pollutants