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SUBMITTER: Jung D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3203518 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jung Dawoon D Matson Cole W CW Collins Leonard B LB Laban Geoff G Stapleton Heather M HM Bickham John W JW Swenberg James A JA Di Giulio Richard T RT
Ecotoxicology (London, England) 20110626 8
The Atlantic Wood Industries Superfund site (AWI) on the Elizabeth River in Portsmouth, VA is heavily contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from a wood treatment facility. Atlantic killifish, or mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus), at this Superfund site are exposed to very high concentrations of several carcinogens. In this study, we measured PAH concentrations in both fish tissues and sediments. Concurrently, we assessed different aspects of genotoxicity in the killifish expo ...[more]