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Papers by Bary Wilson

Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics, 1990

Withdrawal of China and other Asia-Pacific countries from the waste recycling market has resulted... more Withdrawal of China and other Asia-Pacific countries from the waste recycling market has resulted in large accumulations of both plastic and cellulosic carbon wastes. Attention has turned to the development of environmentally responsible waste to energy technologies to convert these combustible wastes to renewable electrical power or clean hydrocarbon fuels. Due to their relatively high calorific value, non-recyclable plastics are best utilized by conversion to fuels using processes such as hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL). This process can convert both plastic and biomass to ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel oils, methane fuel gas and metallurgical coke, a solid fuel.

The design of a small, light-weight personal exposure monitor suitable for use in EMF exposure as... more The design of a small, light-weight personal exposure monitor suitable for use in EMF exposure assessment studies is nearing completion at Pacific Northwest Laboratory. The monitor is designed to be non-obtrusive, battery operated, and able to continuously record extremely low-frequency (ELF) (1Ohz--500hz) magnetic-field data. It also captures high-frequency (500hz--1OMhz) transients that exceed a preset threshold, retaining the largest transients in

Journal of Applied Toxicology, 1985

In this study, methodologies developed for the analysis of synthetic fuel products were applied t... more In this study, methodologies developed for the analysis of synthetic fuel products were applied to the coal tar fractions isolated from coal tar-based pharmaceutical products. A pharmaceutical stock solution of 20% coal tar in alcohol, a 50% coal tar bath emulsion and a 4.3% coal tar shampoo were studied. The toxicology and chemical composition of the coal tar fractions isolated from these materials were compared with an industrial coal tar and with a direct-liquefaction coal liquid product. The coal tars and coal liquid product were fractionated into chemical classes by alumina column chromatography and individual components were identified and quantitated by high-resolution gas chromatography. The microbial mutagenicity of these materials was measured against S. typhimurium, TA 98. In addition, the industrial coal tar, coal-liquid product, and coal tar isolate from the 20% coal tar in alcohol solution were tested for initiating activity in an initiation/promotion mouse skin painting assay for carcinogenicity. The chemical compositions of the coal tar-based therapeutic agents, the industrial coal tar and direct-liquefaction coal liquid were similar. With the exception of the 50% bath emulsion, the microbial mutagenicity and tumor-initiating activity in mouse skin for those materials tested were also similar.

Bioelectromagnetics, 1999

Experiments using the dwarf Siberian hamster Phodopus sungorus were carried out to determine poss... more Experiments using the dwarf Siberian hamster Phodopus sungorus were carried out to determine possible neuroendocrine consequences of one-time and repeated exposures to 60 Hz magnetic fields (MF). Animals were maintained in either a short-light (SL, 8 h light:16 h dark) or long-light (LL, 16 h light:8 h dark) photoperiod. Acute (one-time, 15 min) exposure of male SL animals to a linearly polarized, horizontally oriented, 60 Hz MF (0.1 mT) gave rise to a statistically significant (P Ͻ .005) reduction in pineal melatonin content as determined 3 and 5 h after onset of darkness. In LL animals, acute exposure to 0.10 mT resulted in a significant decrease in pineal melatonin as measured 4 h after onset of darkness, whereas acute exposure to 50 ⌻ showed no effect compared with sham exposure. In SL animals, an increase in norepinephrine was observed in the medial basal hypothalamus (including the suprachiasmatic nucleus) after acute exposure (P Ͻ .01). Daily MF exposure of SL animals to a combination of steady-state and on/off 60 Hz magnetic fields (intermittent exposure) at 0.1 mT for 1 h per day for 16 days was associated with a reduction in melatonin concentrations at 4 h after onset of darkness and an increase in blood prolactin concentrations (P Ͻ .05). Exposure of SL animals to a steady state 60 Hz MF for 3 h/day for 42 days resulted in a statistically significant reduction in body weight (ANOVA: P Ͼ .05), compared with sham-exposed SL animals. At 42 days, however, no significant changes in overnight melatonin or prolactin levels were detected. In both repeated exposure experiments, gonadal weights were lowest in the MF-exposed groups. This difference was statistically significant (P Ͻ .05) after 42 days of exposure. These data indicate that both one-time and repeated exposure to a 0.1 mT, 60 Hz MF can give rise to neuroendocrine responses in

Bioelectromagnetics, 2000

$Research paper thumbnail of Relative concentrations of polyaromatic primary amines and azaarenes in mutagenically active nitrogen fractions from a coal liquid* 1$

Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology, 1981

Abstract Field desorption mass spectra of Technetium and Rhenium anionic coordinate complexes hav... more Abstract Field desorption mass spectra of Technetium and Rhenium anionic coordinate complexes have been obtained. lonization was principally by electron extraction from the anion, cation or neutral anion-cation pair, or by cation attachment to the intact molecule. ...

Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) [1] devices are once again of growing security concern as North Korea... more Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) [1] devices are once again of growing security concern as North Korea joins China and Russia as adversaries capable of using high altitude nuclear EMP (HEMP) to attack and degrade US infrastructure. Weaponized EMP devices range from small man-portable explosively pumped magnetic flux compressors, to air delivered flux compression microwave emitters (E-bombs), to high altitude nuclear weapon detonations. The administration has recently called for increased preparedness against possible EMP attack [2,3] through hardening of the electrical grid and reducing the EMP vulnerability of critical equipment. An unclassified document, [4] assessing the threat of HEMP and high-powered microwave (HPM) attack, was delivered to Congress in 2008 and remains relevant to government installations. Electrical power grid vulnerability arises largely from the above ground transmission lines that couple well to the high strength electric and magnetic fields that comprise an