Publication Date:
1980-01-11
Description:
Dimethyl sulfate and its hydrolysis product monomethyl sulfate have been found at concentrations as high as 830 parts per million in fly ash and in airborne particulate matter from coal combustion processes. This discovery poses a new environmental problem because of the mutagenic and carcinogenic properties of these compounds.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lee, M L -- Later, D W -- Rollins, D K -- Eatough, D J -- Hansen, L D -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1980 Jan 11;207(4427):186-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7350652" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Air Pollutants/*analysis
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Carcinogens/analysis
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*Coal
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Power Plants
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Sulfuric Acids/*analysis
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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