The primary purpose of this study was to characterize the concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOC), semivolatile organic compounds (SVOC), rubber-related chemicals such as benzothiazole (BZT) and nitrosamine, and particulate matter (PM(10)) in air at synthetic turf crumb rubber fields. Both new and older fields were evaluated under conditions of active use. Three types of fields were ...

Tobacco smoking is the only known etiologic agent that causes pancreatic cancer. The tobacco-specific nitrosamine 4-(methylnitrosamino)-I-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) is a potent carcinogen in laboratory rodents that, independent of the route of administration, induces primarily lung adenocarcinoma (1). When administered in drinking water, NNK and its metabolite 4-(methy1nitrosamino)-1(3-pyridy...

The role of deficiency of oxoguanine glycosylase 1 (Ogg1) Mmh homolog, a repair enzyme of the 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) residue in DNA, was investigated using the multiorgan carcinogenesis bioassay in mice. A total of 80 male and female six-week-old mice of C57BL/6J background carrying a mutant Mmh allele of the Mmh/Ogg1 gene (Ogg1-/-) and wild type (Ogg1+/+) mice were administered N...

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) have been highly effective in preventing colon, urinary bladder, and skin cancer preclinically, and also in clinical trials of colon adenoma formation. However, certain NSAIDs cause gastrointestinal ulceration and may increase cardiovascular events. Naproxen seems to cause the lowest cardiovascular events of the common NSAIDs other than aspirin. Nitr...

Nitrite has been used for centuries to preserve, color, and flavor meat. Today, about 10 billion pounds of cured meat products are produced annually, accounting for some one-tenth of the American food supply. Regulators became concerned about the safety of using nitrite in the early 1960s when studies showed the presence of carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured meat products. In the early 1970s, a...

There exist reaction products of nitric oxide (NO) with blood that conserve its bioactivity and transduce an endocrine vasomotor function under certain conditions. Although S-nitrosated albumin has been considered the major species subserving this activity, recent data suggest that additional NO species, such as nitrite, nitrated lipids, N-nitrosamine, and iron-nitrosyl complexes, may contribut...

The tobacco-specific nitrosamine, 4-(methylnitrosoamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone, is activated to lung DNA methylating and pyridyloxobutylating intermediates. It is likely that both pathways play a role in lung tumor initiation by this nitrosamine. Previous studies indicated that O(6)-methylguanine (O(6)-mG) persistence is critical for lung tumor formation in A/J mice. The model pyridyloxobuty...

Nitrosamine consumption and polymorphisms in CYP2E1, the product of which is involved in the activation of nitrosamines into reactive intermediates, have been shown to be associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) risk. Given that reactive intermediates created during nitrosamine metabolism are capable of DNA damage, we further hypothesized that differences between individuals in their abil...

The dose response for O6-methylguanine (O6MG) formation and cytotoxicity was determined in lung and nasal mucosa from Fischer 344 rats during multiple dose administration of the tobacco-specific nitrosamine-4-(N-methyl-N-nitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK). O6MG accumulated in the lung following treatment for 12 days with doses of NNK from 0.3 to 100 mg/kg/day. The dose response for NNK...

in epidemiological study of esophageal carcinoma which was conducted in nov.1966 in iran, the incidence cases in the east area of mazandaran (hottan-gharagol) specifically in the torkaman region was noticeable. the frequency of the disease was gradually declined from east to west for instance in gillan (pamsar-kyasara) the incidence was low. since 1968 a joint-iran (institute of nutrition scien...