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Kane Driscoll S, Kulacki K, Marzooghi S. A Review of the Literature on Potential Effects of Runoff from Refined Coal-Tar-Based Sealant Coating on Aquatic Organisms. INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT 2020; 16:17-27. [PMID: 31469226 DOI: 10.1002/ieam.4210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2019] [Revised: 05/17/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Pavement sealants are frequently applied to parking lots and driveways to improve their appearance and protect the integrity of the underlying asphalt. We performed a comprehensive literature review to summarize the potential impacts of refined coal-tar-based sealant (RCTS) runoff to aquatic organisms and to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the lines of evidence presented in the literature. The studies reviewed included both laboratory and field exposures, with and without exposure to UV light, and measured effects on multiple endpoints associated with bacteria, benthic macroinvertebrates, and fish. Several studies demonstrated that constituents in RCTS runoff can affect survival, growth, behavior, development, and molecular responses of aquatic organisms in controlled laboratory settings. However, translating effects observed in the laboratory to field settings, where runoff is diluted and constituents interact with particulate and dissolved stream constituents (e.g., organic matter), has proven difficult. In this review, we identify the strengths and weaknesses of the existing literature and provide recommendations for study designs and methods to fill the most critical data gaps in understanding the risk of this material to aquatic organisms. Our review highlights the need for environmentally relevant study designs that demonstrate cause-effect relationships under field conditions. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2019;00:1-11. © 2019 SETAC.
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- Exponent, Maynard, Massachusetts, USA
- Present address:, California State Water Resources Control Board, Sacramento, California, USA
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Bowman DT, Jobst KJ, Helm PA, Kleywegt S, Diamond ML. Characterization of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds in Commercial Pavement Sealcoat Products for Enhanced Source Apportionment. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2019; 53:3157-3165. [PMID: 30753781 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b06779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Coal tar-based sealcoat (CTSC) products are an urban source of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) to the environment. However, efforts to assess the environmental fate and impacts of CTSC-derived PACs are hindered by the ubiquity of (routinely monitored) PACs released from other environmental sources. To advance source identification of CTSC-derived PACs, we use comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry (GC × GC/HRMS) to characterize the major and minor components of CTSC products in comparison to those in other sources of PACs, viz., asphalt-based sealcoat products, diesel particulate, diesel fuel, used motor oil and roofing shingles. GC × GC/HRMS analyses of CTSC products led to the confident assignment of compounds with 88 unique elemental compositions, which includes a set of 240 individual PACs. Visualization of the resulting profiles using Kendrick mass defect plots and hierarchical cluster analysis highlighted compositional differences between the sources. Profiles of alkylated PAHs, and heteroatomic (N, O, S) PACs enabled greater specificity in source differentiation. Isomers of specific polycyclic aromatic nitrogen heterocycles (PANHs) were diagnostic for coal tar-derived PAC sources. The compounds identified and methods used for this identification are anticipated to aid in future efforts on risk assessment and source apportionment of PACs in environmental matrices.
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- David T Bowman
- Department of Earth Sciences , University of Toronto , 22 Russell Street , Toronto , Ontario M5S 3B1 , Canada
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- Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks , 125 Resources Road , Toronto , Ontario M9P 3V6 , Canada
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology , McMaster University , 1280 Main Street West , Hamilton , Ontario L8S 4M1 , Canada
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- Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks , 125 Resources Road , Toronto , Ontario M9P 3V6 , Canada
- School of the Environment , University of Toronto , 33 Willcocks Street , Toronto , Ontario M5S 3E8 , Canada
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- Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks , 125 Resources Road , Toronto , Ontario M9P 3V6 , Canada
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- Department of Earth Sciences , University of Toronto , 22 Russell Street , Toronto , Ontario M5S 3B1 , Canada
- School of the Environment , University of Toronto , 33 Willcocks Street , Toronto , Ontario M5S 3E8 , Canada
