The results of the three biotests
Short-term mutagenicity test are widely applied
in the analyses of complex environmental mixtures as
sensitive tools for the detection of trace amounts of
contaminants or unknown components with genotoxic
properties. Among environmental samples, water has
been extensively investigated, especially drinking water,
where the occurrence of genotoxic contaminats and
chlorine by-products has intensively been studied with
bacterial tests, because drinking water has a potential
to impact human health.3,33,