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ASTM Selected Technical Papers
Plants for Toxicity Assessment
By
W Wang
W Wang
1
Symposium Chairman and Editor
?
Illinois State Water Survey
?
Peoria, IL 61652
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JW Gorsuch
JW Gorsuch
2
Symposium Co-Chairman and Editor
?
Eastman Kodak Company
?
Rochester, NY 14652-3617
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WR Lower
WR Lower
3
Symposium Co-Chairman and Editor
?
University of Missouri
?
Columbia, MO 65203
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ISBN-10:
0-8031-1397-8
ISBN:
978-0-8031-1397-8
No. of Pages:
371
Publisher:
ASTM International
Publication date:
1990

Sorghum and pinto bean plants were used as indicator organisms in a 14-day laboratory test to determine the impact of fuel and herbicide spills in agroecosystems. Plant survival and shoot length (from soil level to tip of highest leaf) were recorded and compared for plants grown in laboratory control soil and soil collected from the accident site. We also used soil from an uncontaminated area near the accident site as a control whenever possible. Chemical analysis was used to verify contaminants.

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, “
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,”
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Wang
,
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,
Environmental Pollution (Ser. B)
, Vol.
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,
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,
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,
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, Vol.
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,
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Kapp
,
R. W.
and
Piper
,
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, “
In vitro and in vivo Mutagenicity Studies of Jet Fuels, a Final Report
,”
Hazelton Laboratories America
, Vienna, VA,
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.
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Knave
,
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,
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, and
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,
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,
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,
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,
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, and
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,
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in
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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, and
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, pp. 209–277.
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