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Long AS, Watson M, Arlt VM, White PA. Oral exposure to commercially available coal tar-based pavement sealcoat induces murine genetic damage and mutations. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2016; 57:535-45. [PMID: 27473530 PMCID: PMC4979669 DOI: 10.1002/em.22032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2016] [Revised: 06/20/2016] [Accepted: 06/21/2016] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Coal tar (CT) is a thick black liquid produced as a by-product of coal carbonization to produce coke or manufactured gas. It is comprised a complex mixture of polycyclic aromatic compounds, including a wide range of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), many of which are genotoxic and carcinogenic. CT is used in some pavement sealants (also known as sealcoat), which are applied to pavement in order to seal and beautify the surface. Human exposure is known to occur not only during application, but also as a result of the weathering process, as elevated levels of PAHs have been found in settled house dust in residences adjacent to CT-sealed surfaces. In this study we examined the genotoxicity of an extract of a commercially available CT-based sealcoat in the transgenic Muta™Mouse model. Mice were orally exposed to 3 doses of sealcoat extract daily for 28 days. We evaluated genotoxicity by examining: (1) stable DNA adducts and (2) lacZ mutations in bone marrow, liver, lung, small intestine, and glandular stomach, as well as (3) micronucleated red blood cells. Significant increases were seen for each endpoint and in all tissues. The potency of the response differed across tissues, with the highest frequency of adducts occurring in liver and lung, and the highest frequency of mutations occurring in small intestine. The results of this study are the first demonstration of mammalian genotoxicity following exposure to CT-containing pavement sealcoat. This work provides in vivo evidence to support the contention that there may be adverse health effects in mammals, and potentially in humans, from exposure to coal tar. Environ. Mol. Mutagen. 57:535-545, 2016. © 2016 Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada.
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- Alexandra S. Long
- Department of BiologyUniversity of OttawaOttawaOntarioCanada
- Mechanistic Studies DivisionEnvironmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, HECSB, Health CanadaOttawaOntarioCanada
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- Mechanistic Studies DivisionEnvironmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, HECSB, Health CanadaOttawaOntarioCanada
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- Analytical and Environmental Sciences DivisionMRC‐PHE Centre for Environment and Health, King's College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of OttawaOttawaOntarioCanada
- Mechanistic Studies DivisionEnvironmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, HECSB, Health CanadaOttawaOntarioCanada
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Mahler BJ, Ingersoll CG, Van Metre PC, Kunz JL, Little EE. Acute toxicity of runoff from sealcoated pavement to Ceriodaphnia dubia and Pimephales promelas. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2015; 49:5060-5069. [PMID: 25860716 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Runoff from coal-tar-based (CT) sealcoated pavement is a source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and N-heterocycles to surface waters. We investigated acute toxicity of simulated runoff collected from 5 h to 111 days after application of CT sealcoat and from 4 h to 36 days after application of asphalt-based sealcoat containing about 7% CT sealcoat (AS/CT-blend). Ceriodaphnia dubia (cladocerans) and Pimephales promelas (fathead minnows) were exposed in the laboratory to undiluted and 1:10 diluted runoff for 48 h, then transferred to control water and exposed to 4 h of ultraviolet radiation (UVR). Mortality following exposure to undiluted runoff from unsealed asphalt pavement and UVR was ≤10% in all treatments. Test organisms exposed to undiluted CT runoff samples collected during the 3 days (C. dubia) or 36 days (P. promelas) following sealcoat application experienced 100% mortality prior to UVR exposure; with UVR exposure, mortality was 100% for runoff collected across the entire sampling period. Phototoxic-equivalent PAH concentrations and mortality demonstrated an exposure-response relation. The results indicate that runoff remains acutely toxic for weeks to months after CT sealcoat application.
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- Barbara J Mahler
- †U.S. Geological Survey, 1505 Ferguson Lane, Austin, Texas 78754, United States
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- †U.S. Geological Survey, 1505 Ferguson Lane, Austin, Texas 78754, United States
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- ‡U.S. Geological Survey, 4200 New Haven Rd., Columbia, Missouri 65201, United States
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- ‡U.S. Geological Survey, 4200 New Haven Rd., Columbia, Missouri 65201, United States
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Van Metre PC, Mahler BJ. PAH concentrations in lake sediment decline following ban on coal-tar-based pavement sealants in Austin, Texas. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2014; 48:7222-7228. [PMID: 24930435 DOI: 10.1021/es405691q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Recent studies have concluded that coal-tar-based pavement sealants are a major source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in urban settings in large parts of the United States. In 2006, Austin, TX, became the first jurisdiction in the U.S. to ban the use of coal-tar sealants. We evaluated the effect of Austin's ban by analyzing PAHs in sediment cores and bottom-sediment samples collected in 1998, 2000, 2001, 2012, and 2014 from Lady Bird Lake, the principal receiving water body for Austin urban runoff. The sum concentration of the 16 EPA Priority Pollutant PAHs (∑PAH16) in dated core intervals and surficial bottom-sediment samples collected from sites in the lower lake declined about 44% from 1998-2005 to 2006-2014 (means of 7980 and 4500 μg kg(-1), respectively), and by 2012-2014, the decline was about 58% (mean of 3320 μg kg(-1)). Concentrations of ∑PAH16 in bottom sediment from two of three mid-lake sites decreased by about 71 and 35% from 2001 to 2014. Concentrations at a third site increased by about 14% from 2001 to 2014. The decreases since 2006 reverse a 40-year (1959-1998) upward trend. Despite declines in PAH concentrations, PAH profiles and source-receptor modeling results indicate that coal-tar sealants remain the largest PAH source to the lake, implying that PAH concentrations likely will continue to decline as stocks of previously applied sealant gradually become depleted.
