Gene-altering compounds released from forest fires
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 13:21
in Mathematics & Economics
Scientists in Washington State are reporting the first discovery of potent mutagenic substances in smoke from forest fires that often sweep through huge stands of Ponderosa pine in the western United States and Canada.
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