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The principal explosive contaminants are TNT (
2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, RDX (hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro- 1,3,5-triazine, and HMX (octahydro-1,3, 5,7-tetranitro- 1,3,5,7-tetrazocine.
Army bases that manufactured
2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, or TNT, for weapons routinely flushed out the plants to reduce the risk of accidental explosions.
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Perkins and Lotufo (2003) isolated several genes from Leptocheirus plumulosus and developed a quantitative assay to measure the effects of water exposure to
2,4,6-trinitrotoluene and phenanthrene on gene expression.