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- Peter C Van Metre
- U.S. Geological Survey, 1505 Ferguson Lane, Austin, Texas 78754, United States
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Crane JL. Source apportionment and distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, risk considerations, and management implications for urban stormwater pond sediments in Minnesota, USA. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2014; 66:176-200. [PMID: 24310205 DOI: 10.1007/s00244-013-9963-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2013] [Accepted: 11/01/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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High concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are accumulating in many urban stormwater ponds in Minnesota, resulting in either expensive disposal of the excavated sediment or deferred maintenance by economically challenged municipalities. Fifteen stormwater ponds in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN, metropolitan area were studied to determine sources of PAHs to bed sediments through the application of several environmental forensic techniques, including a contaminant mass balance receptor model. The model results were quite robust and indicated that coal tar-based sealant (CT-sealant) particulate washoff and dust sources were the most important sources of PAHs (67.1%), followed by vehicle-related sources (29.5%), and pine wood combustion particles (3.4%). The distribution of 34 parent and alkylated PAHs was also evaluated regarding ancillary measurements of black carbon, total organic carbon, and particle size classes. None of these parameters were significantly different based on major land-use classifications (i.e., residential, commercial, and industrial) for pond watersheds. PAH contamination in three stormwater ponds was high enough to present a risk to benthic invertebrates, whereas nine ponds exceeded human health risk-based benchmarks that would prompt more expensive disposal of dredged sediment. The State of Minnesota has been addressing the broader issue of PAH-contaminated stormwater ponds by encouraging local municipalities to ban CT-sealants (29 in all) and to promote pollution prevention alternatives to businesses and homeowners, such as switching to asphalt-based sealants. A statewide CT-sealant ban was recently enacted. Other local and regional jurisdictions may benefit from using Minnesota's approach where CT-sealants are still used.
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- Judy L Crane
- Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, St. Paul, MN, 55155-4194, USA,
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Williams ES, Mahler BJ, Van Metre PC. Cancer risk from incidental ingestion exposures to PAHs associated with coal-tar-sealed pavement. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2013. [PMID: 23181746 DOI: 10.1021/es303371t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Recent (2009-10) studies documented significantly higher concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in settled house dust in living spaces and soil adjacent to parking lots sealed with coal-tar-based products. To date, no studies have examined the potential human health effects of PAHs from these products in dust and soil. Here we present the results of an analysis of potential cancer risk associated with incidental ingestion exposures to PAHs in settings near coal-tar-sealed pavement. Exposures to benzo[a]pyrene equivalents were characterized across five scenarios. The central tendency estimate of excess cancer risk resulting from lifetime exposures to soil and dust from nondietary ingestion in these settings exceeded 1 × 10(-4), as determined using deterministic and probabilistic methods. Soil was the primary driver of risk, but according to probabilistic calculations, reasonable maximum exposure to affected house dust in the first 6 years of life was sufficient to generate an estimated excess lifetime cancer risk of 6 × 10(-5). Our results indicate that the presence of coal-tar-based pavement sealants is associated with significant increases in estimated excess lifetime cancer risk for nearby residents. Much of this calculated excess risk arises from exposures to PAHs in early childhood (i.e., 0-6 years of age).
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- E Spencer Williams
- Baylor University, Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research, One Bear Place #97178, Waco, Texas 76798-7178, USA.
