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Environmental Effects of Dredging Technical Notes Initial Comparisons of Six Assays for the Assessment of Sediment Genotoxicity Purpose This technical note reports and compares initial results of six eenotoxicitv bioassays applied to dredged sediment and describes progres* KardTevelopS2& %%££££? T ***£&* when genoto^

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iH^nfLrn8;term ^f^^edging Operations Program work unit "Genotoxicity of Con arrunated Dredged Material" was initiafed in fiscal year 1990 to develop methods for assessing the genotoxic potential of clredge^Tedüne^te S SSTT" **? n6W feSearCh lnd d*veloP™* efforfwa spTcm^egulatory language m section 103 of the Ocean Dumping Act (Marine ProtecHon Research, and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA) of 1972) pw^t^penZ^' discharge of "mutagenic, carcinogenic, or teratogeVuc" substances motS than

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M Si J?££S^ held, 'M** U& ATmy En8fafier Waterways Experiment Station (WES) (Reüly and others 1990), participants evaluated the state of the art m genetic and developmental aquatic toxicology and agreed upon an approach that would lead to intertable and meaning^ genotoxicity 4tm^memods Y*""^

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