This document presents Coal Township's Comprehensive Plan. It was prepared in. accordance with the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (Act 170 of 1988). By adoption. of this Comprehensive Plan by Coal Township's Board of Commissioners, it becomes the official.
1 A mutagen is a substance or agent that causes an increase in the rate of change in genes (subsections of the DNA of the body's cells).
Mutagenesis /mjuËtÉËdÊÉnÉªsÉªs/ is a process by which the genetic information of an organism is changed in a stable manner, resulting in a mutation. It may occur spontaneously in nature, or as a result of exposure to mutagens. It can also be achieved experimentally using laboratory procedures. In nature mutagenesis can lead to cancer and various heritable diseases, but it is also a driving force of evolution.