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Mahler BJ, Metre PCV, Crane JL, Watts AW, Scoggins M, Williams ES. Coal-tar-based pavement sealcoat and PAHs: implications for the environment, human health, and stormwater management. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2012; 46:3039-45. [PMID: 22296333 PMCID: PMC3308201 DOI: 10.1021/es203699x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Coal-tar-based sealcoat products, widely used in the central and eastern U.S. on parking lots, driveways, and even playgrounds, are typically 20-35% coal-tar pitch, a known human carcinogen that contains about 200 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) compounds. Research continues to identify environmental compartments-including stormwater runoff, lake sediment, soil, house dust, and most recently, air-contaminated by PAHs from coal-tar-based sealcoat and to demonstrate potential risks to biological communities and human health. In many cases, the levels of contamination associated with sealed pavement are striking relative to levels near unsealed pavement: PAH concentrations in air over pavement with freshly applied coal-tar-based sealcoat, for example, were hundreds to thousands of times higher than those in air over unsealed pavement. Even a small amount of sealcoated pavement can be the dominant source of PAHs to sediment in stormwater-retention ponds; proper disposal of such PAH-contaminated sediment can be extremely costly. Several local governments, the District of Columbia, and the State of Washington have banned use of these products, and several national and regional hardware and home-improvement retailers have voluntarily ceased selling them.
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Li Z, Wu Y, Zhao Y, Wang L, Zhu H, Qin L, Feng F, Wang W, Wu Y. Analysis of coal tar pitch and smoke extract components and their cytotoxicity on human bronchial epithelial cells. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2011; 186:1277-1282. [PMID: 21194834 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.11.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2010] [Revised: 11/29/2010] [Accepted: 11/30/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Coal tar pitch and its smoke are considered hazardous by-products and common pollutant generated from coal industry processing. In this study, coal tar pitch and its smoke extracts were characterized by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) with dimethylsulfoxide. We identified only 0.3025% of components in the total coal tar pitch using GC/MS. Among 18 identified compounds, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) has the highest relative abundance (0.19%). The remaining components were composed of monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, heterocyclic compounds and alkenes. In contrast, among 38 coal tar pitch smoke extract constituents that have been profiled, 87.91% were PAHs, and the remaining 12.09% were composed of monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, heterocyclic compounds and alkenes. The cytotoxic effect of coal tar pitch and its smoke extracts on BEAS-2B cells were also evaluated by MTT assay. BEAS-2B cells exposed to coal tar pitch showed a non dose-dependent U-shaped cytotoxicity with a dosage for maximal inhibitory of 3.75 mg/L. In contrast, BEAS-2B cells exposed to coal tar pitch smoke extracts showed a dose dependent cytotoxicity with a LC(50) of 8.64 mg/L. Our study demonstrated the significant different composition and cytotoxicity of coal tar pitch and its extracts, suggesting two different underlying mechanisms that are pending future investigation.
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- Zhitao Li
- College of Public Health, 100# Kexue Avenue, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province 450001, China
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Watts AW, Ballestero TP, Roseen RM, Houle JP. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in stormwater runoff from sealcoated pavements. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2010; 44:8849-8854. [PMID: 21047119 DOI: 10.1021/es102059r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Coal-tar based sealcoat has been identified as a source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the environment. This study measured the long-term release of PAHs in parking lot runoff and found that the presence of coal tar sealant increased the mass of PAHs released in runoff by over an order of magnitude. PAH concentrations in stormwater from two coal tar sealed parking lots and one unsealed parking lot (control) were monitored over a two-year period. The measured flow volume and concentrations were used to calculate a mass of 9.8-10.8 kg total Σ16 PAHs per hectare exported in stormwater runoff from the two sealed parking lots and 0.34 kg total Σ16 PAHs per hectare from the unsealed control. The study also measured sediment PAH concentration changes in a receiving drainage and found that even partial coverage of a drainage area by coal tar sealant resulted in measurable increases in PAH sediment concentrations; PAH concentrations in sediment in a stormwater swale receiving runoff from both sealed and unsealed lots increased near the outfall from less than 4 mg/kg prior to sealing to 95.7 mg/kg after sealing. Compound ratio plots and principal components analysis were examined and were able to clearly differentiate between pre- and postsealant samples.
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- Alison W Watts
- University of New Hampshire, 35 Colovos Road, Durham, New Hampshire 03856, United States.
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