| in situ monitoring of urban air in southern italy with the tradescantia micronucleus bioassay and semipermeable membrane devices (spmds). | this study was designed to assess toxic and genotoxic compounds in the urban air of caserta, south italy using cuttings from the plant tradescantia #4430. in situ monitoring of gaseous pollutans was made at 17 sampling points in two seasons of the year. genotoxicity was evaluated by recording the micronuclei in meiotic pollen mother cells (trad-mcn assay). in addition, the passive sampler semipermeable membrane devices (spmds) were deployed at the sampling points with a significant increase in m ... | 2003 | 12729694 |